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World • Europe • Scotland • West Lothian - East Whitburn
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 (ID = 22403)
 

Modern Family Home near Edinburgh

House, suburban with 4 bedrooms, sleeps 6, 2 bathroom(s), floor area of 125 m2 (1345 sq.ft), WCs 1, children OK, NO smoking, including internet (highspeed), number of travellers: 2

Exchange dates

1) July 29 2013 - August 31 2013

For 2013, we are looking for 2 weeks in south west France. 2 adults only (our teenage son will be staying with friends.)

Where we want to go
1) Tarn-et-Garonne (France)
2) Pyrenees-Atlantiques (France)
3) Tarragona (Spain)
- We are looking for 2 weeks in south west France or northern Spain. 2 adults only (our teenage son will be staying with friends.)

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

Near Edinburgh. Modern four bedroom detached house in a quiet village estate with good neighbours. Comfortable, modern house with back garden and patio. Fully equipped kitchen. Lounge with piano. Separate television den with 42" flatscreen and surround sound. Dining Room. Downstairs WC. Upstairs - master bedroom with ensuite shower room, large child's bedroom, bedroom, 2 small bedrooms with single beds, family bathroom. Sleeps 6.You can see the house on Google Street View, here: http://bit.ly

Accommodation and facilities
Inside:
Telephone, stereo / hifi, central heating, tv / cable, sofa, carpet 
Kitchen and washing:
Grill, freezer, fridge, microwave, oven, washing machine 
Outside:
Terrace, parking, garden, bicycles 
Local activities:
Mountain biking, surfing, tennis, hiking, swimming, mountaineering, golfing, skiing, fishing 
Local places to go:
Galleries/museums, health club, fine restaurants, good shopping, country club, nightlife, clubbing 
Languages spoken:
English, francais 
Nearest major airport:
Edinburgh, 20 km / 13 mile
Other information:
Car recommended, children ok, no smoking, including internet (highspeed), long term considered, non-simultaneous 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

The most central spot in Scotland with easy access to motorways. Two small shops in the village. 5 mins walk. Ideally located to explore Scotland. Edinburgh is only 30 mins away. Glasgow 40 mins, Stirling 30 mins. Scottish Borders < 2 hours. Scottish Highlands < 2 hours. Golf, hillwalking and fishing is nearby. One of the largest designer shopping centres in Europe is only 10 mins away, with cinema. 5 minutes away from Bronze age burial site and deer and trout farms. Plenty of cheap flights to Edinburgh airport - 20 mins. Glasgow airport is 40 mins by car. Glasgow Prestwick airport - 1.5 hrs.

Here's some things to see and do in West Lothian:

Linlithgow Palace; Blackness Castle; Bennie Museum; Linlithgow Heritage Trail; Hopetoun House; Annet House; Cairnpapple; Torphicen Preceptory; House of the Binns; Linlithgow Canal Centre: Falkirk Wheel; Almond Valley Heritage Centre; Five Sisters Zoo; Go-Karting; Linlithgow Farmers Market; Kingsfield Golf Range; Pumpherston Golf Club; Deer Park Golf & Country Club; Ballencrieff Fishery; Allandale Tarn Fishery; Beecraigs Fishery; Beecraigs Country park; Almondell & Calderwood Country Park; Polkemmet Country Park; Pentland Hills - and more!

http://www.westlothian.co.uk : http://www.linlithgow.com : http://www.visitscotland.com : http://www.undiscoveredscotland.com

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

We are Julie and Martin and we both run our own businesses online, so can work from anywhere with a good, high-speed internet connection.

Our son Ruaridh is 15 years old and we home educate. He has a special interest in contemporary drama performance and music.

In 2008 - 2010 we completed 10 home exchanges, which you can read about at http://www.organikal.com

We have made a lot of friends on our home exchange travels and we even got married on our 4th home exchange!

We are experienced house swappers, with many swaps successfully completed. You can read about us in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk

We have also appeared on Scottish television to talk about home exchange:

http://www.organikal.com

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