Adult kids Uli and Lisa having moved out, early retirement as publishing editor is divorced Katharina Faber's cue to live her dream, moving to a house in Venice, her mother Annegret Herzog came to housesit in Berlin. A power cut makes Katharina miss the flight, caused by chaotic architect and new neighbor Hans Baumann, whom she mistake for a contractor, renovating the house next door, alas incompetently. Just now both immature kids need help: Uli threw his nightmare job in the tax office, pregnant Lisa considers divorcing 'adulterous' husband Stefano Cannavaro. Helping them would mean missing the house sale, but charming agent Argento awards an extension.* Katharina is surprised, I time even charmed how helpful Baumann, who is romantically interested, turns out and things develop.