Mountain retreat

No expense has been spared in the build of this Tamborine Mountain home

THE view from this mountain home is guaranteed to take your breathe away.

Ballet teacher Suzanne Swain and her husband Richard bought the block in 2010.

Two years later the couple created a home that isn’t just surrounded by nature, but brings it inside.

“We were previously living at Sanctuary Cove and we loved it there but we were craving nature,” Mrs Swain said.

“When we found the block we fell in love with the views.”

Mrs Swain described the property as something you have to see to believe.

“Every day the views are just a little bit different,” she said.

“The cloud formations over the valley in the morning makes it feel like you’re waking up and looking out of a plane window.”

Inspired by Mrs Swain’s childhood in Malaysia, the home embraces tranquillity, nature and, as she describes, inner peace.

Raw materials are showcased in the interiors with stone, timber and glass.

Soaring 3m ceilings and wide hallways create a sense of space.

A fish pond surrounds the alfresco area while a larger pond creates a garden feature.

“It has a contemporary Asian style,” Mrs Swain said. “When we were designing it, our brief to the builders was to have a home with a view from every room.

“It had to be free-flowing but still private and most of all the home had to have multiple areas to entertain our guests.”

Mrs Swain said when she has guests over they start at one end of the property and gradually make their way through.

“We start in the alfresco in the morning and we end at the pool by the end of the day.

“We can follow the sun right through the house.”

While the home oozes sophistication with a flair of Asian influence, the backyard is the real show stopper.

“We live on a bit of a cliff hanger, the backyard ends and then drops down to the valley,” she said.

“I always tell my husband he should have been a landscape architect because he has created a magnificent space out of the land.”

The 4.815ha property commands a 180degree mountain range view and is situated 435m above sea level.

“Driving home is the best part – it has been more of a retreat for Richard and I,” Mrs Swain said.