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The latter. Stripped it back to concrete slab and timber frame, below 1200mm.

Nearly time to move back home at long last... just the kitchen splashbacks, carpet, and some patching etc to go. It's looking brilliant; I'm very excited to have a "good as new" home. I've never built or significantly renovated before, so this is a new experience for me, to move into a home that...

I was feeling sorry for Suncorp, but they have "re-insurance" and have a maximum out-of-pocket for any single event - such as the Brisbane storm on May 20 - of $5M, apparently, and I'm sure they well and truly reached that! So the rest has been spread out amongst all the re-insurers. If true...

Yes, we sure have. I wasn't meaning to trivialise the trauma that a flood can cause; just indicating that I'm grateful that it wasn't so much worse for us. And I'm aware of the psychological impact; both my kids have been diagnosed with "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder". :( Apparently it's not...

As some of you will be aware, our home was flooded during the heavy rains in Brisbane in late May. Our ground flood is split level; the rear (larger) portion was flooded to a depth of around 70cm, and the front portion to about 10cm. The upstairs is much smaller than downstairs, so the vast...