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What to do when disaster strikes your holiday house

What to do when disaster strikes your holiday house

While loss or damage to a beloved family retreat may not be as wrenching as a hit on your main home, the process of getting it fixed has challenges that can be equally infuriating, baffling and stressful.

The devastation to beaches from Noosa to Byron caused by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred underlines the growing risk to holiday homes from natural disasters.

While most homes in those areas escaped damage last weekend, it’s only a matter of time before extreme weather hits the luxury homes behind those beaches.

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Andrew Hobbs
Andrew HobbsWealth reporterAndrew Hobbs covers self-managed superannuation funds, financial planning, retirement and inheritance. He has been a financial journalist for more than 25 years, working previously at Bloomberg and Australian Associated Press.

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