Ourmundi the minimalist tropical Noosa acreage residence sold
Horse breeder Tania Carmichael has sold Ourmundi, set on 20 hectares in the Noosa hinterland, for $2.5 million.
The six-bedroom home was designed by Stephen Kidd for the original owners, Wolfgang Groh and wife Nicola Smith, who founded Nice Cream in Sydney in 1993.
Groh and his wife bought the 20-hectare block of land in 2002 for $400,000.
In 2007, the house and property were sold to Queensland entrepreneur Dean Shannon for $2.4 million, $600,000 less than its then ambitious $3 million asking price.
Carmichael bought the property in April 2008 for $3,075,000.
Featured in the 2006 book Tropical Minimal, the house located at 37 Venning Road, Doonan, comes with expansive polished concrete floors, soaring ceilings and huge expanses of bi-fold glass doors. The modern kitchen is installed with marble benchtops and commercial appliances such as a teppanyaki plate, deep fryer and a large cold room.
After selling their Nice Cream business, the Grohs settled in Noosa and continued their interest in food, setting up Mrs Quick, which supplies sausage rolls to supermarkets.
The master bedroom has a private spa on the deck and a five-star ensuite.
Located on the property is a self-contained guest wing, a 20-metre pool, which is linked to the main home via a timber terrace, a barbecue and pizza oven as well as an outdoor fire pit. There is also a chicken shed and run and vegetable garden beds. It comes with spring fed dam stocked with 300 plants and 500 fish.
Since purchasing the property in 2008, Tania Carmichael renovated the interiors and developed the equine facilities. The property comprises of four stables with tack rooms and feed shed and four horse paddocks, corrals and a Mary River sand area. She also had 4,500 cabinet timber trees planted.
Ourmundi has direct access into Verrierdale forest with dedicated riding trails to Yandina. The property 20 minutes to Hastings Street.
Ourmundi was listed by Graham Smith at Richardson & Wrench Noosa last October with $3 million plus hopes.
