$2,500,000

Rarely available: a custom-built rustic contemporary on thirty-one private wooded acres, minutes from Ooltewah. A winding drive climbs through mature hardwoods to a courtyard entry and a generously scaled home tucked into its hillside clearing. Vaulted wood ceilings rise on exposed beams toward clerestory windows, and a monumental mountain-stone fireplace anchors the great room as the focal point of the house. Grasscloth walls, an inlaid parquet entry, built-in bookshelves, and wood lattice screens bring warmth and craft throughout. A butler's bar links the dining room to a skylit kitchen with hand-painted tile, and the breakfast room looks out on the woods through wide corner windows. Built for entertaining, the house spills outward into a series of gathering spaces. An enclosed four-season terrace faces west toward spectacular sunsets, and at golden hour the whole property comes alive as light slants gold through the hardwoods. The Magnolia Room, an open-air patio beneath mature magnolias, offers shade on summer afternoons, upper and lower decks step down into the trees, and a fire pit keeps the party going after dark. The primary suite overlooks the forest and adjoins a true spa bath with jetted soaking tub, copper vessel sink, and cedar sauna. Two more bedrooms, a sunlit study that serves as a fourth bedroom, two additional full baths, a laundry room, a two-car garage, and a workroom for crafts or woodworking complete the house. Outside, flagstone paths wind past stone-edged gardens, raised beds, and a greenhouse that keeps something growing year-round. Beyond them the woods stretch on, with ground for a guest cottage, barn, or second home (buyer to verify zoning), and quiet that's rare this close to town. Cambridge Square, Ooltewah's schools, and I-75 are minutes away, and downtown Chattanooga is within easy reach. A private retreat built for one generation, ready for several.