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Europe • Netherlands • Noord-Holland - Amsterdam
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Property details
 (ID = 30874)
 

Family home on a lake site, near Amsterdam

House, on the lakeside with 4 bedrooms, sleeps 5, 1 bathroom(s), floor area of 175 m2 (1885 sq.ft), WCs 2, car optional, children OK, pets OK, NO smoking, including internet (highspeed), number of travellers: 5

Exchange dates

1) October 20 2012 - October 28 2012
2) July 06 2013 - August 18 2013

We're also interested in swapping (long) weekends nearby. -WE ALREADY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS SUMMER (2012)-

Where we want to go
1) France
2) Spain
3) Europe
- 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 situated in the village Wormer. Our house is situated in a quite living area, not far from the city of Amsterdam.
On the groundfloor we have our kitchen and livingroom with a door to our backgarden (situated on the westsite). At the frontsite there are double doors to the front garden (east). Our home has 4 bedrooms. The parents bedroom, one childrens bedroom, one babyroom and the bathroom with bath, toilet and a seperate shower on the first floor. On the second floor is situated the 3th bedroom, the biggest one with a beautiful view on the lake. There is also one extra bed if necessary. The backgarden is situated at the watersite where you can fish. There is a fence so kids don't fall in the water. Our house is situated in a quiet street. You can use our bikes. We have bikes in different sizes: 24 inch, 26 inch and bikes for adults.
For children we have lots of toys to play with (lego, playmobil, barbie-dolls, big dolls, games, baby toys). We also have fishing-stuff. We have a small motorboat, but you need a boat-license to use it. For children we have a small rowingboat you can use.

Accommodation and facilities
Inside:
Telephone, stereo / hifi, central heating, tv / cable, sunbed 
Kitchen and washing:
Freezer, fridge, microwave, dish washer, oven, washing machine 
Outside:
Garage, child's swing, parking, garden, bicycles 
Local activities:
Surfing, tennis, swimming, fishing 
Local places to go:
 
Languages spoken:
 
Nearest major airport:
Schiphol (amsterdam), 13 km / 8 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

From our house, you can see the lake that's part of "het Wormer & Jisperveld". It's a nature area : http://en.wikipedia.org . On the lake you can go by boat or canoe (rental in the neabourhood http://www.kajak.nl ). The cities Amsterdam, Alkmaar and Haarlem are only 20-25 km away, Purmerend only 11 km away. Amsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands and is famous for its canals, Van Goghmuseum ( http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl ), Rijksmuseum ( http://www.rijksmuseum.nl ), Anne Frank house ( http://www.annefrank.org ). Alkmaar is well-known for its traditional cheese market ( http://www.vvvalkmaar.nl ). For tourists, it's a popular cultural destination. The beach is 20 km away. Zaanse Schans 5 km (with its traditional green painted houses, warehouses and windmills the Zaanse Schans gives the feeling of having stepped back into the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries http://www.zaanseschans.nl ). You can also look at: http://www.vvvzaanstreek.nl

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 a family with three children. Our son is 10 years old, our daughter is 7 years old and we have one baby-boy, he was born in december 2010. We have a cat and a dog. If you like it, we leave the pets at home. We will look after your house well and keep it clean and tidy as we would expect others to look after ours.
We had two successful swaps.

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