274 pages
English language
Published Jan. 14, 2015 by Lake Union Publishing.
When siblings Dan and Hayley Daley inherit their late grandmother's derelict Victorian farmhouse, it seems like a dream come true. All they have to do is fix the place up and sell it for a tidy profit! Except-as anyone who has renovated an old house knows-things are never that easy. The walls are rapidly crumbling around them, the architect is a certified lunatic, the budget is spiraling...and then there's the disturbingly intelligent cow to worry about. On top of all this, the renovation is being featured on a daytime reality TV show, and as soon as Great Locations presenter Gerard O'Keefe catches sight of Hayley's first-floor balcony, he's determined to woo her out of her ban on romance, whether she wants him to or not. Will Dan and Hayley survive and sell up? Or will the whole thing collapse on them like a ton of bricks?
You know what you're getting with Nick, and it's usually a bit of a giggle. Nothing missing here, the diary format suits him well and he treads warn but familiar paths in his ineluctable style.
Having recently renovated our house, I couldn't help but laugh at every chapter... Spalding never fails to make me smile, and this novel is a good one!
