Toy billionaire Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams' secret weapon in new home build - Property News NZ

PHOTO: Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams

According to NZHERALD oy billionaire Anna Mowbray and partner, former All Black Ali Williams, have called in a an expert for one of Auckland’s most expensive house builds.

The Block NZ presenter Shelley Ferguson was in Westmere for a site visit this week, posting pictures to Instagram of her and Mowbray exploring the subterranean level of the build on the nearly half-hectare waterfront property.

Ferguson, 41, is a well-respected interior designer as well as a TV personality. Her company is Shelley Ferguson Studio and she is also an ambassador for the Master Builders Association. Her studio specialises in working with architects, builders and homeowners on new builds and furnishing projects. She specialises in liveable luxury and contemporary design with understated doses of glamour.

**Shelley Ferguson and Anna Mowbray at Soul Bar and Bistro. Picture: Instagram**

She and Mowbray are known to be great friends. Over the summer, Mowbray, Williams and their blended family and Ferguson and her husband, former Olympian Steven, and their children, enjoyed holidays together, including time on the Mowbray family’s $21m superyacht.

The week before the site visit, Mowbray and Ferguson were at a girls’ champagne evening at Soul Bar and Bistro.

Ferguson and Mowbray were not ready to share the design features they are working on, but it is fair to say they are both very excited about the project.

Shelley Ferguson and Anna Mowbray on the construction site of Anna Mowbray's Auckland mansion. — **Shelley Ferguson and Anna Mowbray on the construction site of Anna Mowbray’s Auckland mansion.**

Mowbray and Williams splashed out some $24m in 2020 to buy the home which once belonged to movie director Andrew Adamson. Last November, jaws dropped around the neighbourhood when the couple demolished the property.