- A country estate linked to Adam Parore sold after being listed as a mortgagee sale.
- The six-bedroom home in Clevedon was owned by interior designer Danielle Francis.
- The property passed in at auction at $4.2 million, with the final sale price undisclosed.
A multimillion-dollar country estate linked to former New Zealand cricket star Adam Parore has found a buyer less than two months after it was listed as a mortgagee sale.
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The six-bedroom trophy home on Papakura-Clevedon Road, Clevedon, was the home of Kiwi interior designer Danielle Francis, who was previously married to Parore.
The lifestyle property passed in at auction last month at $4.2 million after bidding failed to get it to a price the mortgagee was willing to sell at.
Ray White listing agents Cherry Kilgour and Marama Curness declared the luxury property as sold on their website last week, but did not reveal the sale price. OneRoof asked the agents about the sale, but they declined to comment.
Francis told OneRoof that the multimillion-dollar estate on Papakura-Clevedon Road, in Auckland’s Clevedon, had been listed for sale because of a dispute with Parore. Photo / Supplied
The trophy home sits at the heart of a 7.95ha estate and features a large outdoor pool. Photo / Supplied
Francis told OneRoof in April that the property was on the market because of a dispute with Parore. She had been advised to proceed with the sale and pursue recovery separately.
When contacted by OneRoof about the sale in April, Parore’s spokesperson said the parties were in dispute about their obligations under a relationship property settlement agreement.
Francis and Parore married around 2019, but separated a few years later. Parore got married for the third time at the start of the year, to property business owner Libby Price at a three-day wedding event at their Far North estate.
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When the house at Papakura-Clevedon Road was first listed in November 2024, Francis told OneRoof she bought the property with its park-like grounds as an antidote to her jet-setting life in Sydney, London and New York.
“I did imagine this bucolic life, with winter fires and dogs, ponies and kids running in and out all summer – it’s been all that and much more. It’s been a magical and very memorable chapter of our lives,” she said at the time.
She said she had expanded and reimagined the property, with classic West Virginia barns as the inspiration. “I worked with a local architect to design the house – it’s all stone and wood and very generously proportioned, so it is very spacious and very comfortable.”
Francis had upgraded the home and brought stylish touches to the interiors. Photo / Supplied
“I wanted all the materiality to be solid and classic and for it to look like it was built 50 years ago.”
Francis, who worked at auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s and did a stint at London’s Serpentine Gallery before setting up her own business, drew on her love of art to bring the project together. “I studied art and architecture at university and have a Master’s in Art,” she said.
The six-bedroom, five-bathroom, 559sqm home is set on 7.95ha of rolling pasture and has many mature trees.
The home’s design includes a “rich palette of copper, cedar, Turkish travertine, Italian marble and French Oak”. Instead of open-plan, the home has cosy spaces and would work well as a family home, Francis said in 2024. The large country kitchen is the social hub of the property.
Parore tied the knot again this year, marrying property business owner Libby Price. Photo / Instagram, Libby Price
“I designed this huge kitchen island where we could sit, work, talk and eat around. We have had many big family barbecues and dinners here, and the Clevedon market on a Sunday morning is our regular for the buffalo cheeses and the best produce,” Francis said at the time.
When the property hit the auction floor last month, Ray White Remuera auctioneer John Bowring told bidders: “It is a very different mortgagee sale to others we have had in the past. This one is absolutely outstanding.”
Kilgour added: “It is absolutely no surprise we had the interest here and on the phones today. We have had an amazing vendor who has cooperated throughout.”
Bidding kicked off at $3m – $1.3m below the property’s RV – and escalated to $4.1m before pausing for negotiations. It returned to the auction floor 20 minutes later at $4.125m and got another $25,000 before pausing again for further negotiations. Fifteen minutes later, it came back to the room at $4.2m, but even that sum was not enough, and the property was passed in.
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