1980s Minyama family home to go to auction for first time in its history

An “iconic” Sunshine Coast waterfront home that’s been owned by one family since the 1980s is set to change hands for the first time. Would you renovate or knock down?

A Sunshine Coast home built on a $43,500 waterfront block in the early 1980s and owned by one family has come on to the market for the first time.

The property at 20 Kumbada Court, Minyama, has been the family home of Ian and Liz Kinnear and their two daughters, Bridget and Anna, since 1983.

The property is set to change hands when it goes under the hammer.

Bridget Kinnear said her family had fallen in love with the Sunshine Coast after moving from South Australia.

Ms Kinnear said both her parents were aged in their 80s and had moved into aged care in Brisbane.

She said the home had given her and sister Anna a wonderful childhood.

She said the memories of pumping yabbies out of the canal to fish from the backyard and jumping in the dinghy for a two-minute boat ride for fish and chips came flooding back.

“It’s a lovely house and was an amazing place to grow up,” she said.

“The house is showing her age a bit now and needs some TLC but, she might not survive the sale.”

Bridget, Anna and Liz Kinnear at the family home in Minyama in 1987.

Ms Kinnear said the home was designed by Lindsay Clair who was the architect behind the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane.

She said, should the house be demolished, she hoped it would be replaced with an architect-designed home.

“It’s almost a missed opportunity not to redevelop. With the right architect there’s so much potential,” she said.

“If you built a deck it would be really lovely.”

The family home of the Kinnears, 20 Kumbada Court, Minyama, has come on to the market for the first time.

Waterfront Agents principal Trevor Martin described the home as “iconic”, having stood unchanged for three decades while properties around it were redeveloped.

Mr Martin said the family had received offers prior to auction but said there was no price guide set.

He said the home won a stack of awards for being ahead of its time.

The property is on a northeast facing block with 41 metres of canal frontage.

“From the feedback we are getting, a lot of the people interested love its nostalgic feel and would like to keep it,” Mr Martin said.

“But of course there’s some who would want to bulldoze it and start new. It just depends on the new owner.”

Bridget Kinnear said the home had given her a wonderful childhood.

Mr Martin said the majority of interest had come from Sunshine Coast buyers.

Waterfront Agents will host the on-site auction from 9am on Saturday, October 9.

CoreLogic data showed the property was purchased in 1980 for $43,500.