Need advice (urgent)

[Paolo Ruggieri]

have a shot gun house... Traditional design very very small: enter in living room , kitchen in the back , bedroom in the middle.. Google shotgun and you see the design... You have to pass though the bedroom to go from kitchen to livingroom!!! I was about to knock 2 walls and make one... So that I only have one kitchen/living in the front  and one bedroom in the back... My contractor is trying to convince me not to do it because shotgun houses have a lot of character ... However I think no one would want to have people pass through their bedrooms to go to the kitchen and bathrooms.. Thoughts?