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Our home is a large comfortable Victorian house in east London. The house has many traditional Victorian features and is modern, warm and comfortable. We have a large family kitchen with an Aga and large dining table, large living room and study, four large bedrooms and two bathrooms. A TV/games room with double sofa bed and TV/video, wii, x-box consoles. The small but pretty garden has two seating areas a childs climbing frame and swing. There is a full size table football table and lots of games, books and toys for children. There are several bikes.
“We had a great stay in Lesley and Simon's home in Stratford. We exchanged for a week in August 2014, with our 3 kids. A bit off central London but a nice bustling neighborhood. The house is extremely charming and cozy, lovely little back garden and a warm relaxed kitchen with two sweet cats installed firmly in the armchair. All in all our best recommendations for a fine stay when visiting London. All the best from Peter and Marija”
“We had a wonderful time in this Stratford home. Lesley and her family prepared helpful information to us about the local area and London. Their two cats were adorable and made us feel right at home. We loved their home, with spacious bedrooms and several bathrooms. We still miss the kitchen!! The Stratford area is a vibrant area with green spaces, shopping and good restaurants. Although we went into London a couple of times, we ended up exploring and enjoying the local area much more then we had planned for. We had a great picnic in the beautiful park across the road. We can sincerely recommend an exchange with Lesley and her family. Although we did not get to meet - we communicated by phone/mail for any kinds of questions either of us had.”
“All the family appreciated a lot the house of Lesley and Simon: clear, clean, good reorganized . The chamber of the parents, spacious, has a magnificent sight on the park where the children were going to cycle in the morning. The kitchen is very pleasant. It allowed us to visit London in very good conditions.”
We are both involved in education; Lesley is an education officer working with children with Special Needs, and Simon teaches at a nearby secondary school. Our Children are 18 (Robbie) and 15 (Rachel), we also have a foster daughter, Awa who is 16. They enjoy participating in sports and the theatre.
We mainly use our bicycles to get around the area, and whole family enjoy cycling holidays.
Stratford is a vibrant and exciting, urban area with a distinct multi-cultural character. It was the site for the Olympic games in 2012 - the aquatics and velo centres and the park are now open for public use.
Shops, cafes and restaurants reflect the varied communities.
Stratford is a transport hub with trains going to the city and the west end, which are 20 minutes away.
Westfield Shopping Centre is near the station and Olympic site, it is the biggest mall in Europe.
Stratford also has an excellent theatre, The Theatre Royal.
The house is opposite a large park, which has tennis courts, an excellent children's playground and an ornamental garden.
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