Happily married couple Julie and Dave are over the moon when Ben, their youngest child, finally decides to leave home. However all dreams of freedom are completely upended when their newly-empty nest unexpectedly becomes packed to the rafters.

Dave still finds his new situation stressing, he can barely cope with giving up his electrician job or the fact that his wife dumps her father on him.

Ben deals with the repercussions of his move next door and the shift in household dynamics as their new house-mate Melissa joins them there.

Sammy and Nathan's marriage is in crisis when she can no longer bear keeping the true reason for moving into the Rafter home secret.

Julie makes some tough decisions, and tells a lie that she later regrets. Meanwhile, Ben finds himself in uncomfortable possession of a devastating secret which could blow his family apart.

A desperate Rachel begs for forgiveness as she discovers her humiliating mistakes have forced a beloved family member to leave the Rafter nest.