Urban planning professor Jeremy and his wife Leslie have decided to move their family to Spain while Jeremy writes a book about Barcelona's breathtaking architecture. While Jeremy thinks that his research requires a traditional Catalan-style apartment, Leslie isn't as interested in history as she is in a roomy, modern place near the water where she can introduce their kids to a beach lifestyle. However, with a rental budget that will need to stretch, Jeremy and Leslie might need to throw out their old blueprints and go back to the drawing board to find the perfect home in Barcelona.