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BE065

Seraing, Belgique

Villa La Vecquée.

Main entrance hall

Guest room with double bed

Huguette and Albert

One private driveway along the house

Bathroom

Bathroom with bath

swimming pool + garden shed and play yard

Kitchen (at night!)

covered sundeck at the back of the house

Greenhouse and vegetable garden

carpe diem !

H&A celebrating a birthday

Wooden sundeck

Villa next to a wood (la forêt domaniale de la Vecquée)

Platine

Membre depuis

1988

ouvert aux échanges actuellement

Dates de disponibilités	Durée
September 01, 2022 - February 05, 2024	1 weeks
Open to your proposals ! From a few days to 3 weeks, depending on the time of the year and the destination. NB summer 2022, the first week of November and the New year break are already booked.
April 01, 2023 - May 15, 2023	2 weeks
Looking for an exchange in spring in Greece from 2 to 3 weeks. Our school holidays in Belgium will be from Saturday 29 April to 14 May 2023 but as we are both retired we are very flexible. Please don’t hesitate to make us proposals!

VILLA LA VECQUEE : STYLISH HOUSE ON THE HILLY OUTSKIRTS OF LIEGE

Fully-renovated Anglo-Norman style villa with a large organic garden (awarded "Best garden for the protection of wild life and biodiversity") surrounded by woods (with pedagogical paths, a brook and a pool with a BBQ area, and a vita trail).

Back from your visits to the historical cities of Liège, Huy and Namur (all three have a citadel) all along the river Meuse or from your walks in the picturesque villages all along the rivers Ourthe and Amblève or from the beautiful Ardennes (with famous cities as Spa, Stavelot, or the pilgrimage centre of Banneux in the province of Liège), you can have a good swim in a relaxing heated outdoor swimming pool (summer only!). Or simply enjoy a Weber BBQ on the sundeck. And if the weather is not good enough to stay outside, you can also enjoy our home cinema curled up in the sofa in our lounge : another great experience!

BONCELLES has all the imaginable facilities (tennis courts, royal golf club, horse riding school, fitness centre, a fort, an outdoor olympic swimming pool, a dozen of restaurants, local shops plus a large shopping centre with CARREFOUR, DELHAIZE, COLRUYT, ALDI, LIDL (15 minutes' walk).

Our house is only 10 minutes' drive from Liège historical centre (citadel, roman and gothic churches, museums, local breweries, and local folklore of puppets).

Enjoy our lifestyle at home : our main hobbies are cooking, gardening, walking, cycling, bird-watching, reading, listening to good music and watching movies on our home cinema (large number of CDs and DVDs). In winter we enjoy the atmosphere of our wood-burner.

IIdeally situated too (maximum one hour drive) if you want to experience very different cultures in Brussels, Maastricht, Luxembourg, Aachen, Cologne, the Ardennes, or simply the neighbouring greystone villages of Tilff and Esneux in the valley.
You don't feel like driving? : just cross the road and step into the natural reserve of le Bois de la Vecquée (also the name of the brook crossing our garden).

And last but not least enjoy our uncomparable friendly welcome appreciated by all our exchange partners since 1988!

N.B. We have 2 cute small kittens (brother and sister) at home to look after but all they need is some fresh water and daily croquettes.

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La famille

2 Adultes
0 Enfants
86 Échange(s) réalisé(s) précédemment

Profession / Occupation

Retired Higher Education professors (ITC and English)

Le logement

Type de logement: maison
Étage/Niveau: 1
Environnement : à la campagne
Chambres: 3
Salles de bain: 2
Nombre de couchages: 6

Les références d'échange

Particularités

Animaux domestiques - NON Refusés
Enfants en bas-âge - OUI - Acceptés

Transactions proposées

Échange de maisons

Confort intérieur

accès internet
ordinateur à disposition
chauffage central
cheminée
équipements bébé
jeux et jouets
lave-linge
lave-vaisselle
sèche-linge
télévision

Confort extérieur

jardin
terrasse
balcon
aire de jeux, parc
barbecue
garage, parking (à préciser)
piscine privée
vélos: 4

Équipements

non fumeur
prêt/échange de voiture
isolé/sans vis-à-vis
animaux domestiques à garder

Destinations demandées

Ouvert à toutes destinations
Hungary
Ireland
Portugal
Netherlands
Germany
France
Luxembourg
Spain
Austria
Portugal
Italy
Poland
Belgium
United Kingdom
Greece
Czechia

Langues parlées

Anglais
Italien
Français
Espagnol
Allemand
Néerlandais

Profession / Occupation

Retired Higher Education professors (ITC and English)

Enfants

Aucun enfant

Animaux domestiques

Male cat Pili ( (06/2020), female cat Pupusse ( 06/2020).Twins!

As retired seniors we spend most of our time with our family and friends. We enjoy gardening, socializing, travelling with Intervac, and cooking for our family. We are also very interested in wines. We read a lot and have installed a small book library in front of our house to share our pleasure of reading. We have two sons (39, 40) who are both married, are both civil engineers (and as such real globe trotters!). We have 5 grandchildren (1, 4, 7, 9, 11) who I often look after here at home, their playground. So there are many, many toys for them (bike, go-kart, LEGO’s, a ping pong table, a baby foot, a soccer goal, rackets, a large collection of DVDs and educational books...).Of course we also need some time to relax walking, cycling, tasting wine and food, and discovering other friendly places and countries around. Our garden has been selected by NATAGORA for the protection of biodiversity in nature (and I'm very proud of it!).

Parmi les 86 adhérents ayant échangé leur maison avec ce membre, certains ont donné leurs "impressions" sur leur expérience d'échange :