A spacious 5 bedroom Georgian style house , (two with en-suite facilities) plus family bathroom.

Located in the English Cotswolds, with easy access to Stratford upon Avon, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Oxford. Also close to the M5 and M4 motorways with quick access to the Midlands, London or South Wales.

Other well known land marks close by are the Salisbury Plain, Stone Henge and Avebury (a must visit! ) .

The house has a large, very traditional style English Kitchen with attached Breakfast Room, separate Dining Room, Sitting Room and Conservatory (Solarium) .

Fully Equipped Kitchen with large Range Style Cooker (Gas & Electric) , fridge, freezer, dish washer and microwave, and in a separate utility room there is a further microwave, fridge freezer, washing machine and tumble dryer.

There is also a study with 2 internet conected PCs, with unlimited Broadband access.

There is also a very large family/playroom (with a Sony Playstation 2, 2 TVs, video, and Nintendo Wii & DVD/MP3 player connected to an InFocus Projectors and 9 foot screen! plus loads of toys & games plus a full size pool table) . For those who are compitent we can also arrange to leave a full drum kit assembled, but if there are just small children we will dismantle for safety reasons before we swap! )

The sitting room has a real flame gas fire and Hi-Fi system and we've also now installed Sky Satellite TV (100 odd channels - we resisted for years but visiting houses in Canada, USA and Australia it seems a must and we wouldn't want to deprive our guests! ! ) .

We've also installed a DVD player, which together with the Satellite TV and Video are all wired into the Cinima surround sound system (we have a pretty extensive video and DVD library to go with it if you get bored with Sky) - this is all connected to a 50 inch Pioneer Plasma screen.

(We've even got a Karaoke machine for the kids - but the grown-ups use it too! ! [it connects to the TV and Hi-Fi in the lounge or playroom with loads of CDGs - 390 tracks on 31 CDGs at the last count]) .

The landscaped garden includes a traditional thatched pavilion (seating up to 8) , a children's play lawn (with soccer goal posts which can be left up or taken down if you prefer) and well stocked flower borders. There is a seperate patio with Char-grill BBQ and hard wood table seating and parasol, a further raised deck area overlooking the Cotswold Edge valley and a gravel seating area for morning coffee.

We've had an outside Hot Tub installed, enclosed in an open pine cabin around it with built in DVD/MP3 Player and surround sound. Also a new decked area, open firepit and water feature. I know Hot Tubs are very common in the USA and Canada, but a rare luxury over here in England I can assure you!

In the conservatory we've also put an exercise bike, weights and a York 925 home multi-gym for the more energetic.

Dursley is a quiet town on the edge of the Cotswolds, on 'The Cotswold Way' (a 70 mile walking trail) .

It is close to the world renowned Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust , set in a woodland area on rolling hills.

A small number of shops are close to hand, with larger Supermarkets available at Stroud (6 miles) and/or Cheltenham and Gloucester (16 miles) .

We have built an extensive internet site which provides much more detail about us, our home , and links to many local attractions.

The site also includes maps of the local area and other home exchange information (see the 'further information' link if you scroll down to the bottom) .

For keen Golfers there are a number of courses within 20 min drive (we have 3 adult and 3 child sets of clubs [all with trollies] which you can use if you like) .

Likewise there are many real ale, traditional style English Pubs in the surrounding area - previous swappers have found 'The Old Spot'in Dursley the friendliest pub they've ever visited.

Bristol is the nearest big City (25 miles / 30 mins by M5 motorway) which also has a lively and historic marina and dockland area with an Imax and Science centre.

Just south of Bristol is the Somerset and Devon coastline with it's beautiful beaches and rolling moorland countryside.

We also have 4 adult mountain bikes and a couple of childrens bikes too which you are more than welcome to use during your stay.

Non-smokers preferred - children more than welcome.

We have bought a Chrysler Grand Voyager 3. 3Ltr, with 7 seats and plenty of luggage space too! This is available for exchange, with fully comprehensive insurance (subject to normal excess/waiver arrangements) , provided recipricol arrangements can be made. Alternatively we also have a Ford Mondeo Estate which is a 5 seater with plenty of luggage space.

We also have Route Planner software on the PC so you can easily work out day trips or more adventurous excursions!

English School holidays only
- exact dates yet to be posted, but for example:

October 1/2 term. . .. 24 Oct - 31 Oct
Christmas break. . . . 20 Dec - 10 Jan
Spring 1/2 term. . . .. 12 Feb - 19 Feb
Easter break. . . . . .. . 1 Apr - 14 Apr
May break. . . . . . .. . 22 May - 29 May
Summer holiday. . . . 20 July - 1 Sept

We are looking for breaks abroad at times described above, but would also welcome offers also for shorter term breaks within the above dates even in the UK.

Open to any dates

Anywhere considered as we would like to see as much of the world as possible! We are now looking for a Break, Xmas '09 or Easter '10 skiing and/or summer break for 2010. Also open to weekend swaps or half term swaps in the UK, Ireland and Northern France - Tempt us! !

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We are a family of 4.

Rob and Nadine are 49 and 42 respectively with two boys, Simon and Stephen aged 16 and 15.

Rob used to work for Lloyds TSB but has now set up a Management & Internet Marketing Consultancy (and is also MD for www.yournutshell.com) and Nadine was perviously employed at the local primary school on a part time basis as lunch time assistant and support for a girl with special needs and as an after school club/sports coach but now is company secretary for our three businesses. www.customconsultingservices.co.uk, www.yournutshell.com and www.advantagegbtennis.co.uk

We love family holidays and having spent over 2 years managing the build of our own house and getting the landscaping just right we started to get into swapping 8 years ago.

We have become seasoned swappers, having hosted some wonderful people from Florida 3 times, Dallas, Vancouver, Australia, Toronto, Whistler, Colorado, California, South Carolina, The Lake Disrict, Cyprus, Ireland and Portugal but welcome first time exchangers, as we are now able to give some useful advice and guidance - I don't think we'll holiday any other way again! (Our web-site also has "reports" logged by previous swapper so you can see what they thought of the house and surrounding area - see below)

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