PACKED TO THE RAFTERS is a drama-comedy that turns a microscope on the lives of would-be "empty-nesters" Dave and Julie Rafter. Less than forty-eight hours after their reluctant middle son moves himself next door, all dreams of freedom and personal fulfilment are put on hold as their youngest son and his princess wife, troubled eldest daughter, and Julie's emotionally vulnerable father return to the family house. Once again, they are literally "packed to the rafters."