The temperature is managed through the natural breeze and constructed shade, as the climate is very hot and arid. Glass sliding doors are pocketed into the wall for night time indoor life when needed. The bedrooms are treated like individual suites or cottages with unique views, though the rest of the house is very open. The home features five private bedrooms designed as suites plus a two-bedroom addition for live-in staff. The master bedroom has a view of the ‘open’ ocean, while two of the guest bedrooms frames different moment of the ocean and landscape and guest bedroom by the spa beneath the pool, near the edge of a cliff, faces the Pacific Ocean in a cove where it foams and crashes against the cliff making for a dramatic ocean experience.

The roof of the gate house has solar panels that produce enough energy for the entire property to remain off-the-grid. The potable water is purified for reuse in a vertical herb garden in the house, while the outside garden is filled with native plants which are adapted to little water.