Local Ian Curr said Sunday’s storm was “intense” and many locals parked under a nearby overpass and on the kerbs under trees in attempts to avoid hail damage.
The house proved a spectacle, with people driving past to check out the damage most of Monday morning.
Another local is also renovating a home, but not raising it. The storm damaged their home, causing water to leak through the roof. Their son told them it could be worse and showed them the Dudley Street house.
The proposed development of a property on Dudley Street in Highgate Hill, Brisbane, that has since been destroyed in a storm.Credit: Brisbane City Council
The property is part of the traditional building character overlay in a character residential zone, but a development application lodged in 2023 said it was set back from the road and did not have a “prominent visual relationship to the street”.
The applicants noted a vacant lot in front of the home would likely result in it being less visible in future. They further noted that multiple extensions and additions had been built since the original construction.
The applicants proposed to demolish the lower level of the existing house, upper level of the house (including the roof) behind the highest and rearmost part of the roof, the existing front stairs and front open verandah/balustrade, front/side verandah, including part of the original roof, undisclosed internal structures, and some of the front windows to accommodate a new door.
New works were proposed to include a rear extension and building underneath the existing house.
The application was approved last year, with demolitions taking place before it was damaged in the storm on Sunday.
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