The unsuccessful poet Toby Dobbs owns a huge mansion that he turned into something like a dormitory. All his tenants are very different, but they share one thing: in these walls they are waiting out difficult times. And then a chain of unexpected events forces Toby to sell the house. To rid it of its inhabitants, Toby tries to solve the problems of his friends. Leah, a girl who lives next door, offers to help him with this idea, but their plan isn’t as easy to carry out as it sounds.