The Wizard of Oz as it applies to house hunting...

Tin Woodsman: What have you learned, Dorothy?
Dorothy: Well, I - I think that it - it wasn't enough to just want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em - and it's that - if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?

I'd say this sort of sums up this whole house hunting adventure. For months and months I looked and searched and drempt and got frustrated and sad and angry because we couldn't find the home for us.
Turns out it was right in our own backyard.
Go figure...