Flat-roofed house at dusk seen from the street, upper storey glowing above a wide garage door, neighbouring houses close on both sides.

Hidden Hills

Victoria · New Build · 2019

The lot falls steeply from the street to the beach, with neighbours close on both sides. The house takes the drop in three: garage and entry at the top, living space and terrace below, lawn and pool at the water, where the property ends in rock and driftwood. Screens of frosted glass and horizontal cedar hold the side boundaries; inside, white oak lines the ceilings and cabinetry, and marble, plaster and concrete do the rest. Every principal room faces the bay; nothing faces the neighbours.

Builder
GT Mann Contracting
Interior Design
Jenny Martin Design
Photography
Jody Beck Photography
Photography
Jacob & Jamie Photography
Entry recess lit warm beside a double garage door at dusk, a low car on the concrete apron and clipped shrubs along the walk.
Double-height room with a plaster chimney breast, a carved cedar roundel above the firebox, and a plank ceiling on exposed beams.
Open-tread stair rising against glass guards to a mezzanine, the beamed ceiling running out over the room below.
Tall windows and a sliding wall opening from the living room to a terrace, with water and a wooded hillside beyond.
View down from the mezzanine across the living room, kitchen island and dining table to the terrace and the beach.
Kitchen with pale oak cabinetry to the ceiling, a marble backsplash behind the range, and four upholstered stools at a marble island.
Marble-topped island with stools, seen against a run of full-height oak cabinets and a coffee station beyond.
Tall oak pantry doors beside the island, with a branch in a white vase on the counter.
Kitchen looking down the length of the island to a range under a stainless hood, with oak cabinetry on both sides.
Oak door standing open from the kitchen to a service room fitted out in white.
Butler pantry in white cabinetry with a long counter, a tall faucet and a shelf above the sink.
Glazed wine room seen between an open-tread stair and a glass guard, bottles racked on steel posts to either side.
Marble counter below a wall of racked bottles, two glass decanters standing on the stone.
Powder room with a grey basin set on a marble block, a slim mirror and two vertical light bars.
Family room with a wall-mounted screen on oak joinery, a deep sofa, and glass doors open to a terrace above the water.
Concrete-topped dining table on solid timber blocks, upholstered chairs along one side and glass doors to a terrace.
Wet bar recessed in oak joinery, with a small sink, a glass-fronted cooler and a bench seat alongside.
Bedroom with a low upholstered bed, grey linen, and sliding doors to a balcony above the beach.
Ensuite with a marble vanity on oak drawers and a glass shower, looking through a wide opening to the bedroom beyond.
Double marble vanity with wall-mounted taps, folded towels on an open oak shelf below.
Second bathroom with a white counter, triangular wall tile and a tub under a high window.
Three stepped storeys lit from within at dusk, seen across a lawn and a lap pool with a fire trough burning alongside.
Lap pool lit blue at dusk below a terraced garden, the house rising in lit tiers behind it.
Broad concrete steps climbing between planted grasses to a covered terrace lit from above.
Covered terrace at dusk looking past a glass guard to rock, driftwood and calm water, with houses on the far shore.
Victoria, BC