PHOTO: From design to real estate, Collette Dinnigan has proven herself to have a keen eye. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Collette Dinnigan has built a property empire in recent years buying and renovating luxury city boltholes and weekenders, so it is perhaps unsurprising that the acclaimed fashion designer almost doubled her money on her first home purchase bought as a 29-year-old for $315,000.
At the time the two-bedroom cottage on a lane behind the Clock Hotel in Sydney’s Surry Hills was owned by graphic design pioneer Harry Williamson and his wife Terry, who had commissioned a redesign by their mate, the late acclaimed architect Bruce Rickard.
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