Flood-resilient design is making Brisbane homes like Margherita’s ready for the next big soak

Margherita Gellel moved into her Rosalie home not long after Brisbane’s ’74 floods and subsequent inundations have left the 82-year-old Maltese-Australian on edge. 

“I’ve had so many floods it’s not funny,” Ms Gellel told ABC Radio Brisbane.

“Every time it rains, I get scared because I don’t…