The land has extensive clay soils. The building is a conventional timber framed structure with fibre cement board cladding externally, plasterboard and cypress pine boarding claddings internally. All walls and roof are insulated. The design incorporates a sunroom complete with pergola incorporated within the fascia line, with adjacent clear roof over the entry for maximised solar gain to that portion of the home. The fascia pergola ensures full sun inflow in winter months progressivley shading to full sun exclusion in mid-summer.
Extensive verandas shield the building face from weather.
The kitchen has a steep roof and clerestorey. The land slope is accommodated by a building split level occuring between garage and bedrooms. The building is painted light cream to match stone walling on embankments nearby, with Mist Green roof and Caulfield Green trim and fascias. Water supply is from a 20,000 gallon concrete tank by pump to the house. Hot water is by roof slope mounted solar system with DC ignition to gas boost.