The expatriate infrastructure guru Peter Hofbauer has secured the snappy sale of his Mosman home.
The six-bedroom Bradleys Head Road trophy home on 2244 sqm was listed only late last month with an asking price of between $15.5 million and $16.5 million through McGrath agents Michael Rava and Michael Coombs.
It set a non-waterfront record for the suburb when it last sold at $7.15 million in 2001, but not this time.
Hofbauer, who was previously Babcock & Brown's head of infrastructure, moved to London in 2007 where he now oversees infrastructure investments at Hermes, which is owned by BT Pension Scheme in London.
Mandolong House, one of Mosman's most coveted heritage estates, holds the inland record when selling at $18 million in 2012.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.