If your addition doesn’t give you enough room for a kitchen with a separate walll oven, then you hired the wrong architect. The whole point of an addition is to gain the space that you lack in the current configuration. Why would you even do an addition that didn’t give you the kitchen you want? That’s a 150K disappointment.

The oven under the cooktop is a great option and allows you to decide what options you want to have in an oven plus a 36 in cooktop verses what a manufacturer wanted to build meeting a price point as a 30 inch free standing range or slide in range.

Was in the exact same situation. We looked at the Aga - loved it - but the ovens are very small and we would need to learn to cook very differently. We have no upper cabinets going into our new kitchen so a double oven was out. We are instead going with a 36" induction cook top and two french door ovens - less space requirements for the doors. We are putting one oven under the cook top and found room to put a tall cabinet next to our pantry for the second oven and a warming drawer. Good luck. Definitely go look at the Aga in person so you can really see if that style of cooking will work for you and your family.

Natalie, How has the Aga Elise performed over the last year, please?

I am also interested to learn about the performance of the Aga Elise? I have been debating between Ilve/Hallman and Aga Dual Fuel and with all the Ilve and Hallman drama I am hoping Aga Elise will be a safe bet. If anyone has any feedback, please share!