Collette Dinnigan sells in smart time in Paddington
Fashion designer Collette Dinnigan has snappily sold her Paddington trophy home ahead of its scheduled 23 May auction through McGrath agent Ben Collier.
Her four bedroom sandstone Paddington Street house became redundant following her purchase at Watsons Bay.
Set well back from the street, the four bedroom double-fronted residence on 379 square metres cost Dinnigan $4.45 million in 2009.
It has been reported she secured around $6 million for the 1880s home, but Title Tattle gleans around $6.5 million was secured.
Dinnigan and her partner Bradley Cocks had it briefly listed in 2010. The property was sold by Ben Collier in conjunction with Will Manning at Ballard Property.
Title Tattle recalls it was bought from Peter Bracher who had bought the farmhouse cottage in 1989 for a then record $1,075,000.
It had been bought in 1975 for $82,000 by Hinke Zieck, the longtime Sydney ragtrader-cum-decorator and her husband Walter.