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Property impacted by 2022 floods - lost all house items and still rebuilding home, has been a very slow process
This young man bought his house at 19 years old, saving hard on apprentice wages and slowly renovating the property himself. He was living there with his brother and a mate at the time of the Feb 2022 flood. When flood waters hit the house and continued to rise, he and his mate climbed to safety on the roof of the house with their two dogs. Wet and cold, they waited to be rescued for 7 hours - from 6am until someone could pick them up at 1pm. Fast-moving flood waters and low-hanging powerlines contributed to extraction difficulties, along with the fact that he waved rescuers on to collect more vulnerable people first. Just last week, he got the unfortunate news that his property falls outside of the mapped highest priority areas for a buyback, house raise or retrofit.
The double blow comes with the fact that he has been unable to obtain flood insurance as he lives in a high risk area.
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