“Any thoughts on 18" front to back vs. 19"?!” @kel_kat5 - the sink’s front-to-back measurement can be important depending on how much room you’ll have behind your sink for the faucet. There have been a number of occurrences of people installing a sink, and then finding there isn’t enough room for the faucet, or for the faucet handle to move fully. This can be more the case in front of a window. Many people with this issue get a faucet in which the handle can be moved to the front, rather than be on one side. An advantage to this is that dripping hands on the handle don’t leave water all over the counter. For my next kitchen, I am doing this with my faucet, even if I have plenty of space. I am always cleaning mineral deposits and soap scum on the counter directly under the faucet handle where wet hands drip. Here is a thread about it: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2442104/positioning-single-handle-kitchen-faucet

Earlier I showed my wife this thread and she like to thank everyone for the help. She couldn't believe you folks actually spent the time perusing the floorplan and provided us with valuable feedback. Ok back to business.. So she ruled out moving the fridge beside the DW. In fact, she was very much against it. I do have to admit it will solve all our concerns. Also she wasn't keen on moving the pantry/laundry room wall, she like to keep her walk in pantry and not stack the washer/dryer. Thinking about it some more, we are leaning towards the idea idea of shrinking the patio door from 6' to 4' double French door(not sure if builder offers it). This will allow us to add an additional 24" cabinet and counter space beside the DW. Based on all your feedbacks, it appear fridge and island are the bigger concerns. FRIDGE: For easier fridge access, we are thinking of shrinking the space between stove and fridge. Currently that space is roughly 24". If we do decide to shorten it, what will be a small enough counter width to still be useful? I like to create enough space between fridge and wall to install a pull out pantry as some of you suggested. If it gets too tight, another option we considered is move the stove "up" by 12" towards the sink. However I am not sure whether it will be too close to the sink or not, thoughts? ISLAND: Wife wants an island, so it's here to stay. The good thing is it's floating and not fixed. I still don't have a good idea of what to do with it, might just push it further out for now so it won't impede traffic. At the same time I don't want to push it so far out that we can't fit a table in the breakfast area. Also I don't want to pay builder more to make it bigger. *sigh* so much options, so limited $.

Dear community thank you so much for your great feedback. i am really humbled by the response. Unfortunately it was too late for me to take feedback into account and got the kitchen delivered. We have the dishwasher next to fridge and the extractor hood is filter based so exhaust out pipe is not needed. I agree that cooktop island is too narrow and might be safety concerns but now that is what we are stuck with. I would really appreciate if you have any suggestions on how to improve it from this point? I have attached the picture of the kitchen in real life. The work is still in progress and kitchen tap needed to be install under the cabinets. Therefore there is a paper sheet on the top but underneath we have induction stove on composite black stone and sockets needed to be installed on the tiles. Looking forward for your feedback. Thanks Rehan

Observations (without conclusions): I can’t imagine wooden countertops in any sort of communal living space. The odd header beam dies into what could be a support post. The cabinets appear to be plywood which could indicate site-built Odd height/place for a paper towel holder @palimpsest could you give us a link to the listing?