Headland House
640 sq mOne long room facing west, with the last twelve metres standing out over the water.
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Private estate · Konkan coast
A house above the sea,and no one else in sight.
Aequor is a small estate of homes on a headland of the Konkan coast, 14 metres above the Arabian Sea.
Aequor is a headland in south Sindhudurg with a few houses on it and nothing else. Each was placed so that no house can see another.
40acOf headland, most of it left as found
14mAbove the Arabian Sea
90mTo the nearest house, at the least
The land
The landcame first.
It was surveyed for a full year before a single wall was drawn. The plateau drains to the west, so the houses stand on the eastern rise.
The headland from the west15°51′N 73°38′E
The lane400 m
Nothing was levelled. The old banyan stays where it is, and the lane bends around it.
Of the forty acres, thirty-four stay as they were found: cashew and mango on the slope, grass on the plateau, rock at the edge.
The cove faces south-west and holds its calm from November to May.
You reach it by a path from each house. There is no road down to the water.
The cove at low tide180 m
The year
Come in June,when it rains.
Most owners arrive for the dry months. The ones who know the place come for the monsoon.
July, from the verandah
June to September
2,900 mm24 to 29°CThe monsoon. Rain most days, the sea too rough to swim.October to February
90 mm21 to 32°CClear and dry. The cove is calm from November.March to May
60 mm25 to 34°CWarm and still. Mango and cashew come in.
January, 7 in the morning
The houses
Three houses,one wall each.
Every house is built along a single wall of laterite, with one thin roof laid over it. They differ only in how they meet the ground.
On the cliff · Four bedrooms
Terrace House
480 sq mTwo levels stepped into the hill. The roof of the lower one is the garden of the upper.
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Cove House
320 sq mA single storey under one roof, thirty metres back from the sand.
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How they are built
Four materials,all from nearby.
Nothing in the houses travelled more than sixty kilometres, and none of it is painted.
01
Laterite
Cut by hand at a quarry 11 km inland. Every house is built along one wall of it.
02
Basalt
The same black rock as the cliff, honed for floors, steps and the pool.
03
Teak
Oiled, never varnished. Screens and shutters that go silver in three monsoons.
04
Concrete
Cast against rough boards, 18 cm thick, with a roof overhang of 3 m.
Wall, roof and screen25 cm blocks
What is shared
Very little,on purpose.
Eight households share four things. Everything else on the land is yours or nobody's.
The pavilion under the banyan
The pavilion
30 mOne room with no walls under the banyan, and a table that seats 24.
The cove
180 mNear-black sand, a boat shelter, and steps cut into the rock.
The lane
400 mRed earth from the gate to the first house. No street lights.
The keeper
All yearOne estate keeper lives on the land all year. No club, no concierge desk.
The plots
Eight plots,drawn to scale.
Choose a plot to see the house that stands on it. Five are available, one is reserved and two are sold.
SheetAequor Estate, plan of plots
Scale1:1250
ContoursEvery 4 m
Surveyed2024 to 2025
AvailableReservedSoldHeavy line: the shore, 0 m
Visit
Come andwalk it.
Visits are by appointment, one household at a time. Allow three hours and bring shoes for rock.
The estate is about 45 km from Mopa airport in Goa. We will send the survey sheet for your plot before you come.
