Vera Villa holds one of the few true oceanfront parcels in Hope Ranch, roughly 170 feet of shoreline across two and a half acres. Whales pass offshore, dolphins move through the surf, and the south-facing villa, just over 4,700 square feet, was built to live with the ocean rather than beside it.

A gated entry winds through a fruit orchard to the residence, once a gathering place where an earlier generation of Hollywood closed out the day. Hope Ranch's private beach, with its cabanas and bridle paths, sits just below the bluff.

The grounds leave room for horses, a tennis court, a pool pavilion, or another vision entirely, all with the same frontage and southern exposure. It is a rare chance to reimagine an estate at the edge of the continent, and the renderings that close the gallery sketch one such vision.