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Custom Building & Traditonal Timber Framing

Bega Valley, NSW

Sweetwater Barn has been raised in the bega valley, NSW
Joshua and Brodie, the owners of Heartwood traditional building

A family owned building and carpentry company, specialising in handcrafted hardwood timber projects of all sizes.

As one of the few building companies in Australia to offer mortice and tenon timber framing, our projects are unique and designed to bring traditional craftsmanship into your home.

Heartwood provides a broad range of custom building services. This includes construction, carpentry, joinery, design advice and three dimensional concept plans.

From timber framed barns to small renovations and maintenance work, we are happy to work with you on any size project.

Heartwood is based in the Bega Valley on the far south coast of NSW, but projects outside of our area are always considered.

Our Services

  • Any projects large or small, we work closely with our clients to create handcrafted homes.

  • We design, engineer and build traditional timber frames to suit your project and budget. Handcrafted by local carpenters from the timber of your choice, delivered ready for installation

  • Our trusses are detailed to connect seamlessly with your conventional walls and roof structure. A great option for achieving the impact of a traditional timber home.

  • If you are building an off-grid home or a small space to unwind, our cabin frames provide the perfect structure for you to finish off yourself.

  • Barn homes, wedding venue and stables. Our traditional timber barn frames are custom designed to fit your project.

  • Handcrafted using Australian hardwood, we have a distinct style of building that works perfectly for outdoor furniture.

  • Hard wearing and built to last. Made from Australian hardwood with heavy fabricated steel hardware. Custom designed to fit your needs.

  • Heartwood provides building services to the Bega Valley, projects outside our area are always considered.

Traditional timber framed king post truss, engineered and handcrafted in Bermagui

Traditional timber framed king post truss, engineered and handcrafted in Bermagui

Hardwood Pergola handcrafted from local hardwood and constructed using traditional timber frame joinery

Hardwood Pergola handcrafted from local hardwood and constructed using traditional timber frame joinery

Meditation retreat finished. Traditional timber framed from local hardwood. Located in Tathra NSW

Meditation retreat finished. Traditional timber framed from local hardwood. Located in Tathra NSW

Traditional timber frame cabin in the Cobargo countryside

Traditional timber frame cabin in the Cobargo countryside

Custom barn doors in central Tilba. Made from roughsawn ironbark cladding. Finished with handforged hinges and door hardware

Custom barn doors in central Tilba. Made from roughsawn ironbark cladding. Finished with handforged hinges and door hardware

Inside our recently finished meditation retreat. Handcrafted from hardwood milled on-site

Inside our recently finished meditation retreat. Handcrafted from hardwood milled on-site

Sweetwater Barn has been raised in the bega valley, NSW

Sweetwater Barn has been raised in the bega valley, NSW

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • All of our frames are custom designed and engineered to fit seamlessly within the building envelope of your home. If you have a finished set of plans or just entering the design stage, get in touch to discuss your options.

  • We can design and install our traditional timber frames within your existing home. Unique challenges arise when working with large timbers within a home, but we design our frames to allow installation to be as smooth as possible.

  • All of our traditional mortice and tenon frames are engineered to meet local requirements. We provide engineered working drawings for you to lodge with your development application.

  • When entering the design stage, we work closely with the vision and budget of our clients to make sure our design is affordable and achieves the desired aesthetic goals. We can adjust the scale, complexity and material to finish on a design that fits your nominated price range. For more information please see our for sale page.

  • All of our frames are handcrafted within our workshop in the Bega Valley. We cut and fit all of our traditional joinery before dismantling and delivering on a truck to your site. Once delivered our frames are put together and raised into position with a crane.

  • We operate under a NSW builders licence and can assist with any custom building projects. Our building services are only available in the Bega Valley but projects outside of our area are always considered.

  • We can provide engineered working drawings for you to build the traditional framework yourself.

  • We are currently working on adding workshops in the near future.

Follow our socials to see how our projects are made

Recently finished barn doors in central tilba. All Australian Hardwood. The jamb sets are made from recycled 300 x 100 bridge Timbers. Door frame is blackbutt and the cladding is red ironbark. Door hardware is all fabricated in Australia. Dimensions are 2800 tall x 2700 wide.
A walk through Sweetwater Barn
A look at some of the joinery coming together on raising day