'Bringing the outside in': A Shoalhaven mountain retreat hits the market

It’s always a bit of a gamble around who you’re going to get as neighbours when moving to a new home. But you’d know exactly what you were in for at this mountain retreat near Berry on the NSW South Coast. 

As for human neighbours, you’re unlikely to see any. Instead, expect encounters with the resident wombats, wedge-tail eagles, lyrebirds and echidnas.

On just over 110 acres of pristine rainforest and bush, the brand new four-bedroom, three-bathroom home is the creative design of the property’s current owners, who have lived on-site for many years.

Its unique layout combines four separate, yet interconnected, wings. From the impressive main entrance, with a custom-built, recycled blackbutt door, turn right to find two bedrooms, each with a walk-in wardrobe, plus the main bathroom and laundry.

Continue along a covered walkway to the double car garage, which sits off a studio with its own private bathroom.

Back at the entrance, head straight ahead for the open-plan living, dining and kitchen, with high-end, integrated appliances.

Then tucked privately just off the entrance through yet another walkway is the western wing, with the main bedroom, en suite, and study.

Driving into the property down the private, fully-gated road, you feel completely disconnected from everything. And you’re not totally wrong – the home is completely off-grid, powered and run by a combination of solar panels, a wood-burning stove and a hydronic tank.

The solar passive design, solid concrete core-filled walls, and burnished concrete floors also work to keep the home at a comfortable temperature year-round. And the home combines eco-living with all of the comforts you’d expect in a luxury home, including hydronic underfloor heating, ducted air-conditioning, and an instant gas hot water system.

While the home itself is understated yet stunning, with a minimalist, contemporary palette, it’s designed to showcase the property’s true highlight: the view. 

Selling agent Carrie Bond of Bond Lifestyle Properties says it’s nothing short of breathtaking, stretching from views of the mountain range to the left, then straight over the top of Berry for expansive ocean panoramas. 

“What this house is about is very much bringing the outside in,” says Bond. 

“The design doesn’t compete with the view. The owners wanted something that would fit in with the landscape and not look monstrous, but you get inside and the scope of the whole build just overwhelms you because the view is so beautiful.”

The design allows a stunning outlook from every room, whether it’s from the towering commercial-grade windows that wrap the living and dining room, to the free-standing tub in the main bedroom’s en suite. And there’s no need to draw the blinds – there’s no one to see in – meaning you can keep those views on permanent display.

Woodhill

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Price guide: $7 million

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Agent: Bond Lifestyle Properties, Carrie Bond 0421 449 846