Moving a chimney is something you would need to consult a pro with. What is vented through that chimney can that be moved to vent somewhere else.I built a storage cube around a chimney in our entry but it doesnt look like you have space on the one side by the sink. Could you get measurements of the whole space and maybe post a floor plan

Mainly depends on what's in the chimney currently

This chimney might be used to "vent" gasses from the furnace & hot water heater. The newer units do not require a vertical vent...hence no chimney needed. Price the cost of a new furnace / hot water heater (installed price) and chimney removal into your offer.

Agree with chiflipper. Plan for chimney removal and furnace/ hot water heater costs.

This chimney would not discourage me from buying a house. Hopefully, it scares off other buyers so you can get it for a good price :-)

Good comment.

If you have equipment venting into the chimney or if it is structural, you could also add an island to the kitchen, flush with the right side of the chimney and with cabinets and countertop on the left side (lef and right per the picture). Just a thought.

That was sort of my thought. I would almost be inclined to do a wall of shallow cabinets along the back wall, and add a long island where the chimney is... make that your “working” area, but basically turn it into a galley.

from the limited info you provide (I don't see the fire place as an example.) This may be chimney as well as structural support.

Kind of a bad place to put it in a high traffic area / 'chimney bang' is probably the best term to describe it.

Even if the chimney is support there are ways to off load this support on a new support and then remove the chimney.

Make sure when you make your offer on the house that you note why your offer is where it is due to the functionality of the kitchen being imposed upon.

IMO, 20-30K off list price might be acceptable depending on if this home has sat awhile. You could go a bit further and have structural contractor look at it and give you estimates on options to remove it, then use those estimates to support your offer on the home.

We have this problem, an chimney in the middle of the kitchen.We called in a structural enginner and after that a contractor Estimate for removal, chimney started in the basement where it vented the furnace, then passed through kitchen ceiling and upstairs bedroom and attic. Cost of removal and re-venting the furnace was $70,000.

My son had a chimney in a kitchen. It wasn’t in the middle like this, but rather at the corner of a peninsula. It gave a very basic kitchen some interest. Without the floor plan, it is hard to see the possibilities. But if you could incorporate it into the side of an island, it might become a feature, not an oddity.

"Cost of removal and re-venting the furnace was $70,000"

Boy, they saw you coming!!!

Removing chimney - ~$5000-$7000 (if not structural, if there's a vent inside, it probably isn't). Cosmetic repairs - ~$1000-$2000. Replacement HE furnace with side venting, $5000.

Keep looking.