When Olivia s husband Johnny announces, I don t care what colour you paint the hall, I m leaving, Olivia is understandably devastated. Left with an eccentric troop of builders camping in her back garden, a ten-year-old daughter with attitude and a neurotic neighbour intent on foisting cast-off men in her direction, Olivia s dream home is suddenly less than dreamy.

Will Johnny ever come back, and if he doesn t, will her luck ever change?