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#24565
4 bed, 30 min from London city (zone 6) 20 min drive to Harry Potter studios. .
House • Northwood United Kingdom
Exchange types accepted
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Listed September 2023
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General Overview
Spacious 4 bedroom house, two bathrooms upstairs, ( one ensuite to master bedroom) downstairs WC. Definitely useful to have a car for places like Harry Potter but it you don't mind walking a bit it's fine. We have a large lounge and dining table that seats 6. Bright spacious kitchen with breakfast bar and 3 bar stools. House is in a quiet suburban setting on a cul de sac so no through traffic making it really safe for families with young kids. Also have a downstairs toilet and a separate office which we currently lock. We never wear shoes in the house and we are non smokers so we would really appreciate it if anyone that stays could do the same 🙏. We would always do the same at your property.
We are on the ULEZ ( Ultra low emission zone) border but travelling only a mile away falls into a ULEZ zone. If you want travel by car into the ULEZ areas then a charge of £12.50 per day ( correct as of now) applies if your car is NOT ULEZ compliant. If an exchange booked then happy to check if charges apply depending on where you want to travel to via car if your car isn't compliant. Details here about the scheme. If renting a vehicle this won't be an issue as all cars through rental companies are ulez compliant in London now. https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone
Useful site for those travelling with children. May not be 100% up to date.
www.mummytravels.com/unusual-things-to-do-in-london-with-kids
The Space
Living space- lounge -diner. Lounge will be redecorated at some point. At the moment it's all boring magnolia but perfectly acceptable to use. Will update with new photos when done. It's on my list of things to do!
Guest bedroom ( first room to the left) Home is quite large for London standards anyhow! Could fit max 8 people in the home if willing to share beds.
Guest Access
One flight of stairs with handrails on both sides. Not suitable for wheelchair users.
Notes
Plenty of children's toys including a fantastic swing and climbing set in the garden with a slide. In our lounge we have a toy kitchen with dozens of accessories, plenty of dolls, Lego and jigsaw puzzles, games etc to keep little ones entertained for hours. Toys are really for kids age between 3-10 years.
Features
Washer
Dishwasher
Clothes dryer
Oven
Microwave
Coffee machine
Fridge
Iron
Hair dryer
Heating
TV
WiFi
High Speed Internet
Bathtub
First aid kit
Smoke alarms
Fire extinguisher
Bed sheets
Towels
Workspace
Home cinema
Toys
Garden / yard
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Covered porch / verandah
House Rules
Suitable for infants under 2
Suitable for children ages 2-12
Pets not allowed
No smoking
Allergens
Cat free
Dog free
Smoke free
Dates of Availability
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Neighbourhood
My home is in Northwood a middle class suburban town. It's a popular place to live for young families given the number of top schools in the area and it's commutable distance into London city. It's a 15 min walk to the main high street in Northwood ( Green Lane). Green lane has a tube station and a plenty of restaurants including a chip & kebab shop, Indian, Chinese, Italian, a Greek, modern American diner and a very lovely high-end steakhouse. A dry cleaners, a few churches, a bakery, coffee houses, a pub few desert cafes, charity shops, dental practices, a few chemists, a ours office, a Nationwide building society for withdrawing cash, a pound shop, plenty of hairdressers and nail salons, two synagogues and a large supermarket. There is a playground a 10 min walk from my home that offers kids slides , swings and adult gym and free use of it's tennis courts. The area is very safe, perfect for kids. People are very friendly and helpful. It's has a very community feel and offers the perfect respite after a busy day sightseeing in London city.
Nearest airport
Heathrow Int'l airport -20 miles
Luton airport - 22 miles
London Stansted - 54 miles
London Gatwick airport -55 miles
Getting Around
It's an approximate 10-15 min walk from our house to two tube stations (Moor Park and Northwood both in opposite directions) both are on the metropolitan tube line ( purple line in zone 6) that takes you all the way through the city centre to Aldgate station near East London. You will pass many central stations along the way such as Baker Street and Kings Cross for many London attractions . If you wanted to you can also park at both stations ( have ample parking if you didn't fancy the walk , this would cost approximately £8 a day. You can normally park for free on roads nearby over the weekend. There are a few bus stops on green Lane Northwood that take you to Harrow on the Hill, Eastcote, Ealing & Pinner..Harrow on the Hill has a wider selection of restaurants, a shopping centre, cinema ..this journey will take approximately 30 min by bus or 15 min via car. There is also a bus that takes you to Uxbridge centre from green Lane. It has a large shopping centre, a cinema bowling lots of restaurants etc. For places of interest like the Harry Potter studios, day trips to Oxford, St Alban's etc a car is really useful. You can do it via public transport but it takes much longer.
Map of Approximate Location
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Shivani
Hello 👋! We are a family of 4 myself, my husband and our two little girls ( 2016 & 2019 born). Previous to getting married and having children we lived and worked in Southern Africa, New Zealand & Spain for a few years but decided to come back to my family home on a more permanent basis to give the children more stability. We have left stressful city finance jobs and now run a travel company together along with a team of people so I can have that flexibility with the children. We have been super adventurous in the past but we are simply after interesting educational and fun places to discover with them now. We have a modern spacious 4 bedroom house in a little suburb outside london. It's still on a London tube line so within easy access of reaching central London within 30 min. The famous Harry Potter studios is a 20 min drive. Lots of restaurants , cafes within walking distance from us as well as some pretty country parks which are driving distance. Baker street station is home to Madame Tussauds, Sherlock Holmes museum and numerous beautiful parks. We have a large back garden and are located on a very safe quiet cul de sac.
As both of our kids are in school we are looking for simultaneous/non sim exchanges during UK school holidays only. Open to the UK and Europe for now but hopefully by 2027 we will.start looking further afield.
The south coast near Portsmouth/Fareham is always of interest to us as my husband's family live there. We don't have any pets currently but we used to have cats and a dog in Africa so we are happy to do an exchange looking after cat's.
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