Kitchen Design suggestions

My wife and I are thinking of buying an older Honolulu condo. It is two bedrooms, about 1000 sq. feet with 9 ft ceilings This is a part time home and we don’t want to spend a fortune. There is just the two of us along with an occasional guest.

At this time, we would like some advice regarding the kitchen. Attached are four photos showing the current kitchen. The door on the right is the front door to the unit. We are trying to keep the kitchen rehab to under $30K including appliances.

While we will see a kitchen designer in the end, here are our current thoughts. Do they make sense to you? Any comments appreciated!

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Option One:

1. Remove the small wall between the refrigerator and front door. This will help open the area.

2. The wall where the current cabinets are is 12 feet long. The eating countertop adds another three feet. We are going to keep some variation on that.

3. Facing the current 12 foot wall, from right to left we plan:

1. A 30 inch refrigerator. We really do not want an ice dispenser. Most likely a Frigidaire or GE as a Bosch et al is too expensive
2. 24 inch base cabinet
3. 18 inch Bosch/GE dishwasher (it has to be quiet!)
4. 24 inch kitchen sink in a 27 inch base
5. 24 inch or smaller induction cooktop in a 24 inch base (we cook on induction exclusively)
6. (1) A tall cabinet with a Haier 24 inch oven midway (I have trouble bending so a range is not the best option for me.) (2) Same as 1 but put in a speed oven.
7. Put in a eating area at a 90 degree turn.
8. Above the cooktop, sink, dishwasher, base cabinet and above the refrigerator more cabinets
9. Countertop will most likely be granite or corian. But depending on final budget may be formica.

Option Two

1. Remove the small wall between the refrigerator and front door. This will help open the area.

2. The wall where the current cabinets are is 12 feet long. The eating countertop adds another three feet. We are going to keep some variation on that.

3. Facing the current 12 foot wall, from right to left we plan:

1. A 24 inch refrigerator;
2. 24 inch base cabinet
3. 18 inch dishwasher
4. 24 inch sink in a 27 inch base cabinet
5. 24 inch GE range (if we have a range, most of our backing will be done in a Breville countertop oven or similar:).
6. 24 inch or longer base cabinet
7. Above all of the base cabinets will be upper cabinets for storage
8. Small countertop microwave oven.

As for induction cooking we will use a portable induction cooktop. Current cost $100. Variation would be to remove the 24 inch GE range and put in a 30 inch Frigidarire induction range (currently $1000 versus $3500 for Bosch). Take away three inches from “b” and “f” above.

General Stuff:

1. All cabinets will be standard, No custom cabinets, etc.
2. Appliances are a big question mark. For example, the Bosch induction cooktop looks better than the Frigidaire, but it cost $2800 more and this is a part time home.
3. Regardless we will a have a small countertop oven oven;
4. We do very little baking these days. I have an Haier at another home in the middle of the wall, and all we back in it are pizza, brownies, cookies, and occasionally brook a steak, With a typical range we rarely use the oven as I cannot bend down enough to see what is cooking,

Any and all comments/suggestions welcomed.