Evening arrives slowly up here. The ocean goes from blue to silver, the coastline darkens to a long outline, and then the harbor lights come on below, one section at a time. Ships ease toward port. The bridge begins to glow. From the living room sofa, behind a wall of floor-to-ceiling glass, you watch the whole of it without getting up. It is the kind of view people work toward for years, and here it is the first thing you see in the morning and the last thing you see at night.

The home sits at the end of a cul-de-sac on the south side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, set back from the street and angled toward the water. That placement trades curb presence for privacy, and it pays you back the moment the front doors open. From the entry landing, the living room opens below: a wood-beamed ceiling overhead, a stone fireplace that climbs to meet it, and all that glass. A few steps down, the rooms you use most line up along the outlook. There is a formal dining room for long dinners, a kitchen with granite counters, double ovens, bar seating and a casual table by the slider, and a family room with its own fireplace, built-in bookshelves and a wet bar, steps from the pool.

The bedrooms sit at entry level in two wings. The primary suite takes the side heavy on the ocean views, with a beamed wood ceiling and a window that frames the harbor from bed. Two more bedrooms sit to the east, with enough separation for guests, work, or whatever you need them to be. Outside, the pool, spa, fire pit and deck face the same panorama, and each direction shows you something different: open ocean, the harbor and the Vincent Thomas Bridge, city lights running toward Long Beach, and mountains on a clear day.

Built in 1974 and well cared for, the home offers 3 bedrooms and 4 baths in 2,851 square feet on about a third of an acre. It is comfortable as it stands, with room to bring your own ideas over time. The parts no one can add later are already here: the lot, the orientation, and the horizon. A spot on this hill has always been hard to come by, and this is a real chance at one. Schedule a private showing with Graham and Kelly Levine, and come near dusk. Stay until the lights come on.