The roof pitch is not decorative. At this elevation the rain arrives sideways for three months of the year, and the deep overhangs keep the terraces usable through all of it.

Inside, the living level sits a full storey above the road, which puts the sightline over the neighbouring roofs and onto the water. The kitchen and dining room share that outlook.

The plot is freehold and the boundary planting is mature, so the privacy does not depend on anyone else’s screening decisions.