A desk with survey drawings, a stone sample and a notebook, lit by flat north light.

The Journal

What we know about this coast, written down

Market notes that are deliberately unexciting, guides to a process that takes longer here than elsewhere, and the occasional argument about materials.

Salt-weathered oak and granite detailing on a coastal house, photographed in flat overcast light.

Architecture18 June 2026

What the Vellan Coast asks of a house

Salt, wind and light are not design themes here. They are loads, and they decide most of what a building on this coast is allowed to be.

Marisa Ellory · 6 minute read

Buying7 May 2026
Buying on the Vellan Coast: how the process actually runs
From first viewing to keys, with the three stages that take longer here than buyers expect and the one that takes less.
Ines Doray · 8 minute read
Market24 March 2026
The 2026 market: less supply, slower decisions, steadier prices
Nine houses changed hands above two million on this coast in the first half of the year. Here is what that number does and does not tell you.
Rufus Kenward · 7 minute read
Selling11 February 2026
Selling a designed house without losing what makes it worth buying
Architecturally specific houses reward a specific kind of sale. Most of the value is won or lost before the first photograph.
Ines Doray · 6 minute read
Architecture19 November 2025
Why we build in granite, oak and glass, and very little else
A short palette is not an aesthetic position. It is what happens when you ask which materials will still be worth having in eighty years.
Marisa Ellory · 5 minute read
Land30 September 2025
Coastal land: eight things to check before you buy a plot
Most plots that reach the open market on this coast have already been rejected by someone who knew what to look for. This is what they looked at.
Rufus Kenward · 9 minute read

What we know about this coast, written down

What the Vellan Coast asks of a house

Buying on the Vellan Coast: how the process actually runs

The 2026 market: less supply, slower decisions, steadier prices

Selling a designed house without losing what makes it worth buying

Why we build in granite, oak and glass, and very little else

Coastal land: eight things to check before you buy a plot

What we know about this coast, written down

What the Vellan Coast asks of a house

Buying on the Vellan Coast: how the process actually runs

The 2026 market: less supply, slower decisions, steadier prices

Selling a designed house without losing what makes it worth buying

Why we build in granite, oak and glass, and very little else

Coastal land: eight things to check before you buy a plot