A 40ha parcel of dramatic coastal land less than two hours drive from Sydney’s CBD is on the market for offers upwards of $10 million.
Fashion retail pioneer and Ingham chicken heir Robby Ingham and his wife Sarah have listed Ocean Pines for sale through Ray White Gerringong principal Neil Campbell.
The Inghams are only the third owners of the oceanfront south coast property, which has current development approval for the most extraordinary ten-bedroom residence designed by architect Nick Tobias (pictured below).
“It’s just one of the most amazing pieces of land on any coastline in the world, within close proximity to a cosmopolitan city and a high watermark title to the Pacific Ocean,” Mr Ingham said.
“The DA approval is for an unbelievable state-of-the-art house. It it’s built, it will become an iconic building although no one will be able to see it as it’s designed to blend into the site.”
Once a dairy farm passed down through five generations of the Weir family, Ocean Pines is fertile farmland on the highest point of Gerringong with memorable 360-degree views of 60kms of coastline, as well as rural land and mountains.
“I walk out of my PwC Barangaroo accountant’s office and drive to 100 acres of heaven in an hour and 45 minutes,” Mr Ingham said.
“Once this land goes, you’re not going to get anything else like this until you’re four hours down the coast. It’s the property of a lifetime, a chance of a lifetime.”
Within two hours of the property going on the market, Mr Campbell received more than 100 emails and around 30 phone call enquiries.
“I’ve been selling rural property for 30 years and this is the only one I can truly say is unique,” he said.
“I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s the most spectacular beautiful property you’ve ever seen. It’s 100 acres too which is extremely hard to get on the coast and there’s not another property like it.”
Mr Campbell said the majority of interested buyers were Sydney-based and expats.
“It’s vacant beautiful farming land and nothing compares to it, particularly because it is vacant,” he said.
“You can’t find a like-rural property so this is really a one-off.”
