Designer Whale Beach offering relisted

Simona founder Inge Fonagy has listed at Whale Beach.

She will be hoping for more luck this time round for her long-held Whale Beach home.

The home has been in the hands of the designer since 1964 when Inge and her late husband George, who had founded the fashion empire a year before, paid £9500.

The property was originally listed by LJ Hooker Palm Beach with a $3.9 million plus hopes in February last year. 

It has hopes of $3.25 million plus for its June 16 auction.

The Japanese-inspired timber property on 949 sqm has two levels, with three bedrooms.

Its floor to ceilings windows which open to a wide full length terrace.

Surrounded by landscaped subtropical grounds, the estate also has a pool overlooking Dolphin Bay and Whale Beach.

The style king Tyler Brule, founder of the interiors bible Wallpaper magazine, holidayed their in the late 1990s with his artist mother Virge.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.