Thank you to Gill and David for allowing us to spend holidays in their modern home. We discovered Kent, with castles, gardens and museums.... The to...
Read More...David & Muriel
United Kingdom
Mar 13, 2018 - Mar 18, 2018
Became a member in: 2005
Renewal Date: 30/Jun/2020
Retired Engineer
Additional languages spoken
French
Affinities
Plants & Gardens,
Wine Lovers,
Foodies
Affiliations
Retirees,
Construction
Profession
Engineer and Insurance Administrator (Retired)
David & Muriel
United Kingdom
Gebhard & Christine
Germany
Cath & Ian
United Kingdom
Colette
France
Thank you to Gill and David for allowing us to spend holidays in their modern home. We discovered Kent, with castles, gardens and museums.... The to...
Read More...Thank you to Gill and David for allowing us to spend holidays in their modern home. We discovered Kent, with castles, gardens and museums.... The tourist informations and maps they left in their home helped us for our choices of discovering. Thank you too for home marmelades they prepared for us.
Read Less...Irene
Germany
Irene
Germany
We enjoyed very much our stay in this lovely house in Kent. We hired a car during our stay and enjoyed excursions in all directions. The house is very...
Read More...We enjoyed very much our stay in this lovely house in Kent. We hired a car during our stay and enjoyed excursions in all directions. The house is very comfortable and the view from inside out into the garden is gorgeous. We loved the open-plan kitchen and watching tv on a big screen in the bedroom was just very relaxing and luxioury. Thanks for having us!
Read Less...Bill & Lin
United Kingdom
Beate
Germany
Simultaneous Home Exchange
Smoking Not Allowed
No Children Please
Use of Personal Car is not possible
Open to all dates | Europe | United Kingdom |
Description of the home we are offering for exchange
Clara is a modern design, newly built single storey house, completed in 2013 and set in an acre of garden with flower borders and grass area. It has three bedrooms and bathrooms but one bedroom is used by us as an office. The large living area is an open plan kitchen, dining-room and lounge. The house is very light and airy, with large windows. Being of modern construction it is very well insulated so is a very warm house in the winter and is cool in the summer. The kitchen is fully fitted with conventional fan oven, microwave ovens, fridge, dishwasher and an induction hob. There is a utility room with washing machine and dryer and another fridge and freezers.
Type
House - single floor/ Main Residence
Amenities
Entertainment
Extras
Setting
Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area
Staplehurst has a small amount of everyday shops but is only 15km south of Maidstone, which is the county town of Kent in the south-east of England. Staplehurst has a railway station with a direct link to London centre, approx. 1 hour away.
Leisure
Cultural Activities
Transport Nearby
Neighbourhood Services
Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home
It is a rural county with many picturesque villages and many historic sites to visit such as National Trust properties of some note, Sissinghurst Castle and Gardens, Hever Castle, Leeds Castle, Bodium Castle and Chartwell House, to mention only a few. The towns of Canterbury and Rochester are also within easy reach.
There is close access to the south-east motorway system, M20 to Dover, M25 around London and taking you to the south west via the M3 and M4.
Also coastal areas, both north and south Kent are withinh about an hours drive.
Dover ferry port is approx. 80 km. and about 50 minute drive.
Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules
Please check our exchange preferences below
Conditions
Use of Personal Car
Home Exchange Type
Became a member in: 2005
Renewal Date: 30/Jun/2020
Retired Engineer
Additional languages spoken
French
Affinities
Plants & Gardens,
Wine Lovers,
Foodies
Affiliations
Retirees,
Construction
Profession
Engineer and Insurance Administrator (Retired)
David & Muriel
United Kingdom
Gebhard & Christine
Germany
Cath & Ian
United Kingdom
Colette
France
Thank you to Gill and David for allowing us to spend holidays in their modern home. We discovered Kent, with castles, gardens and museums.... The to...
Read More...Thank you to Gill and David for allowing us to spend holidays in their modern home. We discovered Kent, with castles, gardens and museums.... The tourist informations and maps they left in their home helped us for our choices of discovering. Thank you too for home marmelades they prepared for us.
Read Less...Irene
Germany
Irene
Germany
We enjoyed very much our stay in this lovely house in Kent. We hired a car during our stay and enjoyed excursions in all directions. The house is very...
Read More...We enjoyed very much our stay in this lovely house in Kent. We hired a car during our stay and enjoyed excursions in all directions. The house is very comfortable and the view from inside out into the garden is gorgeous. We loved the open-plan kitchen and watching tv on a big screen in the bedroom was just very relaxing and luxioury. Thanks for having us!
Read Less...Bill & Lin
United Kingdom
Beate
Germany
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