Originally from Mackay, Kim Mann and her family relocated to Mundoolun to be closer to their son, who was boarding at Jimboomba’s Hills International College golf academy.
“They were about 12 and 14 when we moved in, so they could be in the activity room, playing PlayStation and having sleepovers,” Ms Mann said.
“We wouldn’t even know they were down there because the master bedroom was at the other end of the house.”
The property, 159-161 Anne Collins Crescent, Mundoolun, is “a one off,” Ms Mann said. “We got an architect and a private builder to build the home, so it’s not run of the mill, it’s totally different.”
Spacious open plan living with plenty of windows were design feature the Mann’s hand picked before the build began.
“20 years ago, there was no such thing as acreage block plans,” Ms Mann said.
“To get a property that looked nice from the street, but also had views out the back, was really difficult.
“So that’s why we went to an architect.”
The four-bedroom, two-bedroom house was designed to fit the 4,017sqm naturally sloped block.
“People probably wonder why the house was built on different levels, but we really didn’t want to cut and fill the block,” she said.
“We wanted to try and build the house, with the sideways slope of the block.”
“It’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but you’re not going to get another one the same.”
Her son, who no longer plays golf, much to the family’s horror, has returned to Mackay and works as a sugar cane farmer.
Ms Mann said she hadn’t decided whether she’d remain local to Mundoolan or buy a property elsewhere.
“It’s going to be really hard to leave here,” she said. “We’ve just been here so long.”
“My husband passed away two years ago, so the only reason I’m leaving is that it’s just too big; I don’t use half the house.”
Ms Mann hopes a family will move in and make good use of the pool, backyard, and rumpus room that her kids enjoyed.
“It’s such a lovely house to live in,” she said.
Ms Mann said Mundoolun had changed a lot over the past two decades.
“When we first moved here, there was nothing,” she said.
“They didn’t even have the traffic lights to the Mount Lindsay Highway.”
But now there are plenty of amenities close by.
