Fashion designer Collette Dinnigan sells her stunning two-bedroom Paddington cottage for $1.7 million
Fashion designer Collette Dinnigan has sold her stunning two-bedroom Paddington cottage in New South Wales for $1.7 million.
According to a report in The Sunday Telegraph this week, the 54-year-old has let go of the Georgian-style charmer after failing to attract bids at auction.
The light-filled cottage was built in the 1850s, with it having undergone a breathtaking transformation.
Sold! Collette Dinnigan, 54, has sold her stunning two-bedroom Paddington cottage for $1.7 million according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph. Here: Sydney, 2015
It features quaint living spaces, a recently remodelled kitchen and a courtyard. It also features a number of marble fireplaces.
The home comes off a laneway near the hustle and bustle of Sydney’s inner city and the vibrant Oxford Street.
Collette initially purchased the investment property from her brother, Seamus, back in 2017. Records show he paid $1.08 million for the home in 2015.
Charming: The remodelled Georgian-style cottage is light and airy, with a stunning reception room at the front of the house
The South African born fashion designer has recently been spending time at a farmhouse in Italy, but returned to Australia earlier this week.
The fashion star took to Instagram on Friday to speak about the difficulty of being in Italy during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Collette said while ‘lockdown has been difficult in many ways’, she remained upbeat about subsistence living.
Location: The home comes off a laneway near the hustle and bustle of the inner city, with it only minutes to the city’s vibrant Oxford Street
‘It’s given us time to work on our property, planting vegetables, repairing the old dry stone walls, painting ….[a] much more sustainable simplistic life.’
She continued: ‘Which we have loved and don’t want to leave behind when restrictions lift, it’s what we have decided to build on.’
Earlier this year, Collette sold another one of her Paddington holdings for a whopping $2.3 million just days after listing it.
Career change: Collette quit the fashion industry after a successful 24 years and decided to turn to real estate with her entrepreneurial husband Bradley Cocks (pictured)
Collette quit the fashion industry after a successful 24 years and decided to turn to real estate with her entrepreneurial husband Bradley Cocks.
In 2018, the loved-up pair bid farewell to their six bedroom Southern Highlands Avoca home, named Springfield Farm, for $7.25 million.
Earlier this year, her weekender in the hamlet of Rosedale, not far from Bateman’s Bay, was destroyed by Australia’s wild bushfire season.
Selling-up! Earlier this year, Collette sold-up another one of her Paddington holdings for a whopping $2.3 million just days after listing it
‘I don’t lose money on my houses, although I always seem to go over budget,’ Collette has previously told The Weekend Australia.
‘But people who buy a house I’ve renovated do so knowing that it is something that is really good quality and will stand the test of time.’
Collette and Bradley have been spending a lot more time in southern Italy where they have been restoring a 100-year-old farmhouse in Puglia.
Busy woman: She has been spending a lot more time in southern Italy with her husband and son, Hunter, where they’ve been restoring a 100-year-old farmhouse in Puglia