A man's camped out for five nights through this week's terrible weather to successfully secure a sought-after beach hut in Christchurch.

67 year old Roy Young and his family arrived at Avon Beach in their camper-van last Sunday night to be first in the queue for one of just two huts with long-term rents.

Mister Young, from Mudeford, stayed all week while his relatives went off to work - to get the eight-hundred pound let for the summer season.