Welcome to the House swaps Talk topic

[BigTech]

Hello and Welcome to the House swaps Talk topic.

Enjoy.....

[Imnotok]

Ohhhh shiny and new .

[mrswotzisnotin]

Interesting to see this has come back, any reason why it went off for a while BigTech?

I haven't done a swap but I know it is a great idea.

[WideWebWitch]

Does anyone in The Bahamas want a 3 bed in Bucks?

[Anteater]

Looking for a family house 2A + 3C (11, 9 and 6) for mid December.. say 15th for a few days?
Can offer a lovely Cumbrian cottage in return..

[overthemill]

i'd like all you mners in europe to come on and swap! our house is in a lovely part of the uk. anyone for a summer holiday here next year?

[zanz1bar]

what a great idea we (2a 2c) need to visit friends and family in london or brighton can offer lovely mid suffolk cottage 30 mins southwold/aldeburgh sleeps 4a double bed 2a single bed 2c bunk beds looking for weekends only

[Philosopher]

Hi Zanz1bar,
we live in Crowborough in between Brighton and London with train station, 3 bed house may well be interested in a weekend in Suffolk. 2 a + 1 20 month old boy.

[Doire44]

I'm so glad this topic is now on mumsnet! We live in a detached house in a nice part of Birmingham. We're always looking for new places to go in the UK during the school holidays. There's five of us so "normal" holidays can be expensive and tricky to sort.

We've also got friends up north that we don't see often enough...

[Anteater]

should have said we are looking for a house in central London..!

[Portofino]

We're just on the outskirts of Brussels - 4 beds, very good transport links to the city centre / Antwerp / Leuven.

We might be interested in a swap to the UK next Easter - London, Cotswolds, Shropshire, Powys (sister lives there) or somewhere scenic?

[MrsPurple]

Hi Portofino
I live close to Chester and might be interested, have to run it past DH. Have 2a 2c,

[Lesgets]

Hi there portofino. Have just seen your posting and v. interested.

We live in Hitchin (an old market town) in Hertfordshire. It's 30 mins on train to London and v. near St Albans which has a gorgeous cathedral. Cambridge is about 45 mins drive and Oxford is about 90 mins drive.

Wherabouts are you?

We are 2a and 1 2 year old.

[pollydan]

I have a lovely detached 4 bed house in Ireland. Right on the beach. Would anyone like to do a longterm swap? Would consider Europe, Canada, America or Australia.

[Tolalola]

Never house-swapped before - wondering how this works...

We (me, DP and DS 9 months) live in the British Virgin Islands in a 2 bedroom cottage - would someone from the UK literally just swap houses with us for a couple of weeks or whatever? Sounds brilliant!!

I have 3 dogs. Do people ever dog-swap too?

[PadDad]

Am I right that most of these Mumsnet house swaps never really materialise? That it's more like window shopping?

Most of the threads seem to fizzle out.

Or do you all contact each other via CAT (which I haven't yet investigated and therefore don't understand) and proceed with arrangements from there?

[Dysgu]

We were only talking about this sort of thing over the weekend when we were away.

House swap would be a much easier option than hotel with two infants.

We have a 4 bedroomed house in Cowes on the Isle of Wight if anyone is interested in sorting something for the future?

[mumoverseas]

PadDad you are wrong, some do materialise.
I've just returned from Malaysia having house swopped with a mumsnetter in Kuala lumpa. Had a fabulous time and it saved us a fortune as hotel accommodation for myself, DH and 4 kids would have cost a fortune. She and her DH have 3 kids so would have been expensive too for her to have stayed in a hotel in Sussex instead of my 5 bed house.

We communicated through this site initially and then exchanged email addresses and went from there.
Think you are right that most threads fizzle out but I imagine most people aren't really serious about it. It can work out though.

So where do you want to go?

[ssd]

we have a tiny house outside Glasgow, no one would swap with me

[PadDad]

Fair enough.

We have a flat in Central London, near Hyde Park.

And would be very interested in swapping for Edinburgh, just for a few days, or longer if during the Edinburgh Festival.

But that should be a thread of its own, right?

[mumoverseas]

start your own thread PadDad, worth a go, someone might be interested

[Chrysanthamum]

I've posted a few times here hoping for a swap and have had some interest which for various reasons did not materialise.
We did get a great house swap with a family in Normandy over Easter through switchome(got the tip on here) so we're keen to do more in the UK. I've just signed up with a site for UK swappers as well. I'll continue to post on here once in a while, since we get good hols and love getting away, even at short notice.

ssd you'd be surprised at the amount of people that want to come to Scotland.

[mamas12]

What a great idea I live in a v. scenic part of Wales )lots of castles) close to M4 too. 3 bed detatched with a dog 1A 2C.
I'll look after your dogs if you look after mine Tolalola!
The only thing is I don't know when I could do it. Also what kind of insurance and things do you have to set up if anything?

[ssd]

Chrysanthamum, it not Scotland - I mean my house is so tiny it wouldn;t suit most!