It's been a stressful year of house hunting but Lee-Anne and Layton McCann and their young family have finally found their ideal home and are preparing to move in.
Despite pressure of not having somewhere to live with a newborn and a toddler, the couple couldn't be happier and say "everything happens for a reason".
The couple made the decision in June last year to leave Taumarunui for Rotorua. Mrs McCann was pregnant with their second child when they started making the weekly trips to Rotorua to view open homes.
But the market was competitive and they kept missing out.
Mr McCann said by October the clock was ticking and they still didn't have a Rotorua home - not even a rental.