After losing his home in the Black Summer bushfires, Greg Webb spent almost $300,000 on extras to disaster-proof his new house. Are such designs a blueprint for the future?
abc.net.au/news/disaster-proof-resilient-houses-protect-against-future-climate/102505548Three years after Greg Webb's family home of more than 50 years burnt down in a Black Summer blaze, his new house is starting to take shape on his hillside block in Lake Conjola, on the southern coast of NSW.Mr Webb has planned for this house to be disaster proof — going above the already stringent building codes to make sure his home remains standing when the next natural disaster hits.
Scarred by the trauma of New Year's Eve 2019, and the enormous life changes that followed, Mr Webb wants all Australians to be thinking about their homes in this way.Within a couple of hours the house had completely burntSLIDE "I only wish that I had made my house more resilient for far less money than what I've got to spend now."frequency, intensity and severity of natural disasters increases
Recent extreme weather events have resulted in tens of thousands of people being displaced around the country, and a damage bill soaring into the billions of dollars. "We need to change that so our homes and buildings are fit for purpose, and our communities are strong and sustainable."
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