Checklist for Kitchen Planning and Design

1. How many persons are living in your household?

Adults

Child(ren)

2. Do you have somebody to help you in the household and kitchen?

Daily _____ weekly _____ occasionally _____ never _____

3. How tall is the person who works in the kitchen the most? __________ (in cms.)

4. The efficient arrangement of the stove and sink depends on this, so are you:

Right-handed

Left-handed

5. If both are available, which form of energy would you prefer for the cooking well?

Electricity __________ / Piped Gas ________________

6. When working in the kitchen do you also use: Hi-fi

Television

Internet

7. What’s your house like?

• Shell completed
• Structural modifications possible still in the planning stages

8. Where are the family meals mostly eaten? ______________ (Does the client need a salad counter)
Kitchen Details: The layout of the room for your kitchen, Its floor plan, and the available installations
are often virtually immutable factors for your planning. The following questions are intended to help
you not to forget anything.

1. How large is your kitchen? (In the case of rooms with many nooks and crannies a simple sketch
will help.)

length (in cm)

width(in cm)

2. How high is the room for your kitchen from floor to ceiling? (in cms) _____

Everywhere Yes

No

If No, pls take the necessary measurements

3. Where are the doors and windows in the room for your kitchen? (Please include on your sketch.)

number of windows number of doors

4. How do the windows open? Inwards ___ outwards _____ side-hung_____ bottom-hung _____

5. How large are the windows including the frames?

• Width (in cms) _______ Height (in cms)______

• Height (from the floor to the sill of the window) ________

6. How large are the doors including the frames?

Width (in cm) _________ Height (in cms) _________

7. What kind of kitchen would you opt for

1. Galley / Parallel
2. Straight Line
3. U shaped
4. L - Shaped
5. G – Shaped
6. Peninsula
7. Island
8. Open
8. If you opt for an island, what would you use it for…..
• Cooking
• Preparation
• Storage
• Salad / Breakfast Counter
• Washing up

9. Is there an air conditioner in the kitchen?

If yes, Where … indicate exact position in the sketch

Dimensions – Width (in Cms) ____

Depth (in Cms) _____

Length (in cms) _______

10. How is the kitchen supplied with hot water?

from a central supply / from a separate flow heater

11. What forms of energy are available in the kitchen?

Electricity ______

Natural Gas ______

12. Can a break be made in an outer wall for the duct from an extractor hood?

13. What material is used for the kitchen floor?

14. What material and colour scheme will you be choosing for the kitchen walls?

15. Do you prefer a pantry, rather than cupboards, to store food?

16. How much storage space do you think you’ll need for:

Bowls, dishes, vases, and other large table implements?

Much Average Little

Tableware, services, etc.? (Note stacked heights)

Much Average Little
 Coffee/tea things, services, etc.? (Stacked heights!)
Much Average Little

Glasses, jugs, carafes, and other glass articles?

Much Average Little

Cutlery (services, serving and carving cutlery, sets of knives and spoons, Implements for preparing
food)?
Much Average Little

17. Which recess fittings do you want over the worktop?

• Recess cabinet with louvre shutter
• Function railing with accessories kitchen shelf – list of accessories

18. Lighting:
Light mount element (under the overhead cabinets) with halogen lamps or fluorescent tubes and
sockets
Halogen lamps (installed in base of carcase)
Fluorescent tubes behind screen
Light mount element installed on walls

19. Which fittings for optimised utilisation of storage space should now be incorporated in the plans?
• spice pots rack/sauce jars
• kitchen rolls
• foil and cling film (incl. tear-off)

20. Can the sink be placed in front of the window?

Yes _____ No ___

21. Do you need the following in your kitchen:

• an extending table? / stand alone table in the room?
• a computer or TV in your kitchen?
• Salad / Breakfast Counter

22. Do you need a tall cabinet to house the refrigerator in your kitchen?
23. Appliances : Would you prefer to source yourselves or should we provide the same with the
kitchen: _________________________

Sl. No. Unit Description Inbuilt Model Dimensions Capacity If Existing / Position
/ (W x L x D) available To Install ***
FreeSta
nd-ing
1 Refrigerator

2 Microwave

3 Conventional
Oven

4 Hood

5 Hob / Cooktop

6 Cooking Range

7 Dishwasher

8 Wine Cabinet

9 Food Processor

11 Any other

*** Specify where the appliance needs to be installed eg., under the counter, in the tall unit, in the island
if any etc.
24. FITTED SINKS AND TAPS
• Single Bowl only ____

• Single Bowl with drain board ____

• Single Bowl with small ancillary bowl and drain board ____

• Double bowl with drain board ____

• Double bowl without drain board ____

• Stainless steel (matt brushed or gloss) quartz or granite composites enamel -

______________________

• Bio – Disposers (Crushers) required / not required _____________________

• Waste outlet : is it in the wall / floor : ______________________

• Sink Faucet : Platform mounted / Wall mounted ____________

Sink Mixer / Sink Cock ___________

Soap dispenser

Stop valve for dishwasher

Installation :

• upright sink
• flush-mounted sink
• sink beneath worktop

25. What type of kitchen design would you choose spontaneously?

• modern wooden kitchen in the designer style

• comfortable wooden kitchen in the farmhouse style

• white kitchen coloured kitchen

• extravagant kitchen with matt or high-gloss painted fronts

• professional kitchen in a high-tech look with a lot of tainless steel and glass

• purist kitchen without handles and with reduced design language

• Do you want a neutral, minimalist kitchen?

• Do you want a vibrantly exotic kitchen, full of colour?

26. Which worktop material pleases you most?

• Granite / Marble / Corian / Stainless Steel / Laminate / Agglomerate __________

27. Which recess design do you prefer?

Recess panels in worktop colour

Recess panels in front colour glass panels

Stainless steel panels

Tiles

Painted

28. Do you want glass cabinets or shelves to relieve the row of overhead cabinets?

yes _____ no _____

29. Do you want the overhead cabinets to be 72 cm high? _____ Else specify ________

30. Do you want to have an upright cabinet on the worktop?

• yes, glazed door
• yes, aluminium louvre shutter
• yes, stainless steel louvre shutter
• yes, any other – specify __________
• No