You should contact contractors who can advise you on how easily venting can be added. I agree with you. Would never buy a house without it unless it could be easily added.

Nice looking property!

First off, it is not "petty" a bit to make having a range hood a priority. Anybody who thinks differently, including whoever designed that house, either doesn't cook or has yet to experience the full impact of airborn grease on household finishes and furnishings. For me, in a smaller space, it is a top quality of life priority. Plus I want to sear ribeyes stovetop four at a time. For perspective, I am running a 48" 1200 CFM Ventahood over a 30" range.

Hard to tell from the pics, but it might be an option to vent through the roof. It appears that this would entail both a long run of duct and at least several bends to get out. I might be looking at an external blower, although it's also not obvious where that could go or the aesthetic impact. Definitely a project getting that thing properly vented.

Good luck!

I assume you mean something like the attached

Exactly. I just noticed that this thread is posted only in Kitchens. You might want to add Appliances, or cross-post in Appliances, for more opinions.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/appl

What the heck were they thinking? I wouldn't even want to turn on that beast of a range without a hood venting outside!

Good luck - this needs to be done.

That's too bad, it looks like a nice house otherwise.

I looked again and take that back! 😮

Why are there what looks like 2 front doors on the front facade of the house?

That is two quirky things from just one photo, so you might want to go back to the house and look again without any rose colored glasses on and you might find that this house has even more quirky designs that you might not want to live with or pay to fix ...

I didn't think two front doors is all that odd.. the main door is for guests, the other door is for the mudroom (think 5 kids, snow boots, mud, etc.).