{"id":546749,"date":"2026-07-27T20:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/546749\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:21:25","slug":"coromandel-couple-selling-their-award-winning-reverse-bach-all-things-property-under-oneroof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/546749\/","title":{"rendered":"Coromandel couple selling their award-winning ‘reverse bach’, All things property, under OneRoof"},"content":{"rendered":"

– A Coromandel couple is selling their transformed “reverse bach” in central Auckland, originally a flat.<\/p>\n

– They hired architect Ben Lloyd to create an open-plan New York-style loft, winning a design award.<\/p>\n

– The two-bedroom apartment, with an RV of $700,000, is expected to sell for much more.<\/p>\n

A Coromandel couple are selling their “reverse bach”<\/a> in central Auckland after transforming what was once a cheap and cheerful flat into an architectural masterpiece.<\/p>\n

When Flemming Rasmussen and Tina Pedersen sold their Auckland business and moved to the Coromandel eight years ago, they hadn\u2019t anticipated missing the big smoke as much as they did.<\/p>\n

Rasmussen, who was recently elected as a Thames Coromandel District councillor, told OneRoof that 7G\/22 Emily Place<\/a> was their city escape.<\/p>\n

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The apartment is a clever mix of period and modern features including a sleek IMO kitchen.<\/p>\n

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The exposed concrete and original brick walls have been cleverly included in the new design. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

“It’s a ‘reverse bach’, for when we need a bit of culture, or need to feel that there’s still a pulse as opposed to everything being on island time. We love the Coromandel, but it’s nice to get back to the big city, too.”<\/p>\n

The couple bought their Auckland bolt-hole in 2021, and quickly set about transforming it. They stripped the apartment back to its frames and uncovered hidden treasures such as the original brick walls.<\/p>\n

They commissioned architect Ben Lloyd, of Lloyd Hartley Studio, to turn the empty shell into an open-plan New York-style loft apartment. <\/p>\n

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They sacrificed one of the three bedrooms in the original floor plan to create a larger living space.<\/p>\n

Lloyd told OneRoof he remembered the Emily Place apartment building back when he was a student in the early 2000s. “When I was at university, I had a whole lot of friends at university who were flatting there,” he said. <\/p>\n

“But over the last couple of decades, they’ve slowly been snapped up as people have actually started to appreciate inner city living and the benefits of having a good-sized apartment in the middle of town.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lloyd’s work won a design award in 2023 and is a clever mix of both period and modern features, including a sleek IMO Kitchen.<\/p>\n

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The couple engaged Ben Lloyd, of Lloyd Hartley Studio, to bring their apartment to life. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

Rasmussen and Pedersen loved what he did and asked the firm to design their new-build home in Coromandel. That project has been their focus and is why they are selling Emily Place. <\/p>\n

Bayleys agent Ben Stephens describes the two-bedroom, 102sqm apartment as “architectural poetry”.<\/p>\n

“Recognised by the New Zealand Institute of Architects for its exceptional design, this is a rare opportunity to own one of Auckland\u2019s most celebrated inner-city residences where architecture, craftsmanship and lifestyle exist in perfect harmony,” he writes in his listing.<\/p>\n

The apartment has an RV of $700,000, but Rasmussen and Pedersen expect to get much more. A similar-sized, but unrenovated property in the same building fetched $843,000 earlier this year. <\/p>\n

The eight-storey heritage building at 22 Emily Place is a monument to Auckland’s industrial history. Paykel’s, a predecessor of Fisher & Paykel, built it in the late 1920s as its commercial warehouse, and it was one of the first Auckland buildings to use reinforced concrete.<\/p>\n

– 7G\/22 Emily Place, in Auckland Central, is going to auction on August 5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"– A Coromandel couple is selling their transformed “reverse bach” in central Auckland, originally a flat. – They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,1258,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-546749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-latest-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}