The client's brief was to provide a contemporary four bedroom home with two living spaces with rooms taking advantage of the magnificent sea views. Abutting the Queens Chain at the boundary, the stepped nature of the site informed the series of stacked building forms. The stepped building form reduces the scale of the site cut and impact of the slope. This was the best and only way to fulfill the client’s wishes to maximise the property’s location and vantage.

A central deck/courtyard provides a robust and sheltered layout for private indoor/outdoor living around a second-floor central hub. Bedrooms all open onto a private grassed backyard area with seaside views. The contemporary style home has listened to the client and the site topography to inform an excellent finished design.