PHOTO: Papatoetoe resident Shirley Corles-Davis. Source: Local Democracy Reporting
Shirley Corles-Davis is still angry at being asked by a property developer if she wanted to sell her house just 24 hours after it was damaged in the Papatoetoe tornado.
A freak twister ripped through the area on Saturday morning, damaging hundreds of homes in its path and leaving one person, Janesh Prasad, dead.
At least 18 houses in Papatoetoe have since been assessed as uninhabitable, while a further 51 have been significantly damaged and may not be safe to enter.
Papatoetoe’s Hayward Road is one of the worst-affected streets, with roofs torn off, windows blown in and debris strewn everywhere.
Corles-Davis, who has lived in the street for 15 years, said she was asked on Sunday by a property developer if she wanted to sell her home.
“I was so angry. They’ve been in the area trying to get business and it’s not on. This is the worst street in Papatoetoe right now,” she said.
Corles-Davis said she told one of the developers in no uncertain terms what he could do with his offer.
“I was so angry, I swore at him. I told my neighbour if I was a foot taller I would have punched him.”
She said selling her home was the last thing on her mind and she was still trying to get her head around what happened.
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