SOUL-SOOTHER ToTe Horo bach owner Martin Brown, surf sounds like 'my stress melting away'

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Can you hear that noise?" asks Martin Brown, throwing open the doors of his Te Horo bach to the panorama of sand and sea beyond. "It's the sound of my inner-city stress melting away."You can see his point. The owner of Brown & Co, an Aladdin's cave of mid-century furniture, art and objets d'art in downtown Wellington, spends three nights a week in a rented apartment that includes a strip club as one of its neighbours. But, come Thursday evening, Martin leaves behind the cacophony for this 1970s two-bedroom bach at Te Horo Beach on the Kapiti Coast.How the 46-year-old ended up in this tranquil spot is a tale of two baches. Martin moved to Wellington from his native Auckland 16 years ago and settled happily in a Mount Victoria villa. But, having spent most boyhood weekends at Piha, he longed for a coastal outlook.