Harbour House
A family home on Netloft Quay, built to take the weather and frame the harbour.
- Location
- Netloft Quay, Saltmere
- Type
- New home, four bedrooms
- Area
- 186 m²
- Year
- Completed 2025
- Scope
- Architecture, interiors and joinery
- Team
- Elin Varga, Ewan Hallam, Saga Lind
A calm house on a working quay
The clients wanted a home for a family of five on a plot by the old fish market. The quay is busy in the morning and quiet by evening. They asked for rooms that feel calm at both times.
The site faces south over the harbour. Wind comes off the water most of the year, and salt reaches every surface.
Two volumes that share one view
We split the house in two. A tall oak-clad volume holds the living room, with bedrooms above. A low concrete wing holds the kitchen and opens onto the quay.
Both share one long south wall of glass and oak. Deep reveals keep out the high summer sun and let the low winter sun reach the back of the rooms.
The house in six drawings
Scroll to move through the set. Each plate is drawn at the scale we used on site.
A plan drawn around the light
- 01Walls follow the line of the quay
The outer walls sit on the old harbour wall, so the house keeps the line of the street.
- 02Every main room faces south
Living, kitchen and dining share one long wall of glass. The stair, study and boot room sit to the north.
- 03Joinery does the furnishing
Built-in oak benches, shelves and a window seat mean the rooms need very little loose furniture.
The materials, used throughout the house
We kept the palette short so the house reads as one piece. Each material copes well with salt air and gets better with age.
Board-marked concrete
Plinth, kitchen walls and the quay stepsSmoked oak
Cladding, window frames and the stairLime plaster
Walls in every bedroomTerrazzo
Kitchen floor and the basinsLinen
Curtains and the window seatProject credits
Atelier Nord
Elin Varga, Ewan Hallam
Saga Lind
All plates drawn by the studio