A young couple tries to cope with relatives who keep intruding on their happiness.

Eastern city dweller Albert Bennett and his fiancée, Alice Cook, pay a loving visit to the rural site where their "dream" house is to be built and, after the foundation has been laid, invite their single friends, Frank Andrews and Ella Mayer, to enjoy the view with them. While describing the yet-to-be-built house to the cynical Frank and Ella, Albert and Alice begin to argue about how the extra room on the second floor should be used. After a debate in which Albert insists that the space be used as a den, and Alice, a sewing room, the couple simultaneously switch their stance and argue the opposite cause. To Albert's shock, Alice's parents soon arrive with a dozen other "close" relatives, all of whom have definite opinions on how the house should be constructed. Weeks later, as the house nears completion, Frank informs Albert that his uncle George, his only living relative who is also his employer, is coming to inspect the project. George, a lonely bachelor, announces to Albert that, after promoting Albert to sales manager, he intends to move into the house's spare room. Although Alice is less than thrilled at the thought of George as a lodger, she remains silent to protect Albert's promotion. When her family shows up and hears that George, who has also offered to make the $6,988.28 house a present to the couple, is moving in, however, they start a loud protest. Disgusted by the Cooks's complaints, George laments the fact that Albert is not marrying Minnie, the woman he had chosen for his nephew, and enrages Alice with jealousy. After Alice returns her engagement ring to Albert, George fires his nephew and storms away in a huff. Mrs. Cook then announces that Alice cannot marry a man without a job, and the couple separates. Months later, the still jobless Albert, who had to finish building the house himself because of a carpenters' strike, puts his "dream" house up for sale. The well-to-do Frank offers to buy the house but is dissuaded from doing so by Ella, his new fiancée. Then, while Albert is away from the house, Alice shows up, as do George and his new wife Minnie, and Mr. and Mrs. Cook. After Albert and Alice reconcile with each other, George tells the Cooks that he has bought the house for the young couple and that Albert is his employee once again.