Hi, I am looking for advice from people who have already gone through a side return to a kitchen in a terrace house. We are currently exploring the options for a side return to our property and the different internal layouts the ground floor could have. Our reception room and dining room are currently opened into one another, with one entrance through the dining room and they are not huge rooms. Looking at other side returns the most common lay out appears to be having two kitchen entrances - one through the corridor by the stairs, and one into the dining room. With a downstairs toilet in the middle of these (if that makes sense!) We have seen some examples of the kitchen not being opened up into the dining room and instead there is a laundry room/toilet there. A third option presented to us was to shut off the traditional kitchen entrance by the stairs and put a downstairs bathroom and laundry area there. Then opening the whole of the back of the dining room into the kitchen. I am struggling to decide which would enable best use of the space and what would be most family friendly. I am concerned about creating a long corridor where the side return is and turning the current dining room into an unused space with no purpose. If you have any experience or advice I would hugely appreciate it. Thanks very much, Lucy