Floods: Where Qld owners are selling back their homes

More than 5000 Queensland homeowners have registered to sell or floodproof their homes, with 111 offers so far to buy-back properties in seven council areas. Find out where.

04 March, 2022. Aerial imagery of flood affected East Brisbane, QLD. Picture: Nearmap

More than 5000 Queensland homeowners have registered their interest to sell or floodproof their homes since the widespread floods earlier this year.

A Queensland Reconstruction Authority spokeswoman said there had been 5411 registrations for the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund as of November 22, with 647 of those homeowners keen to sell there homes as part of the Voluntary Home Buy-Back Program.

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Flooding in Goodna earlier this year. Picture: Liam Kidston

“As at 22 November 2022, 111 offers have been presented to homeowners for voluntary home buy-back,” the spokeswoman said.

“Of these offers, 75 flood-impacted homeowners have accepted offers for buy-back.

“Their homes span seven local government areas (Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Sunshine Coast, Fraser Coast, Gympie and Moreton Bay).”

Damaged furniture on Enid St Goodna after the floods. Picture: Ipswich Cr Paul Tully

A further 1525 people have registered a preference for home-raising, 2217 people have registered for retrofit and 1022 have yet to decide what they would prefer to do with their flood-affected properties.

In Brisbane, offers have been accepted by homeowners in Archerfield, Boondall, Oxley, Rocklea, Windsor and Yeerongpilly.

The interiors of 58 Goburra Street, Rocklea, were stripped after the house was flooded earlier this year. It sold for $400,000 in May

Offers have also been accepted in Goodna.

Around 23,400 properties in 177 Brisbane suburbs were impacted during the floods earlier this year, including 83 suburbs that were unaffected in the 2011 floods, according to the Brisbane City Council Flood Review report.

Residents in the flood waters of Bowen st, Windsor. Photo - Anthony Reginato

In the Moreton Bay region, homeowners have accepted offers in Caboolture, Clontarf, Deception Bay, Morayfield and Rothwell, while in Logan, offers have been taken up by homeowners in Logan Reserve, Waterford, Bethania and Cedar Grove.

Elsewhere, home buy-back offers have been accepted by homeowners in Maryborough, Gympie and at Maroochy River and Yandina on the Sunshine Coast.

The Resilient Homes Fund remains open for Queensland homeowners affected by the floods of 2022.

Rescuers on a boat evacuating people along a flooded street in Maryborough in Queensland. (Photo by Handout / QUEENSLAND FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES / AFP)