Flood buybacks in Goodna, west of Brisbane, have emptied homes and disrupted lives. Now the bulldozers are moving in
Bullbrook says he felt pressured into accepting an offer by a deadline imposed upon him and over which there was no room for negotiation. He and several other homeowners who had been paying for home insurance had their payout included in, not additional to, the pre-flood market value offer on their homes.Bullbrook is living in a shed, separated from his wife and family.
Luis and Adriana are now looking to pitch in with Guillermo’s sister to buy a home. Guillermo, Luz and the kids are renting in the private market.Guillermo and some of his siblings plan on one last camp amid the ruins of their family’s sanctuary. Ipswich council says it is concerned about homes that remain identified as high-risk in areas like Enid Street, but will continue to provide normal services even if only a few homes remain after the scheme concludes.
In the shell of her home Kloostra sat down in 2011 to write those impressions. The computer which held those thoughts was destroyed by flood water last year, the raw detail it contained obliterated.
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