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York, Great Britain

Welcome!

Welcome!

Our sunny garden (the ducks aren't real!)

Our sunny garden (the ducks aren't real!)

our kitchen

our kitchen

Fudge and flowers

Fudge and flowers

our kitchen

our kitchen

Tomato growing and our pizza oven

Tomato growing and our pizza oven

Our sunny garden

Our sunny garden

Rowntree Park, just a few steps from our home

Rowntree Park, just a few steps from our home

Holiday ice creams, Salzburg, August 2022

Holiday ice creams, Salzburg, August 2022

The garden with our pizza oven

The garden with our pizza oven

our kitchen

our kitchen

Our cat, Fudge

Our cat, Fudge

The Millennium Bridge and the ice cream boat are a few paces from our house

The Millennium Bridge and the ice cream boat are a few paces from our house

The view from the back of our house over our garden fence

The view from the back of our house over our garden fence

Parents' bedroom

Parents' bedroom

Parents' bedroom

Parents' bedroom

View from the garden on a frosty morning

View from the garden on a frosty morning

Open plan lounge with our piano

Open plan lounge with our piano

TV lounge with a view onto the garden

TV lounge with a view onto the garden

Ollie's bedroom

Ollie's bedroom

Alex's bedroom

Alex's bedroom

Our pizza oven!

Our pizza oven!

Cooling off at the Pont du Gard, Provence, summer 2018

Cooling off at the Pont du Gard, Provence, summer 2018

Enjoying our deck area (we've all grown a little older!)

Enjoying our deck area (we've all grown a little older!)

Platinum

Member since

2011


Open for exchange
Exchange dates Duration
August 10, 2024 - December 05, 2025 2 weeks

We're starting to think about summer 2025 and would love to exchange to Berlin in July.

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Riverside house in historic York, Great Britain

Our home originally dates from the 1930s, but was extended a few years ago. It is bright and modern with plenty of living space and bi-fold doors into the sunny garden. Our living area is open plan kitchen/dining/living with an additional separate lounge which gives us lots of space. Upstairs, we have four bedrooms, one with a small en-suite shower room, and a family bathroom. We are just a 15-20 minute walk (about 1.5km) from the historic centre of York, which is reached along quiet riverside foot or cycle paths. Right next to the house is a park with an excellent children's play area, a skate park, tennis courts and a cafe. We have a lovely view onto open green space around a foot and cycle bridge over the river. Although we are so close to the city centre, we almost feel like we are in the countryside!

Our house is a 15-20 minute walk from York train station. York is 2 hours by rail from London and 2.5 hours from Edinburgh. We love to travel by train rather than plane to our holiday destinations whenever we can.

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Our Family

  • 2 Adults
  • 2 Children
  • 11 Exchanges made

Occupation

  • English teacher
  • Marketing research

Our Home

  • House Type: House
  • Floor: 2
  • Environment: In the city
  • Bedrooms: 4
  • Bathrooms: 2
  • Sleeping Capacity: 6

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In my house

  • Pets - Not allowed
  • Small children - Allowed

Exchange Types

  • Non-simultaneous exchange
  • Home exchange
  • Hospitality offered

Indoor

  • Free internet access
  • Central heating
  • Toys and games
  • Washing machine
  • Dishwasher
  • Television
  • Piano

Outdoor

  • Garden
  • Terrace or deck
  • Park / playground
  • BBQ
  • Bicycles: 4

Facilities

  • Non-smoking house
  • Pet care wanted

Our Destination Wish List

  • Open to any destination
  • Denmark
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Germany
  • France
  • Great Britain
  • Italy
  • Netherlands

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch

Our Neighbourhood

  • shopping Local shops (0.7 km)

We live in a really lovely area of York. There's lots of green space around us, but we are also very close to the city centre. We don't own a car but we have plenty of bikes that we are happy for you to use. York is mostly very flat and easy to cycle around.
We have some good local shops just a few minutes walk away - a good butcher, fruit and veg shops, delicatessens, cafes and small supermarkets. This local high street was recently voted the best high street in Britain!
There's lots to see and do in York. If you love history, it's the place for you. There's several museums, the beautiful Minster, the medieval city walls, lovely shops and cafes as well as gentle walks next to the river.
Here's a recently made short film that show's how beautiful York is: http://youtu.be/t8M6N4dCJjM
Further afield, you can reach the Yorkshire coast by train or car within an hour or so.  There are also two National Parks - the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors about an hour away by car. Have a look at http://www.yorkshire.com/destinations/yorkshire-dales, http://www.yorkshire.com/destinations/north-york-moors and http://www.yorkshire.com/destinations/yorkshire-coast 
York is very well connected by rail to London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Newcastle, so it's easy to travel near or far.
There are many things to see and do in Yorkshire, from heritage sites, museums and medieval abbeys to enjoying fish and chips and stunning scenery.

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Occupation

  • English teacher
  • Marketing research

Children

  • Boy - Age: 17
  • Boy - Age: 19

Pets

  • Cat

About Our Family

We are Nick and Rachel and our sons are Ollie, age 19 and Alex, age 17. Nick works in marketing research, Rachel teaches English as a foreign language. We love living close to the centre of York where everything can be reached on foot - we don't own a car, as most of the time we simply don't need one, but we have bikes for the whole family. We enjoy visiting many of the attractions of York ourselves - the Minster, the city walls, the Jorvik viking museum, the Castle museum, Cliffords Tower, the Museum gardens and Minster gardens - the list goes on and on.
We enjoy board games, the boys have an Xbox and a Wii and we have all sorts of balls and sports equipment for lively children to play with outside.
We also have a cat, called Fudge, who is timid but friendly. She will stay at home during our holidays so will need to be looked after, although she will probably hide from you a lot of the time!

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Lifestyle

We enjoy the good things in life, good food, good wine, good times on holidays. Nick has a slight obsession with visiting castles! We love home exchanges as a way to discover new places. We try to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle as much as possible and we particularly like to choose train travel and public transport over planes and car rental whenever we can.

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This member has completed 11 home exchanges. Those referenced below may contain feedback/impression from its exchange partners: