Dark corrugated cladding under a wood soffit, a deck with a red umbrella above the ocean

Halfmoon Bay, Sunshine Coast

Oles Cove

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A waterfront acreage house at Oles Cove near Halfmoon Bay, built by Summerhill Fine Homes with Second Nature Designs. Low dark volumes sit on the rock above the Strait of Georgia, and clerestory windows carry light across white walls inside.

Builder: Summerhill Fine Homes
Designer: Second Nature Designs

Gravel drive curving through tall firs to the low dark house

Looking down on the dark roof set into a stand of firs above the shoreline

The long entry elevation behind a gravel court, a red door at its centre

A separate outbuilding in dark cladding with a glazed overhead door onto the gravel

Corrugated cladding close up, ribs running vertically in low raking light

A red front door set into dark corrugated cladding beside a large boulder

The front door from inside, frosted sidelights and a patch of sun on the floor

Entry hall under an oval skylight, white doors and a plant on a wood chest

A red moulded lounge chair in the entry hall, oval skylight overhead

The circular skylight well from below, its white curve cut against blue sky

Living room seen from the entry, a wood stove and black flue against white walls

The living room opening through sliding glass to the water, clerestory light across the walls

A woman reading by the window while stripes of sun cross the wall behind the stove

Living room elevation, the stove between a grid painting and a circle panel

Open plan living, dining and kitchen in one room, glass to the deck and water

A wood stove below a black and red circle panel, red throw over a slatted chair

Kitchen island and stools looking past the dining table to the water and far shore

White kitchen with a long island, round platters and a trailing plant hung above

Three curved wood stools at the island counter, a tall fridge beyond

A sunbeam crossing the white wall past a black and red circle panel

Shadows raking a white wall, a doorway through to the dining room and deck

A studio with picture windows onto the water, someone working at the far table

Hall lined with artwork leading to a glass door onto the deck and the water

Bedroom with sliding doors to the deck, a paper pendant above the bed

A freestanding tub at a window looking straight onto the rock face outside

Ensuite with a freestanding tub under a skylight and a long double basin counter

Curbless shower behind glass, a tall slot window onto the rock and moss

Two round mirrors above a pale wood vanity with twin basins

Guest bathroom with a dark floating vanity, round mirror and a walk in shower

Foxgloves and low planting along the gravel path, water showing through the trees

The building corner under a wood soffit, its deck carried out over the slope

Firs and open water beside the dark corner of the house and its gravel garden

The house and its deck in evening light above the water, firs down the slope

The long elevation lit gold at the end of the day, deck rail above the rock

Sunset from the deck, a figure at the glass rail and loungers under the soffit

Twilight from above, the lit house small against the forested shore and dark water

Looking down at dusk over the point, the roof among trees at the rock edge

Dusk at the entry, wall lights along the dark facade and the red door glowing

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