Renovating our (soon-to-be) new home. The kitchen is a full gut and we are adding a nearby addition which will be both pantry and mudroom. Our current (permitted) design is below...dimensions not shown but the kitchen is 15' 7" interior width and 19' 6" depth from back wall to the edge of the stairwell. Only updates to the drawing are the double oven is now at the end of the run next to the corner banquette near the stairs; there is no tall cabinet in between the oven cab and the banquette. The banquette is 6' by 6'.

Also the deck is not shown in this drawing, but it would be at the level of the mudroom (below the level of the living/dining room), so there would not be steps up into the mudroom door but there would be a couple steps up to the deck which will have a stone paver path leading to it from the garage and driveway area.

The mudroom entryway door is at the rear of the home, but would be our most often used entrance into the house as the detached garage and driveway are in the rear. We don't love that us and guests would have to walk up onto the deck before the entry door and have to walk past the laundry immediately upon entering the home. And also don't like that there is no direct access to the deck from the kitchen, have to go back through the mudroom to bring food out (or around to the double doors from living/dining room area) if we're doing a cookout or something on the deck. We do like having the kitchen sink in front of the window to the back yard and in general I think the kitchen design layout is pretty solid (opinions are very welcome on that...).

We are considering an alternative design where instead of a rectangular addition off of the inside portion, it's an L-shaped addition that wraps around two sides. Current design is below, but we are still working on it.

This solves the issue of always walking right past the laundry. It's also nice for the entry as the rear door now faces the driveway rather than people needing to walk up onto the deck then into the home. And there is direct access from the kitchen to the deck through the second kitchen door.

But I think the kitchen design suffers as a tradeoff. We lose the sink looking out into the backyard and the window letting in that light, now the sink overlooks onto the side of the property which basically just means we're staring at the side of our neighbors house while doing the dishes. The pantry is smaller, although it is more incorporated to the functional part of the kitchen than before. We do get more upper cabs in this layout, but lose a tall pantry cab.

I'm most concerned about where to place the double oven. Is it ok to put it next to a door like this? If instead we rotated it 90 degrees and had it on the same run as the cooktop and hood, how far off the adjacent wall should it be to ensure easy access when putting things in/out of the oven? Another option would be on the end of the sink/fridge near the pantry door, it would again be near a wall there, but with the pantry door opening I think there would be more space to always have access.

Appreciate any and all advice!