Fourteen notices to fix have been issued under the Building Act and 30 abatement notices under the RMA and Auckland Unitary Plan.
The Exler’s have spent over $150,000 making these changes but their insurance and other funds have dried up and they have not even made a start on the inside of their home yet.
They said the council could not expect people to fork out the cash to make these changes and they should provide some funding.
“It is council’s responsibility to make sure this doesn’t happen. These are people’s homes that we’re talking about you know, this is our livelihood.”
But Mayor Wayne Brown said there was no money in the budget for that.
“We’re already struggling with paying for the damage last time as it is.”
Of the 2812 properties that have registered for Auckland Council’s categorisation scheme, less than half of them have been categorised more than a year since the Auckland Anniversary floods.
The mayor maintained he was happy with progress.
“It’s a very generous offer – we didn’t even have to do it – and so we are doing that pretty quickly.”
For now, the council was keeping up its message asking homeowners to do what they could in the present, to protect their homes for the future.
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