Mystery solved.
The Point Piper penthouse owned by billionaire Ingham chicken widow Sue Ingham fetched a mega record-breaking price back in June — now the high-flying purchaser can be revealed.
The luxury whole-floor apartment at 6/6 Buckland Ave sold for $29.5m, smashing the Point Piper apartment record by $7m, in June when it sold via Luke Hogan and Frazer Watson of McGrath Double Bay.
There’s been no hint of the purchasers, but with the property settling today, various local sources have confirmed the former owner of luxury car dealership Trivett, Greg Duncan, and his wife Glenda will be moving in.
Duncan sold Trivett Group, which comprised 22 dealerships, for $116m in 2013. It was Australia’s largest prestige automotive group, selling Rolls Royces, Bentleys and Aston Martins.
Hogan, in conjunction with Ray White Double Bay’s Ashley Bierman, has the Duncans’ Alec Tzannes-designed Bulkara Rd, Bellevue Hill mansion for sale with a $36.5m guide.
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The buyer of the Point Piper penthouse is Greg Duncan, former executive chairman of Trivett, Australia’s largest prestige automotive group, and his wife, Glenda.
The Duncans’ Alec Tzannes-designed Bulkara Rd, Bellevue Hill mansion is for sale with a $36m guide, down from $40m in August, via Luke Hogan of McGrath in conjunction with Ashley Bierman of Ray White Double Bay.
The Point Piper apartment looks the perfect choice for the downsizing Duncans, who will no doubt appreciate the low maintenance lifestyle and views of the 450sqm space, which offers four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a four-car garage
It’s in a boutique waterfront block of just six known as Point Piper House, that has direct access to Seven Shillings Beach and also features a private pool with the incredible harbour view.
The pictures also show a lift opening directly into the top-floor apartment, a gym, magnificent outdoor terraces, and large open-plan living spaces with lavish finishes.
Sue Ingham had bought the penthouse for $12,245,000 in 2010, seven years after the death of her husband, Jack Ingham, who made his fortune after he and his brother, Bob, inherited a small chicken business in 1960 and turned it into a hugely successful business enterprise.
Known as “Big Jack”, he and Bob were also co-founder of the largest thoroughbred racing and breeding operation in Australia.
The Buckhurst Ave penthouse has direct access to Seven Shillings Beach and also features a private pool with the incredible harbour view.
It offers 540sqm of space.
Sue Ingham with her late husband Jack in 1997. She’s moving to the recently finished penthouse in the Piper development, which cost her $16.25m.
Sue has now moved to a four-bedroom penthouse in the luxury Piper project in nearby Wunulla Rd, purchased for $16.25m via Hogan.
Jack’s daughter Sue Ingham (to an earlier wife) sold her “private sanctuary” in Darling Point for $14.05m last November via Highland Double Bay Malouf director David Malouf.
The previous Point Piper apartment record was set in February with the $22.5m sale of the Vilon penthouse via Sotheby’s principal Michael Pallier and Mary Lin, which settlement records show was bought by property developer Fedor Czeiger and his wife, Elizabeth, who sold for $45m in Bellevue Hill.
The Duncans have owned their Bulkara Rd property for close to 30 years, buying the site for $1.55m in 1996.
World class views.
The original home was designed by Ercole Palazzetti, but they called in Alec Tzannes for the major reno in 2013.
The three storeys are connected by a lift and the curved glass facade is designed to maximise the harbour and city views.
Attractions include heated marble floors, an infinity pool and a range of outdoor terraces.
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