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Their choice doesn't get any easier when they meet the seven very
diverse families, including a family covered in tattoos, a homosexual
couple with an adopted child and a family who practice Wiccan, a
pagan religion. Will the resident neighbors be able to see past
their own ideals and accept all of the families as people instead
of stereotypes? Eventually some eyes and hearts open up, opinions
change and a community is transformed.
At the same time that the neighbours are trying to adjust, the
competing families also begin an emotional journey that puts their
physical and psychological limits to the test, as they all vie for
a beautiful dream home on the perfect suburban cul-de-sac. But to
determine who will win the luxuriously furnished and opulently appointed
house, they first have to win over the very people who will be most
affected by that ultimate decision -- the next-door neighbours.
In the first episode the seven families arrive at the dream home
- a 3300-square-foot house with four bedrooms and two-and-a-half
bathrooms located on a prime piece of real estate in the recent
development of Circle C Ranch, near Austin, Texas. The competing
families, each in its own unique way, enthusiastically meet and
greet the three opinionated resident families who have a vested
interest in who'll move into the house.
Each week, the competing families participate in a challenge made
up by the judging neighbors that will show just how well they might
fit into the close-knit community. In the first challenge, the families
must build their own Circle C Ranch booth -- complete with a theme,
prizes and a lot of creativity -- for a carnival that will be attended
by the whole neighborhood.
The winning family will be determined by whose booth earns the
most money. That family will receive an all-important "free
pass," thereby escaping -- for that episode -- being sent packing.
By the end of the episode one of the remaining families will be
eliminated by the ever-watchful neighbours.
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