Somethingas Leaking Upstairs is the funny and endearing account of Claire, a California-born journalist, and her British husband, George, who retire from professional careers in the city to follow Georgeas dream of owning a mini-ranch in the San Joaquin Valley and fulfill his promise of travel adventuresaasoon.a George loves ranch life, but Claire is quickly disenchanted by plugged septic systems, wayward pigs and calves, and zany tenants who rent the apartments George buys to supplement their income. He purchases a travel trailer to placate Claire but loans it to his British relatives. The tenant disaster that gives the book its title results in Claireas return to her city job. But she misses George and the clean country air. In the end, with a lot of ingenuity and a bit of compromise, Claire and George figure out how to have it all.