Large, welcoming family home on the edge of the Peak District
House • South Yorkshire United Kingdom
8 Guests
4 Bedrooms
4 Beds
3.5 Bathrooms
2 Car spaces
Primary home
Exchange types accepted
Simultaneous
Non-Simultaneous
Non-Reciprocal & Globe
Hospitality
Statistics
Listed October 2024
Views 261
General overview
Our home is where our children, aged 21 and 19, were born and grew up in, and have now left! It’s full of wonderful memories and is large, cosy and welcoming. Lots of space for everyone to spread out, 4 large bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and 4 toilets, a big garden with terrace, lawn, treehouse and BBQ, a music room with guitars and my pride and joy Yamaha U3 piano, and generally a lovely space for realaxing on our own or with friends. We’re in a great location equidistant from the centre of Sheffield and the spectacular Peak District. National Park. If you’re a lover of the outdoors you will love where we live too!
The space
The ground floor is spacious with two living rooms, each with a wood burning/multifuel stove and a large smart TV - so everyone has their space and there's no arguing over what to watch! The back living room is an open plan area with the kitchen and dining area and faces our lovely garden, which has plenty of grass to run around on, a couple of terraces for relaxing on, a fabulous tree house (we call it that although it's on stilts rather than in a tree!) and a table tennis table. At the front of the house is our music room - I spend hours in here playing piano, and Paul's guitars line the wall. Also on this floor is a toilet, and a utility room with washer, dryer and a very useful second fridge (we use it as our drinks fridge for cold beers!)
Upstairs on the first floor we have two large bedrooms, one with a king size bed and en suite shower and toilet, the other with a double bed and beautiful old (non-working) fireplace. The family bathroom with bath and shower is on this floor - as is our office space which will be locked when visitors are here as a space to store all our junk during your stay. On the second floor there are two more double bedrooms, with dormer windows on one side and velux roof windows on the other, so really bright and airy. These are our kids' rooms and although they have left home for university now, they still return often and the rooms are still very much full of their personalities. These two rooms share a shower and toilet room on that floor.
Guest access
There are three floors and steps up to both back and front door, so unfortunately this house is not suitable for wheelchair users.
Notes
No smoking in the house
No pets
Features
Washer
Dishwasher
Clothes dryer
Oven
Microwave
Coffee machine
Fridge
Iron
Hair dryer
Heating
Air conditioning
TV
WiFi
High Speed Internet
Bathtub
First aid kit
Wheelchair accessible
Smoke alarms
Fire extinguisher
Bed sheets
Towels
Workspace
Fireplace
Home cinema
Toys
Gym
Sauna
BBQ
Pool
Hot tub
Balcony
Garden / yard
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Covered porch / verandah
Kosher home
Meat-free kitchen
Gated community
EV Home Charger
Bikes
Camping gear
Kayak
Tennis court
Standup paddleboard
Travel Styles
Weekend
Adventure
Family
Sport and leisure
Foodie
Relaxing
City
Hiking
Cycling
Good public transport
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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AvailableSimultaneous OnlyNon-reciprocal Only
Neighbourhood
Our house is a few minutes walk to Endcliffe Park - where they have a parkrun (5km free social run every Saturday at 9am); the park is the start of a beautiful walk through woodland all the way to the edge of the Peak District (about 5km). There is so much to explore in the Peaks - lovely villages like Bakewell (try their famous Bakewell pudding), Eyam (a fascinating place and the original 'lockdown' village - in 1665 they shut themselves off and halted the spread of the Great Plague), and plenty of historical properties like Chatsworth House, and National Trust/English Heritage houses and castles. Hiking, climbing, cycling, it's all there! Looking the other way, Sheffield city centre is just 10 minutes drive, for theatres, cinemas, bars, good restaurants and Europe's largest purpose-built food hall, Cambridge Street Collective. Locally there is everything you need within walking distance - supermarket, chemist, bakers, post office etc and five minutes up the road is The Greystones, a really great community pub - kids very welcome - with its Backroom which hosts great gigs nearly every night of the week.
Getting to my home
From Manchester airport, it's an hour by car or train. From London it's 2 hours on the train, more like 3 in a car. Getting a taxi from the station will take under 10 minutes and costs around £10. There are regular buses from town that stop just down the road.
Nearest airport
Manchester Airport - it's a beautiful drive over the Pennines. I recommend coming over Winnat's Pass, simply stunning!
Getting around
5 minutes walk to Co-op supermarket, pharmacy, cafes, pubs, post office
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Liz
We are Liz and Paul, in our 50s and 60s and recent empty nesters. Our kids are 21 and 19 and have embarked on their own adventures and now so can we!! We are semi retired, Liz teaches French from home and Paul runs a bicycle repair business, also from home. Our flexible work patterns allow us to take advantage of spontaneous trips away and we’re excited to be part of PLU to allow us to do that, while welcoming other members into our lovely home.
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