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Where is your kitchen situated?

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annsixty Wed 05-Feb-20 16:01:14

I have been looking at my house with jaundiced eyes this morning having no energy to do much else.
My friends are downsizing, hugely, and say it is giving them a new lease of life.
This is not possible for me but I am tired of this one.

In our last home the kitchen was at the front of the house with an archway to the dining room.
I didn't have time then to "stand and stare" but now I do and I would love it.

Any of you have one and do you like it?

Lins1066 Wed 05-Feb-20 23:58:46

The kitchen is at the back of the house with patio doors opening onto the patio and a large lawn, the borders have some mature shrubs - camellias, laurel, holly and cotoneaster. We've been here 36 years annsixty and the garden has matured with us! We have lots of birds in the garden including two resident robins. We had a small sun lounge at the back too, but opened it all out about five years ago to create a kitchen diner. We spend most of our time here as we get the sun from about 10.30 am until sunset, so even in Winter like today, it was nice and warm. That was a stroke of luck as we viewed the house on a dismal November Saturday. The only downside is that we get a lot of wind off the sea and can't grow some plants due to the wind and salt.
I live in a quiet cul de sac so if the kitchen was at the front, there wouldn't be much to see.

Maggiemaybe Wed 05-Feb-20 23:59:32

Ours is at the side and has two big windows looking out to the unmade road that separates our half of the terrace from the bottom half. Straight out onto next door down’s wall then. It’s a quiet street so we don’t get many passers by. But if I look to the left and squint a bit I can see a good distance over fields way up to the next village, with an occasional train passing by in the distance. We sometimes get the excitement of a sheep or cow climbing over the wall from the farmer’s field at the back.

callgirl1 Thu 06-Feb-20 00:10:11

Our kitchen is at the back of the house, with a window looking out onto our back gate, the passage down the side of the house, and a wall about 8` high, so not much of a view, but we don`t have a garden to miss out on anyway.

annsixty Thu 06-Feb-20 08:11:07

Thankyou all so much for replying.
We can't all have what we want but it seems that most of you are very happy with what you have.
I shall try to appreciate my garden view more.
Also I hadn't thought of having the door open in the summer so my little cat Molly can go in and out at will and safely.
My H and I moved into this house 43 years ago so I should be used to it by now?

rubysong Thu 06-Feb-20 08:38:24

Kitchen at the back, facing the garden and with a very small and distant view of Dartmoor. It is also very close to our bedroom (it is a bungalow) so very handy for bring in cups of tea/porridge/egg on toast in the morning.

bikergran Thu 06-Feb-20 09:15:14

Anyone remember the old fashioned "back to back" terraced houses ( you sort of didnt have a gap in between the houses they were joined together)

Mine is a Modern version of that, its pretty lonely really as you dont' see anyone pass your window, I am situated at the back,my kitchen and conservatory lounge look into the small back garden and onto the backs of the bigger 4 bed houses. Our last house over looked fields etc I do so miss it. 20 yrs on.

Alygran Thu 06-Feb-20 09:29:43

My kitchen is at the back, looking over the garden and the fields beyond. The hills are in the distance. I see the sun rise (if I’m up in time) from March to October.

Urmstongran Thu 06-Feb-20 09:30:07

Where is my kitchen situated?
I’ll have to check with the butler later ...

Esther1 Thu 06-Feb-20 09:34:15

I would love to have an interesting view from my kitchen sink, but alas both the sink and the cooker face a wall. This was our own doing though as we opted to extend out from the back of the kitchen and add on a really big bright Conservatory leading to the garden. I really don’t do much cooking though and don’t spend a lot of my time ‘facing the wall’. Probably should have thought the whole thing through a bit more on hindsight.

MiniMoon Thu 06-Feb-20 10:02:06

My kitchen is at the front of my house. The window looks out onto the garden and the fields and hillside beyond.
The only room with a window at the back of the house is the bathroom.

