Became a member in: 2019
Renewal Date: 06/Jun/2024
We are a retired couple who like to travel. Joan is a retired educator, and Kent is a retired engineer.
Non-simultaneous Home Exchange
Simultaneous Home Exchange
Weekend Home Exchange
Long-term Home Exchange
Smoking Not Allowed
Children Welcome
Use of Personal Car is possible
Sep 9, 2024 - Sep 30, 2024 | Spain | Portugal |
Open to all dates | Open to all destinations |
Description of the home we are offering for exchange
Our home is a historic house that was built in 1911. From the front door, you enter a large octagon shaped foyer, which leads into our living room, which is also octagon shaped. The living room contains a queen-sized pullout sofa and a 60" flat screen Smart TV. The first floor also contains a recently renovated kitchen, a dining room, a laundry room, a bedroom-office that contains a queen-sized futon and a separate apartment. The apartment contains a bedroom with a queen-sized bed, a kitchen, a bathroom and a sun-room with a double-sized futon.
The second floor contains the master suite with a king sized bed. The suite also has its own bathroom, which contains both a Jacuzzi tub and a shower.
We have off-street parking for at least three cars, including our own car.
Although we are listed as having no previous exchanges, we actually are experienced exchangers, having completed five house exchanges during a previous HomeLink membership.
Type
House - 2 or more floors/ Main Residence
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Entertainment
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Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area
Our house is located in the Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood, a tree-lined, walk-able neighborhood, which is just north of downtown St. Petersburg. Our neighborhood has shaded sidewalks. Our house is a four block walk from Downtown St. Petersburg's lively restaurant and museum district along Beach Drive.
We are a three block walk from a waterfront park on Old Tampa Bay. You can walk for several miles of beautiful open parkland along St. Petersburg's waterfront. If you walk south, you quickly reach downtown St. Petersburg.
There is a a neighborhood complex, containing a restaurant/tavern, a coffee shop and a pizza shop, that is a block from our house and there is a CVS Pharmacy that is four blocks from our our house. There is a Publix supermarket about a mile from our house. There are numerous restaurants and small shops within walking distance in the downtown area.
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Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home
We are within a 20 minute drive of the Gulf of Mexico beaches at St. Pete Beach. Walt Disney World is about an hour and a half drive, while Busch Gardens and Adventure Island ae about a 35 minute drive.
We are within walking distance of St. Petersburg's lively restaurant and museum district. Our museums include the Dali Museum, which has the largest collection of Salvador Dali's artwork, outside of Spain. In addition, we have a the Dale Chihuly Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, the St. Petersburg Museum of History, the Florida Holocaust Museum, Morean Arts Center, Great Explorations, the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, the Imagine Museum of glasswork, and a soon-to-be-opened Museum of American Arts and Crafts Movement.
For more information on our area, visit https://www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/ and http://www.stpete.org/portal-things-to-do.php
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Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules
We prefer to have our house cleaned by our own cleaning service at the end of the exchange, and to not have to clean a house and wash/dry sheets and towels right before we leave to go back home.
Conditions
Use of Personal Car
Home Exchange Type
Became a member in: 2019
Renewal Date: 06/Jun/2024
We are a retired couple who like to travel. Joan is a retired educator, and Kent is a retired engineer.
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