Spacious 1920s town house full of character

Germany - Lower Saxony - Göttingen

Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,kitchen door leading to verandah
Kitchen door leading to verandah
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,living room
Living room
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,fire place, living room
Fire place, living room
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,dining room
Dining room
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,dining room with piano
Dining room with piano
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,bathroom ground floor
Bathroom ground floor
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,entrance hall
Entrance hall
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Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,stair case
Stair case
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,parent's bedroom
Parent's bedroom
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,Our youngest kid's room
Our youngest kid's room
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,The garden before we had the house painted ..
The garden before we had the house painted ..
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Göttingen,typical half timbered houses, town centre
Typical half timbered houses, town centre
  • Sleeping capacity6
  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2

Simultaneous Home Exchange

Pet Care Needed

Smoking Not Allowed

Children Welcome

Use of Personal Car is not possible

We are looking for a home exchange in ...

Open to all dates and destinations

Our Home For Exchange

Description of the home we are offering for exchange

Open for offers for short term exchanges. We are planning to do some construction on the house and garden in 2024 and cannot, therefore, make any plans for a long summer exchange.

There two cats in our house in Göttingen. Our second home in Mainz is pet-free.

Our house dates from the 1920s, is full of character, and renovating it is a never-ending task. We proceed as funds allow. In 2013 we roofed it and added two balconies. in 2014 we renovated the kitchen. In 2021 the exterior got a new coating. Our furniture is a mixture of family pieces and flea marked findings (some renovated some not yet), added by pieces from IKEA and lately some from antique shops. Altogether it maybe called "shabby chique".
We still have a few toys, a number of musical instruments, including a piano. We can only receive about 15 German TV programmes, but we have Netflix, a vast DVD collection and an X-Box Kinect. We have thousands of books, quite a few of them in English.
We love gardening, but just like the house, the garden is a work in progress: A spacious stone veranda, a huge cherry tree, and some old roses with mixed borders - some parts newly planted, some still fairly wild. As we live in a city the whole place is only 500 m2.

A good friend of ours is renting the attic of this house. He uses his own kitchen, bathroom and rooms. But he uses the same staircase we do, which is not separated from part of the house we are living in. This means that you would meet him in hall or on the stairs now and then. We've had two exchanges since he moved in, and that didnt seem to bother our home swpping guests.

Type

House - 2 or more floors/ Main Residence


Amenities

  • Cleaning service available
  • Dishwasher
  • Clothes Washer
  • Clothes Dryer
  • Fireplace
  • Garden
  • Heating
  • Terrace / Patio

Entertainment

  • DVD
  • Internet access
  • Piano
  • TV
  • Wireless Internet (WiFi)
  • Family Room / Playroom

Extras

  • Use of bicycle(s)
  • Use of second home

Setting

  • Urban

Neighbourhood

Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area

Göttingen is a nice university town, with lots of half-timbered houses (Fachwerkhäuser). Once the Brothers Grimm were professors here. There is a number of very interesting university collections, including the a south sea ethnographica collection of co-travellers of captain James Cook. We have a great indoor pool in walking or easy biking distance, 4 open pools and a small lake, 15km from here.

Outdoor Activities

  • Biking
  • Cultural Events
  • Fishing
  • Golfing
  • Gym / Health Club
  • Hiking
  • Horseback Riding
  • Lake
  • Public Swimming Pool

Leisure

  • Park / Playground
  • Cafés
  • Gym / Health Club
  • Restaurants
  • Shopping

Cultural Activities

  • Concerts
  • Museums
  • Theatre

Transport Nearby

  • Bus
  • Train Station

Neighbourhood Services

  • Bakery
  • Corner Shop
  • Pharmacy
  • Supermarket

Attractions

Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home

The surroundings of Göttingen offer sweet hills with either fields or forests, some with castles on them, or ruins. The Harz mountains are a 40 min drive to the east and very beautiful. At the same distance to the west you find the beautiful river Weser for lots of possible excursions. The cities of Hanover, Kassel, and Erfurt are in easy reach by car or railway. Or you just walk up the hill and into the forest within 10 minutes. Or you take the bike down the valley along the small river Leine.

Our favourite restaurants


Special places to shop


Leisure and cultural activities


Interesting day trips


Our Preferences

Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules

For 2021, we are looking for 14-21 days in summer, preferably some place connected by public transport. We'd love to be in the vicinity of a good public swimming pool, lake, or beach. We will be at least 3. Our two adult children may or may not accompany us, they might even bring their partners. That depends on the available space in your house and on their individual plans which have not yet been made.
Please check our exchange preferences below

Conditions

  • Children Welcome
  • Pets Not Allowed
  • Smoking Not Allowed
  • Pet Care Needed
  • Pet Care Offered
  • Plant care is needed outdoors

Use of Personal Car

  • Use of Personal Car is not possible

Home Exchange Type

  • Simultaneous Home Exchange
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