Despite taking 27 years to realize their dream of home-ownership, Doug and Ellie rushed into their house overlooking its total lack of function. Bringing in Hilary and David to find the answers to their domestic dysfunction, these nearly empty nesters get more than they bargained for when Hilary discovers disastrous damage in their basement and David exposes the uneasy economic realities of their hard earned budget. Can they stay in their crumbling house? Or will they have to re-evaluate everything they thought they wanted in a home? Only the Elliott’s can decide.