Agent turns vendor with 'steal' bach deal

Most of the baches at a Matakana tourist property north of Auckland have been bought by a real estate agent who has put them back on the market again with the chain she works for.

Suzanne Browne, an agent at Kellands, said she and her husband Bastiaan Struijck bought 12 of the 17 baches. The national director of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, Dean Humphries, said he was involved in the sale.

Ms Browne said they were selling 11 of the places to pay for their deal but keeping one bach for themselves.

Kellands is marketing the places as a "steal".

Mr Humphries said five other baches on the property were owned separately. They had been sold for about $650,000 each.

As well as buying the 12 baches, Ms Browne said she and her husband had also bought the management contract.

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Posted: 23 Feb 2009

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