Renovation of existing ground floor apartment - additional office

The suggestion from Scout on page 3 is good, but I have a load-bearing wall that at least must be preserved as a support for the beam.

I would, in your place, finish the extension with the roof extension. Next to the chimney, the exterior wall would also have to remain or a column as a support. But I don’t find that bad at all. Wall panels can shape rooms. Personally, I would place the kitchen there, a kind of conservatory kitchen, but then also with skylights.

So I have now ruled out an extension/addition for myself. That means I would like to get the most out of the existing floor plan. What do you think about that? I have now positioned the kitchen in a U-shape as well. I am considering installing a divider to the entrance area so that you don't see the kitchen immediately? Position the cooking area differently? I also don't think I have to leave 60cm from the wall for the steel beam, I am estimating 30-40 - the structural engineer should confirm that. How would you arrange/furnish the living/dining area?

Is this enough as a kitchen? Hardly any workspace between the sink and the cooktop .. and that is the main working area. Only one tall cabinet. Peninsula only 60 cm deep.

And I don’t think you can reduce the walls as shown.

Is that enough for a kitchen? Hardly any workspace between the sink and the cooktop... and that's the main work area. Only one tall cabinet. Peninsula only 60 cm deep.

And I don't think you can reduce the walls as shown.

That is not a tall cabinet but a divider from the entrance area. The workspace would be where the stools are. Yes, it is little, but I wouldn't know how it could be better?
The peninsula is wrong, it would be 80 deep.

Why do you think the walls are not possible?

I would leave out the divider. It is unnecessary. The door is a round arch without a door leaf? I would extend the "island" to the support and keep it generous. Also, pull it up to ceiling height so that approximately 1.20 remains in the middle. The space by the fireplace will probably only be enough for a small table for four? Possibly buy a round extendable one. Or place it against the interior wall of the living room.

Tall cabinet = to the right of your partition wall = probably refrigerator

Try moving things around yourself in the living room... I think no great sofa/TV position can be found there.
And the dining table, as Yvonne wrote, does not fit below the kitchen peninsula at all, because that is the passage area to the private rooms.

That’s why this suggestion: