Monday 4 July 2022 04:54 AM Keith and Kerrie Levy battle fourth flood in their Windsor home as Sydney is ... trends now
A couple is battling to save their heritage Sydney home as it floods for the fourth time in six months since they moved in.
Keith and Kerrie Levy bought the 200-year-old four-storey house in Windsor, on Sydney's northwest fringe, for $1.975 million and moved in from Dural on December 23.
Since then, they have barely spent any time actually living in their new home, forced to constantly move furniture in and out as floodwaters poured into the lower levels.
Days after finally settling back in after two floods in March and another in April, they have again cleared out their valuables as Sydney is drenched by yet another once-in-a-century storm.
Kerrie and Keith Levy are battling to limit the damage to their heritage home in Sydney as it floods for the fourth time in six months since they moved in
They bought the 200-year-old four-storey house in Windsor, on Sydney's northwest fringe, for $1.975 million and moved in from Dural on December 23
Dozens of Sydney suburbs are under threat of going underwater and 71 evacuation orders are in place as heavy rain falls and NSW faces what could be the worst flooding in 18 months.
'It's not good, but it is what it is,' Mr Levy told Daily Mail Australia as he watched floodwaters from the swollen Hawkesbury River steadily rise from his balcony, again.
The lower ground floor is filling up with water, rising from about a foot early on Monday morning to double that by 11am and threatening to spill into the upper levels.
Mr and Mrs Levy said after the area flooded in March 2021 they expected their home would be safe, but instead expect to spend at least $40,000 dealing with the four deluges.
'Before it flooded last year there hadn't been one since the 1990s so we thought that would be it, the flooding is done,' Mr Levy said.
'Instead we've had a bad run almost since we moved in and they're saying there will be another flood by the end of the year. We'll be glad to see the end of this weather cycle.'
The view from the balcony on Sunday night after the rain thundered down and the Hawkesbury River burst its banks, flooding the bridge and rising steadily towards the house. Earlier in the day the Levys cleared out the bottom floor
Floodwater submerges the backyard and rushes in to the lower ground floor of the house during the first flood in early March
One of many points of entry to the bottom floor where the water rushed in, with sandbags and windows useless in keeping it out
The local auctioneer said the couple were concerned about the future of their beloved home, and just hoped they could weather the storms.
'It's hard as we're new to all this unlike a lot of people here. We're hoping once we're through it (the La Nina weather cycle), it won't flood for a while,' he said.
Mr Levy said the worst part was waiting for the affected parts of the house to dry out enough to be habitable, which took months after the last floods.
'We only just moved everything back in on Saturday and the next day we're moving it all back out again when the rains started again,' he said.
'Last time we lost a lot of stuff as we weren't fast enough, but this time we were ready and got a trailer and moved everything of value out yesterday.'
The couple will again lose gas and power as it must be switched off to protect it from the flooding.
The flooded garage where in one of the floods the door (pictured) was punched in by the raging torrent
Ms Levy desperately tries to pump water out of the flooded home during the March flood after the river receded days later
Mr Levy said the lower ground floor was vulnerable as the terrace filled out with water and spilled through windows straight inside
