lizq Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Does anyone have experience of house swopping (specifically Oz with Scotland) with one of the established companies? Any information gratefully received Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher1 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Does anyone have experience of house swopping (specifically Oz with Scotland) with one of the established companies?Any information gratefully received ith Hallo Lizq Yes I did a house swap in 2012 with 'Homelink' - if you google it, it should come up, but note there is a site for swapping council houses of the same name! We had a very good experience. You can look on the homelink site for free, but have to pay £110 or so to join - which allows access to contact details of properties you like the look of. We wanted a non-simultaneous swap, which reduced the number of possible swaps, but I wasn't happy to be in Australia if something went wrong with our house back in Wales. None of the people who contacted us had a property where we wanted to stay (Sydney) but Homelink encourage you to approach people yourself and not just wait for offers, so I did. We had two great swaps for two weeks each with two couples who wanted to tour Wales, and both were fine The most important thing is to check out your insurance and make sure you are still covered if you lend your house to someone. This is what stopped us from repeating the swap - we couldn't get a straight answer from anyone about house insurance. I think you have to accept that your contents are not going to be covered if you lend your house to strangers but we were concerned about our buildings insurance. Our insurers (Lloyds) said on the phone that it would be okay but I later read something in the fine print that seemed to cast a doubt on that. Worth a look though - we had four weeks in two beautiful Sydney houses for the cost of the membership - and also met some lovely people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher1 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 PS In Wales you can pay to have your post retained for up to a month (I think) and we did this to reduce the risk of fraud. Also we took all valuables esp. the lap top and personal papers and left them with my mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 thought it read wife swapping sites at first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher1 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 thought it read wife swapping sites at first Shouldve gone to Specsavers ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaty Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 thought it read wife swapping sites at first lol B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizq Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Right - and now back to the original question. anyone have experience of house swopping companies? and thanks Fisher1 for your info - very intereting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher1 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Right - and now back to the original question.anyone have experience of house swopping companies? and thanks Fisher1 for your info - very intereting if you want any more info about the fine details feel free to PM me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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