Style: July 10, 2020

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hile completed late last year, this endearing
Wanaka bach already has the feeling of
having been lived in for a long time.
“We’ve had friends turn up who knew we
were building a house and they’re kind of
confused when they’re in it,” says owner, Katrina
Toovey. “They say it looks like we’ve been in
here quite a while.”
The homely atmosphere is exactly what
Katrina – owner of Dunedin restaurants No 7
Balmac and the Esplanade, and husband Kim
Maiai, a GP – wanted.
Filled with vintage furniture, it also features
native timbers that they had been collecting for
years and storing in an old stables.
The Dunedin couple had bought the 0.2ha
section beside historic Wanaka Station Park
when their children were young. However, two
decades later the only thing on the site was a
hedge they had planted.
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