A new program will be available to insured and uninsured owners of property to get free structural assessments, demolition and waste removal. 

If your residential or commercial building was impacted by the February and March 2022 and/or June and July 2022 floods, you can register to have a building assessment carried out by certified inspectors.

This opt-in program can provide you with a free, detailed assessment report, including a comprehensive scope of repair works and an estimate of repair costs.

After receiving your report, you are in control of what happens next.

The assessment report is only provided to you and is not available to council, insurers or the general public. However, you can provide the report to your insurer or builder to assist with planning repairs or rebuilding.

If you decide that demolishing your building is the best option for you, then the program can also provide this service for free.

Participation in the Flood Property Assessment Program will not affect eligibility for any future buyback, raising or refit.

Email your interest to NSW Public Works at fpap@pwa.nsw.gov.au

Building types eligible under the Flood Property Assessment Program include:

• residential buildings (where the residence has been affected by flood water)
• farm homesteads and rural buildings
• buildings on commercial properties used for primary business operation including shops and tourism-related businesses, owned by small businesses or primary producers.

Ineligible building types or site features:

• anything not within the property boundary unless required to safely access the property for demolition works
• trees (except where trees and stumps are identified as flood affected and present an obstacle or safety impact to carry out clean-up of eligible destroyed or damaged building structures on the property)
• landscaping, retaining walls and driveways
• in-ground swimming pools, spas and associated pool deck and pool fencing
• irrigation pumps and equipment
• tennis courts, basketball courts and other private sport facilities
• fences not in the vicinity of destroyed or damaged buildings except where required to safely undertake clean-up works
• rural fences
• septic tanks, unless they present a safety issue. Nature of the works to remove or make safe will be subject to individual on site assessments
• private power poles and bridges
• tyre dumps
• private museums/collections which require storage outside the primary residence
• state or national listed Heritage buildings or properties – until such time that appropriate consideration is given to treatment of any remaining or intact.

• Phone: 1300 294 027
• Email: fpap@pwa.nsw.gov.au