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It is estimated that by 2025, China will have invested ?105 billion+ in British infrastructure, primarily in energy, transport and property (Financial Times, October 2014). In October 2013 Chancellor George Osborne relaxed UK visa rules making it possible for any number of Chinese citizens to visit (and invest in) the UK. When London real estate agents Cassandra Wu and newbie Freddie Reynolds attempt to sell off their firm's biggest property, little do they know it would involve rather "uncouth" methods (some too humiliating to admit). When their mysterious billionaire mainland Chinese buyer Sir Alfred fails to materialise, a stranger appears and has a life-changing effect on the future of Cassandra and Freddie - for better or for worse. The play asks: are the Chinese solely to blame for the UK housing crisis? Who will gain and who will lose in this dangerous real estate monopoly?