Mum-of-three launches real estate app after chaotic family house hunt

Melanie Tickle is behind the new property app, myhomii. Pic: Annette Dew Brisbane mother-of-three Melanie Tickle was fighting for her life in a hospital bed when she was thrust into a frantic battle to put a roof over her family’s head. Diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer three years ago, the property marketer was contending with hospital stays and surgeries, right as her family was forced out of their rental property. With three young boys aged under 7, the threat of having nowhere to live loomed large amid 2024’s hot property market where homes were snapped up in record time. Ms Tickle was diagnosed with cancer at the same time her family’s lease was ending. Pic: Annette Dew “We had to be out of our rental and didn’t have another place to go,” Ms Tickle said. “That was super stressful, and we had assumed that we would have found something by that stage.” Too unwell to physically attend the “million open homes” as they tried to secure a house in a fast-moving market, Ms Tickle relied on family to help with the search. Her accountant husband Mark, parents, and property-obsessed brothers became her eyes and ears, bombarding her with information and feedback. It resulted in a ch...