Petrichor sits on 20.677 hectares of indigenous fynbos above Plettenberg Bay, bordering the Keurbooms Nature Reserve. Designed by award-winning architect Richard Stretton of Koop Design, with ecological design by Matthew Koehorst of Six Kingdoms. Three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and a 54.68 m² mezzanine.

Materials carry their provenance: Thermory thermally modified pine cladding silvers with time on the exterior; KEIM mineral paint from Germany on the interior walls; leathered limestone underfoot beneath quarter-cut oak joinery and African mahogany doors. Italian Quadro taps over Dekton worktops. Handmade terracotta from Akashic in Knysna in three treatments around the Cheminées Philippe fireplace, the kitchen and the bathrooms. Bespoke terracotta pendants and sconces by award-winning Durban artist Nindya Bucktowar.

Fully off-grid: 16 kW solar array with battery storage, borehole-fed 45,000-litre filtered storage, hydronic underfloor heating, a 12.5-metre eco-pool, and a Finnish sauna pavilion.

The orientation is the rare one. Most Plettenberg Bay luxury properties face the sea; Petrichor faces north onto the Tsitsikamma range, and the cliffs of the Keurbooms Nature Reserve, with Robberg and the Indian Ocean carried from the east. Beyond the boundary, fynbos trails connect into the reserve.