My wife absolutely wants the washing machine and dryer to be on the ground floor, she won't be convinced otherwise. No chute. The utility room should be quite large, which actually suits us pretty well. We like to celebrate with larger groups, and it's super practical to have space there for two refrigerators, a wine cabinet, etc. It is also planned to place things like a KitchenAid and Thermomix, a second sink, which are not used every day, on the countertop there. However, we also try not to move too much around on the interior walls unnecessarily, and the kitchen/utility room is just like that. Since the house is only 4 km from our current one, we spend a lot of time over there and have, of course, tried out a lot; we think the kitchen fits pretty well like this and will be arranged very similarly again. where do you see difficulties/potential with the kitchen? There's not even a kitchen visible yet :) to me, this is a completely standard arrangement of kitchen and utility room. I find the wardrobe from interesting, but we would like it to be somewhat hidden. We're not exactly the tidiest :-/ maybe also a slightly smaller closet space, I can't see that very clearly right now. I'm just wondering where, in our version, the stroller will be parked when friends come to visit. Man, man, man, you’re making me insecure again, I was actually happy with the plan :-/