Photography: Babiche Martens
The New Zealand bach has changed shape in recent decades. The traditional bach was typically modest in size, made of corrugated iron or timber, often painted in bold colours. But recently, these have been replaced by more comfortable homes (though often still furnished with secondhand furniture).
Your Home and Garden has featured plenty of baches over the years, from coastal modernist dream homes to restored original shacks. If you’re looking for inspiration for your own future holiday home or just love perusing, take note of the baches below.
Some of our most inspirational baches
The home invites the raw landscape right up to the house with extensive use of sliding and bi-fold doors as well as a wall of raked windows.
A 1950s bach provides an idyllic escape for a couple of city dwellers and all who are lucky enough to come visit.
A property developer and his family find magic at Moonlight on a steep section overlooking the Tasman.
A full-time home with a holiday feel, this renovated bach is as bright and merry as a sunny day at the beach
Turning their bach into their permanent home means the holiday vibes don’t stop for this family.
Our Living Well columnist Eleanor Cripps gives her Piha bach gets a fresh lick of paint, and in return, creates a new way of life.
A backdrop of off-white and pale wood allowed this couple to go bold with brilliant blues of every shade in their bach-turned-home.
Cane furniture, potted palms, beachy bits and a stack of National Geographics capture the easygoing essence of the 1970s bach.
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