Desperate to get a slice of the Sydney property market, Sabir Hasbani camped out for three nights in front of a Stanhope Gardens real estate agency in Sydney's north-west.

Thermos, camp chair and sleeping bag in hand, Mr Hasbani and 45 other people weathered Sydney's wind and rain to purchase one of 28 lots for sale in the Ponds development near Kellyville.

The Hasbani family: A three-day campout secured their block of land.

Mr Hasbani secured 480 square metres of land worth $515,000 to build a house for his family of five.

The 29-year-old aged care worker said it was the only way he could secure a property as Sydney house prices continued their inexorable rise.