It's 11.45 and I have spent the entire day sorting cupboards, throwing stuff away and cleaning. Am absolutely shattered. Have to keep reminding myself about that two weeks on whale beach we are going to have for free. Only 14 days and we have our house back for a month. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention we have a second non-simultaneous swap in August giving us a further 14 nights free in Sydney. Getting back to this weekend, the weather forecast promises more rain and cold. I suppose that means the ...
How difficult could it be to do a non-simultaneous house swap? We asked ourselves this way back before Christmas when we agreed to give up our house for two weeks in July and move in with my mum for the duration. This would give our swappers two weeks in the UK in Summer (August) and us two weeks in Australia in Summer. (October). Well that was before mum decided to move to a sheltered flat. 'Never mind, it will take months to sell the house' we said. Nope, sold in a week. Then it ...