At home on the course

There is a kind of chilled-out, California vibe going on here. The small, uplit bar beside the kitchen has enough tequila to fuel a small revolution. The background music is hip-hop and R&B, with equal measures of smoothness and autotune. Although the house is immaculately styled and maintained — not a leaf of grass seems to be uncombed — the one thing to have escaped housekeeping is an American football wedged inconspicuously in one of the kids’ bunk beds.

Yet not everything here is an approximation of the United States’ West Coast — where the owners have spent significant amounts of time. It’s as if a Malibu pavilion had been lent a Scandinavian palette, some of Martha’s Vineyard’s self-assuredness, and plenty of that Kiwi, laid-back attitude. Given that the house rests on an impressive, elevated site within the