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GB091688

York, Great Britain

Dinner's ready!

Our cat, Fudge

In the Black Forest, Germany, summer 2016

Ollie on our trampoline

The Millennium Bridge and the ice cream boat are a few paces from our house

The view from the back of our house over our garden fence

Parents' bedroom

View from the garden on a frosty morning

Open plan lounge with our piano

TV lounge with a view onto the garden

The kitchen

The kitchen again

Ollie's bedroom

Alex's bedroom

Our pizza oven!

Cooling off at the Pont du Gard, Provence, summer 2018

Ice creams in Provence, summer 2018

The back of our house with our sunny garden

Enjoying our deck area

Gold

Member since

2011

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Riverside house in historic York, Great Britain

We are taking a break from home exchanges in 2020, but we will be back in 2021, so do get in touch if you are planning further ahead!

We moved house in June 2017. Our new home is next to a large park and overlooking the river Ouse. We are gradually updating all of our photos as we can. We're looking forward to many more happy exchanges and we will always reply to messages so do get in touch.

Our new home originally dates from the 1930s, but was extended just a few years ago. It is bright and modern with plenty of living space and bi-fold doors into the sunny garden. We have four bedrooms, one with a small en-suite shower room. Our living area is open plan kitchen/dining/living with an additional separate lounge which gives us lots of space. We are just a 15-20 minute walk (about 1.5km) from the historic centre of York, which is reached along quiet riverside foot or cycle paths. Right next to the house is a park with an excellent children's play area, a skate park, tennis courts and a cafe. We have a lovely open view onto the green area around the Millennium foot and cycle bridge over the river. Although we are so close to the city centre, we almost feel like we are in the countryside!

Our house is a 15 minute walk from York train station. York is 2 hours by rail from London and 2.5 hours from Edinburgh.

2 Adults
2 Children
10 Exchanges made

Occupation

English teacher
Marketing research

Our Home

House Type: House
Floor: 2
Environment: In the city
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
Sleeping Capacity: 6

References

In my house

Pets - Not allowed
Small children - Allowed

Exchange Types

Non-simultaneous exchange
Home exchange
Hospitality exchange

Indoor

Free internet access
Central heating
Toys and games
Washing machine
Dishwasher
Television
Piano

Outdoor

Garden
Terrace or deck
Park / playground
Bicycles: 4

Facilities

No smoking
Pet care wanted

Our Destination Wish List

Open for all offers
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Edinburgh, UK

Spoken Languages

English
Français
Deutsch

Local shops (0.7 km)

We live in a really lovely area of York. There's lots of green space around us, but we are also so close to the city centre. We don't own a car but we have plenty of bikes that we are happy for you to use. York is mostly very flat and easy to cycle around.
We have some good local shops just a few minutes walk away - a good butcher, fruit and veg shops, delicatessens, cafes and small supermarkets. This local high street was recently voted the best high street in Britain!
Here's a recently made short film that show's how beautiful York is: http://youtu.be/t8M6N4dCJjM
Further afield, you can reach the Yorkshire coast by train or car within an hour or so. There are also two National Parks - the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors within about an hour away by car. Have a look at http://www.yorkshire.com/destinations/yorkshire-dales, http://www.yorkshire.com/destinations/north-york-moors and http://www.yorkshire.com/destinations/yorkshire-coast
There are many things to see and do in Yorkshire, from heritage sites, museums and medieval abbeys to enjoying fish and chips and stunning scenery.

Occupation

English teacher
Marketing research

Children

Boy - Age: 14
Boy - Age: 16

Pets

We are Nick and Rachel and our sons are Ollie, age 15and Alex, age 13. Nick works in marketing research, Rachel teaches English as a foreign language. We love living in the centre of York where everything can be reached on foot - we don't own a car, as most of the time we simply don't need one, but we have bikes for the whole family. We enjoy visiting many of the attractions of York ourselves - the Minster, the city walls, the Jorvik viking museum, the Castle museum, Cliffords Tower, the Museum gardens and Minster gardens - the list goes on and on. Rachel is a tour guide in the city and enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for York with visitors from all over the world.
We enjoy board games, the boys have a wii and an Xbox and we have all sorts of balls and sports equipment for lively children to play with outside.
We also have a cat, called Fudge, who is timid but friendly and enjoys company. She will stay at home during our holidays so will need to be looked after.
We especially like to exchange with families with children of a similar age to ours, in the hope that we can borrow (and you can use our) bikes.

We enjoy the good things in life, good food, good wine, good family times on holidays. Nick has a slight obsession with visiting castles! We love home exchanges as a way to discover new places.

This member has completed 10 successful exchanges. Here are some members that he exchanged with in the past: