Retired surgeon lists ultra-private Buderim mansion featuring tennis court and beehives

Retired surgeon Dr Jim McGown is selling his luxury mansion on the Sunshine Coast. A surgeon has listed his Queensland mansion after spending three years studying wind patterns on-site before demolishing the original home to build his dream estate. Retired surgeon Dr Jim McGown is selling his luxury mansion on the Sunshine Coast — it comes with a 20m lap pool, a tennis court, zero visible neighbours and honey straight from on-site beehives. The house at 25 Eckersley Ave, Buderim is going to auction. Dr McGown described his home as the “ultimate man cave”. Dr McGown described his home as the “ultimate man cave” and said he spent three years living on the site prior to construction to perfectly understand the land’s orientation and breezes. “I lived in the original house on the block first just to find out which way the wind blows before we even started working with the architects – then I knocked it down and built this,” Dr McGown said. “My main priorities were absolute privacy and creating spaces that truly worked for how we live; the neighbours surrounding me have no idea I’m here, yet we’ve hosted sit-down dinners for 43 people on the terrace for my mother’s 70th birthday.” MORE ...