Billionaire chicken heiress’s record-breaking Point Piper sale

The wife of the late Ingham chicken billionaire Jack Ingham is revelling in a record-breaking $30m payday.

6/6 Buckhurst Ave, Point Piper has sold for a whopping $29.5m, smashing previous suburb records.

The wife of the late Ingham chicken billionaire Jack Ingham has sold her luxury penthouse for the highest apartment price ever in Point Piper.

Sue Ingham’s extraordinary $29.5m sale of her luxury whole-floor apartment with incredible iconic views at 6/6 Buckhurst Ave obliterates the previous apartment record for Australia’s most exclusive suburb.

The talk is that McGrath Double Bay’s Luke Hogan and William Manning are responsible for the massive off-market price, though they refused to discuss it when contacted.

They‘re also rumoured to have been behind Sue Ingham’s recent purchase of the four-bedroom penthouse in the luxury Piper project in nearby Wunulla Rd for more than $16m.

The previous Point Piper apartment record was set in February with the circa $22m 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.

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Sue Ingham with her late husband Jack, who was also a prominent racehorse owner, in 1997.

The Buckhurst Ave whole-floor apartment in the boutique block known as Point Piper House features open-plan living areas leading to a huge terrace with gobsmacking views.

There are lavish finishes throughout the 450sqm spread.

Piper, developed by Fortis Property Group in conjunction with Dare Property Group, is nearing completion so Ingham is no doubt looking forward to moving into her new home, which has a private pool, next month.

She’s owned her 450sqm Buckhurst Ave apartment, which has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a four-car garage, since 2010, when it was purchased for $12,245,000.

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 overlooking the incredible harbour view.

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A lift opens directly into the apartment.

There are four impressive bathrooms.

There’s even a private gym.

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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.

Her late husband, Jack, with 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.

He passed away in 2003.

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.

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Originally published as Billionaire chicken heiress’s record-breaking Point Piper sale