Congrats on your (soon to be) new home!

We'd like to help, but we need more information. To be able to do more than guess, we need a fully-measured layout of all the spaces under consideration, a sketch of the entire floor the Kitchen is on, and the answers to a few questions.

Add them both to THIS post (not a new one). Add them either as a new message below or edit your starting post and add them there.

You may not be able to get the measurements until you close, so let us know and then come back here with the info when you can.

Excerpt taken from the Featured Answer in the "New to Kitchens? Read Me First!" thread:

Please post a fully-measured layout of the space under consideration and a sketch of the entire floor. Both can be either hand-drawn, computer generated, or drawn up with computer/app tools.

By "fully-measured", we mean a layout with the widths of each wall/window/door/doorway and the distances between each wall/window/door/doorway labeled. See a sample below. If something cannot be moved or changed, label it precisely on your layout (see post in sample) and tell us why it cannot be moved/changed -- we may have some ideas for you.

The sketch of the entire floor lets us see how the Kitchen relates to the rest of the home. It doesn't have to be to-scale, but it should accurately show how the rooms relate to each other and should include all interior & exterior doors. In addition, it will help us see how traffic flows in, around, and through the Kitchen. Label the front entry and family entry. The family entry is usually a garage or side entry, but it might not be. It's helpful to know which door you use to bring in groceries.

Regardless of how you draw it up (by hand, computer, etc.), please be sure all measurements are labeled. (Note: Computer generated layouts often lack key measurements and, sometimes, measure to/from things like the middle of a wall or the middle of a window. Neither are useful. Measure each item and the distances between each item.)

Other questions...

• Tell us about you and your family and how you plan to use your Kitchen. All-adults? Empty Nesters? Children (now or in the future)?
• What appliances (& their sizes) do you plan to have?
• Do you have a separate Dining Room elsewhere?
• Where are you flexible? Can walls/windows/doors/doorways change (move, change size, add, delete)?
• Do you have a basement under the Kitchen or are you on a slab?

Thank you for the reply. I will update the thread with the requested info when we close. Cheers!

Thank you for the reply. I will update the thread with the requested info when we close. Cheers!

Thank you for the reply. I will update the thread with the requested info when we close. Cheers!

If youre moving or taking down walls, and moving plumbing, 30k will not be nearly enough. Also most of us advise new homeowners to live in the house for 6 months before making changes. What you think you want now may not be what you want once you are living there. Take the time to see what works and doesnt work and keep saving for the redo

Yes, wait a least a year before doing any major reno. And think twice about removing space from the laundry room -- you may find you value the space in that room. But gotta live there a while to figure all that out.