In February 2022,23,400 Brisbane homes and businesses,plus 200 community groups,were flooded across 177 suburbs,according toformer Queensland governor Paul de Jersey’s review,released last May.
“This has been very,very stressful,” one man at Sherwood said on the weekend as he spoke of an extremely complicated year of slow insurance repairs after about 30 centimetres of floodwater came through his raised ground floor,above his garage.
“I just want it over now,” said the man,who asked not to be identified because he feared his insurance claim would be further delayed.
The man,who lives near the Sherwood Arboretum,told of people in his street just walking away from their homes.
“Insurers seem to be struggling to get particular trades. My quote was accepted a long time ago – probably in June or July – but since then,progress has been very slow.”
The man’s family home was insured through the Commonwealth Bank’s CommInsure,but it was later sold to Hollard Holdings.
He told of recently waiting on the phone for 50 minutes to finally get through,only to find daylight savings meant the Sydney insurance office had closed.