Caro57 Thu 06-Feb-20 10:33:19

Kitchen at front - looks out onto drive and barn. Would move later today if I could as it’s too isolated but DH just blanks any discussion. After he dies I have decided house will be on the market before his funeral - and neither will be long after the event smile !!

lindiann Thu 06-Feb-20 10:41:37

My Kitchen is at the back and I love washing up just before dark as I watch the magnificent displays from the starlings smile

Katyj Thu 06-Feb-20 10:44:05

My kitchen is at the front looking up the street, it’s the first time ever. The lounge is at the back overlooking the garden and southwest facing too. We’ve only been here 4 months, think I’m going to like it eventually, hope so anyway. it’s a bit different looking up the street, whilst washing up, makes a change.

BusterTank Thu 06-Feb-20 10:46:30

My kitchen looks out on to my back garden . I can doing the washing up and watch the wild life at the same time .

Guineagirl Thu 06-Feb-20 10:59:25

Mine is at the side overlooking a nosy t...t so hope to move this year. I would love a kitchen/diner and detached as well so we are in charge of our own roof and guttering for once and I love music so would love to play my music in a new kitchen. Never too late to change things x

Moggycuddler Thu 06-Feb-20 10:59:29

My kitchen is the biggest room of the house, with a window at the front and at the back, so we can see the front street and the back garden. I love my kitchen, spend most of my time in there.

Grannyhall29 Thu 06-Feb-20 11:02:22

Our kitchen is at the back of the house overlooking the garden, I love standing at the sink watching the birds coming and going but right now I'm sat on the sofa in my living room which is at the front of the house with a lovely big bay window where I'm watching people/cars go past and also more birds popping in and out of the hedge so I think I have the best of both, we are also not overlooked at the front and have a park opposite so I can also stand at my bedroom window watching people running, kids playing and dogs being exercised and playing ?

sarahellenwhitney Thu 06-Feb-20 11:07:34

All my property purchases, now living in number five have had dual aspect kitchens , never purposely looking for this feature although it does have advantages. if you miss it all happeninggrin through one window you can usually catch up through the other one.

Aepgirl Thu 06-Feb-20 11:29:17

My kitchen is at the front. Good and bad really - I suppose we are never satisfied.

maddyone Thu 06-Feb-20 11:40:57

My kitchen has three windows, two overlook the back garden, and one looks out to the front garden and small Close we live in. When we moved in many years ago, the Close was very quiet and uncluttered, but now white vans and cars whose owners live in other roads park in the Close so it is crowded and cluttered, especially at nights and weekends. Every house in the Close has a driveway so residents use their own parking, the other vehicles have owners who don’t live in the Close. Annoying.

wendek Thu 06-Feb-20 11:44:16

We live a terraced house, kitchen goes the depth of the house, go get to see the not so pretty garden at the back and life beyond the garden at the front. Always something going on as we’re on a bus route. Patio doors at the rear would be amazing.

Scrappydo Thu 06-Feb-20 11:49:11

Three weeks into major kitchen refurb. Meals cooked in microwave & air fryer for 4 adults. Washing up in the bath. Chimney breast down, wall down, floor raised & windows replaced. 3 weeks to go. Keep telling myself it will be worth it in the end, but the dirt, dust & noise is driving me mad.☹️

4allweknow Thu 06-Feb-20 12:09:47

Merlotgran. Your situation sounds lovely. My kitchen is at the back looking on to our garden and a strip of woodland, really a privacy/wind break area. Garden is lovely but sad to say the wooded area is being destroyed by children mainly primary age girls. Concrete slabs are appearing for the girls to build gang huts and of course others are creating 'gangs' and doing the same. Wildlife and planting being destroyed and adults cutting trees down. The irony is that the whole area is situated at a woodland park, golf course, nothing but woods but the parents allow such destruction in this small area. I want to move.

Craftycat Thu 06-Feb-20 12:11:10

Overlooks drive to side of house & garden at the back. It is quite long but not very wide. I so miss my old farmhouse kitchen which was huge & everything had a place. I still have all the 'stuff' but not the amount of space to put it all.
If Ernie or the lottery ever pay out we will extend it over back of house to join conservatory- in my dreams!!
I cook everything from scratch so I spend a lot of time in the kitchen

Kim19 Thu 06-Feb-20 12:15:43

Think my kitchen is at the back of the house. Try not to go there unless absolutely essential!!