Former Qantas chief Geoff Dixon scores a snappy $4.3 million buyer in Woolloomooloo

Former Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon and his wife Dawn became two of the latest Sydney sellers to benefit from the tight property market when they scored a buyer for their harbourfront Woolloomooloo apartment in less than nine days.

A sales advisory showed a $4.3 million sale price this week, smack bang in the middle of the original guide of $4.1 million to $4.5 million when it was listed earlier this month with Brad Pillinger, of Pillingers.

The Dixons are rumoured to be trading up to two-storey apartment in Darling Point, opposite D’Albora Marina, that was listed earlier this month with hopes of more than $8.5 million, but the selling agents – Julian Hasemer, of 1st City, and Ashley Bierman, of Ray White Double Bay – declined to comment on the buyer or confirm the sales result. 

High-profile corporate heavyweight Mr Dixon was appointed chief of the national airline in 2001 and retired in late 2008. He is now chairman of the Garvan Research Foundation and sits on the board of James Packer’s Crown Resorts. 

The four-bedroom Woolloomooloo apartment was held in Mrs Dixon’s name since it last traded in 2014 for $3.3 million, when it was sold by Terry McGrath and Jacquie D’Sylva, owners of the high-end fashion boutique Library Woman.

The apartment is set on the ground floor of the exclusive Wharf Terraces on the harbourfront which have 24-hour concierge, a gym, jacuzzi and a function room for residents.

The Dixons bought it when they were trading down from their two-storey penthouse at The Rocks, which they sold two years ago for $7.45 million.

The average days on market for private-treaty sales in Sydney’s inner suburbs has been likely trending down this year as stock levels have tightened, according to Domain’s senior economist Dr Andrew Wilson.