No better answer or insight, I feel your pain

We have a kitchen that needed renovating 11 years ago when we bought the house, life happens, as you say

A good renovation would require an entire rethink of the layout, and possibly the space itself (were we to knock out a wall, move a WC etc….cost, cost) Kitchen is tiny, meant for the farmer’s wife, only, and not when holding a knife
Sometimes we are only 1 or 2 adults, more frequently 3 adults, the occasional 4th adult child, and almost always the cat and dog.
Not sure why we heat the other rooms…

The fridge died, and more recently the dishwasher - wanting a quick solution at minimal cost given now is not the time for the bigger renovation (BTDT at Sweden country refuge 3 years ago, still recovering) I sourced a dishwasher on Ricardo and bought a new fridge (is a built-in model with minimal choice size-wise, ceiling is low so any new carpentry would need to conform anyway)

Good luck!