A lakefront section offering unparalleled water and mountain views and a slick designer house brimming with character features – does it get any better? It’s not every home that can marry clean lines in white and wood with rustic features such as a schist fireplace, barn-style sliding doors and dark tongue-and-groove-style walls, but this 276sqm house manages it with aplomb. It’s divine. The four-bedroom home, clad in board and batten, replaced an old house and is the culmination of the owners’ 15-year dream. The existing garage was retained for sentimental reasons and has been converted into a rumpus room for the kids.

Back to those rooms that drink in lake views: in the kitchen and dining space, you’ll find polished-concrete floors, feature groove linings with batten detailing on the island, and blond ply cabinetry. Natural light pours in through skylights, clerestory windows and sliders that open to decks and vistas. While the rustic living space still opens to the great outdoors, it’s ideal for chilly nights when the owners can close the sliders, light the fire and cosy up. This character is repeated in the main bedroom, which is connected by double barn-style doors. Throw them open and lake views can be enjoyed from bed. The house also has a powder room, study, tiled bathroom, laundry and new garage. Despite issues such as a high water table, Built Spaces has crafted a jewel of a home the clients are over the moon with.