Last Minute Home Exchange Offers: Sample - Australia for the UK

Home Base Holidays members, whose home exchange dates are getting near but who haven't as yet arranged a swap, can add their listings to a separate Last Minute Offers list to draw extra attention to their exchange offers. It is always best to be proactive of course, checking for new listings and other Last Minute Offers every day, and contacting members with offers of interest without delay.

Here's a recent addition to Last Minute Offers. The members, with a very attractive large home near Sydney, Australia, who are open to offers in the UK, joined quite recently but should still have a very good chance of arranging a suitable exchange for this September:

'Our home is a five bedroom house with a very low care heated swimming pool, situated in the pretty Blue Mountains. We are in a quiet scenic area, but with good access to Sydney. Our house has air conditioning for summer months and central heating for the winter months. In general, our climate here is temperate, with four distinct seasons. By train or car, the centre of Sydney is one hour away. There are a lot of tourist attractions in the Blue Mountains, with pretty towns and beautiful views. We are very close (5 minutes by car) to a National Park with Aboriginal cave paintings, kangaroos etc. Bushwalking is very popular as well. It is 1/2 hour to Katoomba where the Scenic Skyway and Scenic Railway are popular tourist attractions. The local village has great shops, cafes/restaurants, a cinema and post office.

We are a middle aged couple (in our 50s). We plan to travel with my elderly mother and possibly another older woman to the UK in 2006. It would be possible to exchange cars as well, by mutual agreement. This is the first time that we have offered our house for swapping, so we are new to this but very keen! We are all non smokers and would take very good care of your home and possessions. A non-simultaneous swap would be a possibility as well.'