Joseph
i am semi-retired after half a lifetime working in the civil service as an administrative and a teacher. I spend my time doing art and sculpture and indulging in other hobbies as well. I also like doing maintenance work in my house and in the apartment that I rent on short lets and that I am now offering for home-exchange.on the 'People Like Us' platform.
I am married to Gina and we have 2 daughters, both married with children. We all live in Gozo-Malta and we like to travel together as a family sometimes.
We have just arrived back from Bansko in Bulgaria and I have got this idea of trying a home-exchange for the first time. We are used to enjoy, respect and keep a good house clean and in order since my daughters Elaine and Therese and myself have nice residential homes in Gozo, our Island Home.
We would like to arrange a non-simultaneous exchange, where we come in Summer during the school holidays since my two daughters are teachers and our grand children are still in school while our exhange partner comes to Gozo in Winter when my apartment is available. This arrangement could be advantageous to both parties expecially if our exchange partner would be hailing from northern Europe where Winters are freezing. On the other hand we in Malta would be roasting during our harsh summer months. Winter in Malta is mild with the temperatur rarely falling below 13 degrees curing the day. Sometimes it rains but only for a day or two and then it is fine again and more beautiful than before. I sincerely love our Winters.
We would require a fairly large house or apartment since we would be 3 couples and 3 children. To make good for the difference in the size of the properties I can offer a longer stay to the would-be exchange partner. For example, we come for 5 nights and they stay for 10.
The apartment that I am offering is 30 feet away from the sea and one can literally fish from the front terrace. It is in a prime position close to everything, the foodstores, the pharmacy, the bus stops, the ATM, the restaurants, etc.