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Property details
 (ID = 16209)
 

Spacious 18th century thatched cottage

Cottage, suburban with 5 bedrooms, sleeps 9, 2 bathroom(s), floor area of 225 m2 (2420 sq.ft), WCs 2, car optional, children OK, pets OK, NO smoking, including internet (highspeed), number of travellers: 5

Exchange dates

1) July 28 2012 - September 01 2012

Where we want to go
1) Denmark
2) Portugal
3) Sweden
- We like to go anywhere, surprise us!!

Description of our house
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  • arabic
  • english
  • hebrew
  • italian
  • chinese
  • serbian
  • croatian
  • finnish
  • hungarian
  • spanish
  • czech
  • french
  • norwegian
  • swedish
  • danish
  • german
  • indonesian
  • polish
  • turkish
  • dutch
  • greek
  • irish
  • portuguese
  • yiddish

Our house is a spacious welcoming family cottage (with lots of original features) where we have lived happily with our 4 children for 17 years. It would be a comfortable and convenient place to stay for any age of traveller. We have lots of things to do both in the house and garden for children. There is a treehouse, table tennis, trampoline, swing and badminton and lots of games and books inside.

Accommodation and facilities
Inside:
Telephone, stereo / hifi, central heating, tv / cable, sofa, carpet, fireplace 
Kitchen and washing:
Grill, freezer, fridge, microwave, dish washer, oven, washing machine, dryer 
Outside:
Garage, terrace, parking, garden, barbecue, bicycles 
Local activities:
Horse riding, tennis, hiking, swimming, golfing, fishing 
Local places to go:
Galleries/museums, fine restaurants, good shopping, nightlife 
Languages spoken:
English, francais, italiano 
Nearest major airport:
Heathrow (london), 131 km / 82 mile
Other information:
Children ok, pets ok, no smoking, including internet (highspeed), car optional 

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Our neighborhood
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  • arabic
  • english
  • hebrew
  • italian
  • chinese
  • serbian
  • croatian
  • finnish
  • hungarian
  • spanish
  • czech
  • french
  • norwegian
  • swedish
  • danish
  • german
  • indonesian
  • polish
  • turkish
  • dutch
  • greek
  • irish
  • portuguese
  • yiddish

We live just at the bottom of Gold Hill. The house is in a very picturesque street near shops but also near lots of wonderful countryside. The neighbourhood is welcoming and helpful. There are plenty of historic and artistic attractions nearby and many places specially set up to have a good day out with the children. There is a good range of different sorts of restaurants and pubs to eat in nearby. The spectacular Dorset coast is 50 mins away and London is 2 hours by train. Salisbury, Bath and Poole are all less than an hour away.

Something about ourselves
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  • arabic
  • english
  • hebrew
  • italian
  • chinese
  • serbian
  • croatian
  • finnish
  • hungarian
  • spanish
  • czech
  • french
  • norwegian
  • swedish
  • danish
  • german
  • indonesian
  • polish
  • turkish
  • dutch
  • greek
  • irish
  • portuguese
  • yiddish

Paul is a retired Drama teacher and Julia a teacher of Adult Education and Family Learning. We have done many swaps all over Europe and in England and Wales and enjoyed them all enormously. Those who have exchanged with us seem to have been very happy staying in our house too. Accompanying us on holiday will be Ella(22), Leo (17) and Seth (14).

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