Photos of Completed Cliff House

Photography by David Gregory.

Recent Photos of Cliff House

These photos were taken last Spring, after the exterior was mostly finished, but not yet the interior.

New Photos of Cliff House

New construction photos of Cliff House on Pender Island, which is nearing completion.

New Photos of Cliff House

View of the house from the driveway.


View of the house from the southwest. The master bedroom cantilever is visible at the top.


The view from the master bedroom.

Cliff house nearing lock-up

Cliff house wing walls

Cliff house deck cantilever

Cliff house progress

Cliff house progress - roof is on

Cliff house roof-ready

Cliff house view

Cliff house rises

Cliff house as toy

Check out this new photo. I edited using Tiltshift Generator, an iPhone app that gives the photo a toy camera effect. I like it!

Cliff house deck in place

The deck at Cliff house has been installed. The deck cantilevers sixteen feet out over the cliff, supported by steel beams.

By avoiding touching the ground with columns, and allowing rainfall through a permeable cedar deck surface, this design intrudes less on the cliff wildlife below.

The subfloor for the main floor has been laid down, giving a good sense of the platform created.

The next step is to place the steel moment frame. Then the wood frame walls will go up and what looks like a construction site now will quickly take on the shape of a house.

The view from the deck is quite spectacular and a little vertigo-inducing, although that will change once the cedar decking goes on.

A bald eagle was on the lookout today further down the cliff. A good omen, if you're Roman.

Framing Started on Cliff House

Formwork and Treeplanting at Cliff House

The house on the cliff at North Pender Island is nearly ready for foundation wall pouring.



Meanwhile, we have planted some Red Alders and salmonberries at the front of the property, by the driveway, with the intention of restoring it to its natural boggy state.

Formwork on Cliff House

Formwork for foundation walls is half done. The bracing for the deck
means the concrete is higher than expected, but the bonus is that the
house gets a better view and a roomier basement.

Construction Started on Cliff House

The footings have been poured on my first real building project, a cliff house on Pender Island.

The structural engineer was over to visit the site and discuss the framing with the contractor and the steel fabricator.

"When does the steel need to be ready?"

"The crane operator gets back from his vacation in Russia in a month. So, in a month."