A single middle-aged man trapped in frustration and loneliness in Toronto communicates with a divorced woman, and they help from thousands of miles apart. Dhruv lives a lonely life in Toronto, Canada. He is a forty-year-old student who has discontinued his education and gets by working odd jobs. Sheema is the sister of Dhruv's brother-in-law, looking for someone to take care of her apartment while she and her son return home to visit Bangladesh for a few months. Dhruv, never having met Sheema, agrees to house-sit. Communicating over the phone, they develop a friendship and help each other to solve problems related to the cultural challenges of being Bangladeshi immigrants to Canada.

Oli wants to finish her book. Jo wants to get over her breakup. What they don't want is to share a house.

Best friends, Lucy and Julie, agree to house sit Lucy’s grandma’s mobile home while she’s vacationing on a psychic-themed cruise. Their peaceful summer is interrupted by a mysterious albeit persistent neighbor. Lucy and Julie agree to avoid this stranger by never leaving the house, until Lucy runs out of her antidepressant, and the girls are finally forced to face him.

A young couple discovers a secret room filled with cash while house-sitting for rich friends who die while out of the country.