A woman who claims her would-be son-in-law fired a series of shots into her south coast house 18 months ago said she identified him that night in part by his "mullet" hairstyle.

Steven James Woods is on trial in Wollongong District Court this week accused of firing four shots at Karen Lyson's Shellharbour home on September 17, 2015. He denies the allegations.

Bullets were fired into the home of Craig Brindle and Karen Lyson in September 2015. Credit:Robert Peet

Two of the bullets hit a Toyota Rav 4 parked at the property, while the other two bullets lodged in the front wall of the house. No one was injured.

The court heard Woods and Ms Lyson, and her then-partner Craig Brindle, were not on speaking terms and there had been animosity between them, despite the fact Woods was dating Ms Lyson's daughter.