Most of what we feature from Removed Tiny Homes comes from their standard lineup, but the SHAK is something else entirely — a one-off custom commission that won “Best Weekender” at the 2025 Tiny House Industry Awards. Built by the Gold Coast, Australia–based maker as an off-grid retreat tucked into the Grampians, SHAK blurs the line between luxury escape and architectural statement, wrapping a dark, sculptural form around high-end materials and handcrafted detail. From an open-air double shower to a kitchen with wine on tap, every inch was built to impress — and because it runs completely off-grid, it does all of it without a power line in sight. As Removed puts it, it’s “not just a tiny home — it’s a showcase of what’s possible when you design for experience, not just square metreage.”
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An Award-Winning Custom Retreat
The SHAK is the kind of project Removed takes on through its custom program — one-of-a-kind designs crafted around a specific site, lifestyle, and brief rather than a standard floor plan. Where the builder’s signature models, like the Byron Bay, Cabarita, Tallebudgera, and Currumbin, are designed to suit a wide range of buyers, the SHAK was conceived as a luxury weekender for one extraordinary setting in the Grampians. Dark vertical cladding, an angular stepped roofline, and a wraparound timber deck give it a presence that feels more like a piece of architecture than a tiny house — and the “Best Weekender” award is the industry’s nod to exactly that.
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A Living Room That Frames the Bush
Inside, the SHAK leans into mood and materiality. A tan leather sofa and a built-in green velvet window seat sit beneath stacked picture and clerestory windows that frame the surrounding gum trees like artwork, while a sculptural brass pendant and floating timber shelves warm up the dark, refined palette. It’s a compact footprint that feels anything but small — a lounge designed to slow you down and pull your attention out into the landscape.
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A Kitchen With Wine on Tap
The kitchen is where SHAK’s “experience over square metreage” philosophy really shows. A dark stone benchtop wraps around timber cabinetry with a black herringbone-tile splashback, brass tapware, and an induction cooktop — and alongside the sink sits the detail everyone remembers: wine on tap, plumbed straight to the bench. A black wood-burning fireplace anchors the living end and keeps the retreat warm off-grid, while a timber barn door slides closed to separate the bedroom beyond. It’s a galley that’s been styled and specified like a high-end bar, not a tiny-house kitchenette.
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An Open-Air Double Shower
The bathroom is the SHAK’s showpiece. Two brass rainfall heads hang from a timber-lined ceiling over a dark marble-tiled double shower, and a full-height glass door swings open directly onto the bush — turning an everyday shower into an open-air ritual with nothing but trees beyond the threshold. A round backlit mirror floats above a timber vanity topped with dark stone and a vessel basin, with brass fixtures tying the whole space back to the kitchen. It’s a spa-grade bathroom that would feel at home in a luxury lodge, built into a transportable footprint.
Image courtesy of Removed Tiny Homes
Image courtesy of Removed Tiny Homes
Image courtesy of Removed Tiny Homes
A Light-Filled Bedroom
The bedroom keeps the calm, considered mood going. A queen bed dressed in olive-green linen sits beneath a timber-slat ceiling and a large skylight that pours daylight across the room, with a glass pendant and a leather bolster softening the edges. Tucked behind the bathroom and wrapped in joinery, it’s a private, restful retreat — the kind of room that makes a weekend away feel like a proper escape.
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Where Inside Meets Outside
What ties the SHAK together is how completely it opens to its setting. Full-height glass doors fold the bedroom and bathroom right out onto the timber deck, so the boundary between the interior and the surrounding bush all but disappears. Combined with its complete off-grid self-sufficiency, it’s a home designed to be lived in lightly — immersed in the landscape, leaving it untouched.
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The Details
- Builder: Removed Tiny Homes (Gold Coast, Australia)
- Project: SHAK — a one-off custom commission
- Type: Off-grid luxury retreat / weekender
- Location: the Grampians, Victoria, Australia
- Award: Winner, “Best Weekender,” 2025 Tiny House Industry Awards
- Power: fully off-grid and self-sufficient
- Signature features: open-air double shower, wine-on-tap kitchen, wood-burning fireplace, skylit bedroom
- Materials: dark vertical cladding, timber joinery, dark stone, brass fixtures, marble-look tile
- Availability: custom build — designs are quoted to the client and site
What Makes the SHAK Special
- An award-winner. Named “Best Weekender” at the 2025 Tiny House Industry Awards.
- Truly off-grid. Complete self-sufficiency, with no compromise on comfort or finish.
- An open-air double shower. Twin rainfall heads and a glass door that opens straight to the bush.
- Wine on tap. A kitchen detail plumbed right to the benchtop — pure weekender luxury.
- Architectural form. A dark, sculptural shell that reads as a piece of architecture, not a shed.
- One of a kind. A bespoke custom build designed around a single extraordinary site.
Learn More
- Builder: Removed Tiny Homes — Custom Builds
- More from this builder: The Byron Bay, The Cabarita, The Tallebudgera, and The Currumbin — plus their custom builds, the Burleigh 9.6, the Coolangatta 8.4 and the Springbrook 7.2
Highlights
- Award-winning custom off-grid retreat — “Best Weekender,” 2025 Tiny House Industry Awards
- Designed for an extraordinary site in the Grampians, Victoria
- Dark, sculptural form with an angular roofline and wraparound timber deck
- Open-air double shower with twin brass rainfall heads
- Kitchen with wine on tap, dark stone benchtop, and a wood-burning fireplace
- Skylit bedroom and a spa-grade bathroom with a twin-style vanity
- Fully off-grid and self-sufficient
- A one-of-a-kind custom build by Removed Tiny Homes
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