“Wij hebben een heerlijk rustige week in het huis vertoeft. Een mooie omgeving en goede fietspaden. Annelies en Dirk ”
Quiet house in the middle of Belgium
Quiet house in the middle of Belgium
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- 2 Bedrooms
- Sleeps 3
- 2 Bathrooms
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Our home
see our (2008) movie on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOzoc6n4FJY
Our house has been built in 1997. Our house is not so big, but cosy and clean.
It's a house at the end of a little dead end street. It's very quiet in a save surrounding around a forest.
On the ground-floor you find a living room: sitting -corner (TV, radio,DVD) an dining- room, a kitchen (dishwasher, micro-wave, fridge,), a storage room and a toilet. Also wifi.
A room and a small bathroom with a shower and sink.
Upstairs you find a room with 2 beds, a desk, a sink and a terrace.
In the room we can make place for another bed, so we have place for 4
persons.
In the basement you find a washing machine, clothes dryer and freezers.
There is also a sauna, a shower.
There is also a garden with 700-m² lawns with a summerhouse. In good weather enjoy the outdoor kitchen with barbeque.
We have 2 chickens (do not use the barbecue). Our daughters don't live at home anymore but they can take care of the pets if you want to. We don't bring any pets with us.
We have exchanged more than 30 times (with a other organization) and the people were satisfied.
Property features
- Main home
- Garden
- Balcony
- Wifi
- Cable TV
- Car available
- No smoking
- Central heating
- Dishwasher
- Washing machine
- Dryer
- Parking
- No pets
5 Reviews
“Van 14 tot 27 juli 2016 waren wij te gast in het compacte maar toch verrassend ruime huis van John en Maggy. We werden hartelijk ontvangen met een drankje en een smakelijke lunch. Nadat John had uitgelegd hoe e.e.a. werkte, vertrokken zij richting ons huis in Den Haag Nederland. We hebben geen gebruik gemaakt van hun in de kelder gesitueerde sauna, zonnebank of fitness apparatuur maar die mogelijkheid was er zeer zeker wel. Ook hebben ze gezorgd dat we fietsen ter beschikking hadden om de omgeving te verkennen. Aan alles is gedacht, veel documentatie, gesorteerd per regio. De kippen leverden ons iedere dag heerlijke verse eitjes. Zelfs de buurkat kwam af en toe even langs om gedag te zeggen. Zoek je naar een adres in een rustige landelijke omgeving met een zeer ruime tuin dan is dit zeker een aanbeveling.”
“We visited John and Maggy's house for a long weekend in April. The area is very quiet and beautiful with a nice small forest and grasslands nearby. With a car you are quickly in the nice cities of Leuven and Mechelen. They are very nice people and they even let us use their sauna and jacuzzi, which was, trust me, very, very relaxing. We recommend!”
“We had a great time in John and Maggy's house. Their house is comfortable, very tidy and provided us everything we needed. It is located in a very quiet area. In fact, it is a perfect location if you want to recognize Belgium. You can go easily by train to lovely Mechelen, beautiful Leuven and Bruxelles... Very close to the house there are tracks for bikes.”
“Eind december 2013 / begin januari 2014 waren we in de mooi gelegen woning van John en Maggy, een hartelijk stel dat ons goed hielp bij vragen. Hun huis bij Haacht in Vlaanderen (België) ligt vrij en met een prachtig uitzicht over een weiland en bossen. We hebben heerlijk gefietst en gewandeld in de mooie natuur. Vooral de tochten over dijken langs de rivier de Dijle waren zeer de moeite waard. Dat waren ook de bezoeken aan de historische steden Leuven, Mechelen en Lier(10-15 minuten met de trein of 20-40 met de auto)! Mogelijkheid van gebruik van sauna en solarium. Kortom: zeer aan te bevelen.”
Who we are
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Maggy(1954) is retired, she was responsible for maintenance and hygiene in a company
John (1951) is retired technical teacher in wood/carpenter.
Our 2 daughters live in the neighborhood. They can take care for the plants and the chickens. They speak English, French, German. If you need help they can help.see our movie on youtube (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOzoc6n4FJY
Our availability
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- Open to offers
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- Available
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Where is it?
Your neighbourhood
We live in a quiet and safe neighbourhood about 2200m of the centre. The
neighbours are very friendly. Haacht is a village with 12 000 inhabitants.
There are many shops. Good public transport is available. (bus-train).
You can make walks and cycle in the surroundings. There are also safe and
good "bicycle routs".
At 10 km there's a lake with large beach and swimming and surfing facilities.
Haacht is situated between 4 towns, 15km south, Leuven, university town
, 15 km north of Mechelen, Brussels is 29 km west and 20 km east is Lier, a small but pleasant town.
Antwerp (harbour) at 40 kms, Gent at 75 kms, Brugge (Bruges) at 110 kms, the North Sea at 130 kms. Amsterdam at 195km and Luxemburg at 230km. Paris is 340km. A day trip by train (or car) is possible even to London.
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