Splitting the house into two pavilions keeps the bedroom wing quiet when the living pavilion is full, and gives every room a cross-breeze — which on this orientation does most of the cooling.

The block backs onto a gazetted reserve, so the outlook to the north cannot be built out. The water frontage carries a registered mooring licence.

The pool, the boat store and the garaging were all consented and built with the house rather than added, which is why the site works as a single composition.