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Restumping in Torquay, Surf Coast

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Torquay: houses, ground and history

Torquay's population grew from 1,100 in 1961 to 2,900 in 1981 and 4,900 in 1991. Surf Coast Shire's 2006 neighbourhood character study found most houses in central Torquay and Jan Juc are clad in timber weatherboards, fibro cement sheet or other lightweight materials, with metal roofs. Send a few details and a registered restumper who works in Torquay can be in touch.

Victorian Places says Torquay's population grew from 1,100 in 1961 to 2,900 in 1981 and 4,900 in 1991, and that some of its former holiday charm has been lost to redevelopment.
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Surf Coast Shire's 2006 Torquay–Jan Juc Neighbourhood Character Study says most houses in central Torquay and Jan Juc are clad in timber weatherboards, fibro cement sheet or other lightweight wall materials, with galvanised iron or Colorbond roofs.
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An archived Victorian Resources Online soil–landform description (Corangamite unit 158) says Torquay and Jan Juc sit on rolling hills along the Spring Creek and Jan Juc Creek valleys, where weathered limestone and marl have produced calcareous soils, and that gully erosion and slumping are problems of the area's dispersible texture-contrast soils.
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At the 2021 Census, 1,687 private dwellings in Torquay, or 20.9%, were unoccupied.
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Torquay had 18,534 residents at the 2021 Census (ABS QuickStats).

Torquay and Jan Juc sit on rolling hills along the Spring Creek and Jan Juc Creek valleys, according to an archived soil description, and gully erosion and slumping are problems of the area’s dispersible soils. If your house is on a slope or near a creek and you’ve seen new cracks or a dropping floor, ask the restumper to look at the ground as well as the stumps. The soil-landform description has more detail.

At the 2021 Census, 20.9% of Torquay’s private dwellings were unoccupied. If yours is a holiday house, signs can go unnoticed between visits, so check doors and floors each time you arrive. A restumper must be registered whatever the job’s value, as Consumer Affairs Victoria explains. Tell us the address and what you’ve seen, and we’ll pass it to one registered restumper on the Surf Coast.

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