Toulouse: their house is one of the most visited on the international Home Exchange platform
On the home exchange site, that of Thierry and Michèle, located in Tournefeuille, was one of the most consulted during the year 2021. Visit.
More than 4000 people have already consulted Michèle and Thierry’s house, available for exchange on the international house exchange site. Moreover, it ranks second among the most viewed houses in France, which makes the happiness of its owners, a couple from Tournefeuillais. The first place being occupied by a house located in the Alpes-Maritimes, facing the sea.
There is no sea here, but a long swimming pool at the front of the house, facing south-west, surrounded by shrubs; with a more intimate garden at the back and fruit trees (plum, cherry, apple, pear) scattered all over the place “the fruits of which are available to guests”, announces Thierry.
Set back, at the end of an alley, this warm and friendly house has four bedrooms, a large, very bright kitchen-living room with a central island and a fireplace.
Thierry and Michèle have been offering their house for exchange on the Home Exchange site, since “early 2020. It was the meeting with a French family who did it, which encouraged us to get started,” explains Thierry.
This formula implies total and reciprocal trust between the hosts. It is established during the exchanges prior to the exchange and on the basis of the notations left by the former hosts.
That advantages
Thierry sees only advantages: “Already, we are not paying. Then, it allows us to discover a place as if we were locals. Finally, it’s a good way to bond with people who really want to share their property ”.
As part of these discussions, the couple and their three children had the opportunity to live “in an old house from the 17th century, in Denmark,” with a period floor slightly warped, in the historic heart of Copenhagen “. An unforgettable experience even if it was not always easy to “understand the instructions for use of the dishwasher in Danish.” But fortunately, there is the internet, ”says Thierry.
If the Maison des Tournefeuillais is so successful on the Home Exchange site, it is also because they have been able to “highlight everything that can be done nearby in the region, from the Cathar castles, by the way. by the Canal du Midi, the Pyrenees or the lantern festival. »The brochures are also available on the coffee table in the living room. “And then, Toulouse remains a very attractive city for its heritage and its gastronomy,” adds Thierry.
For this family from Tournefeuille, thanks to Home Exchange, “Life is beautiful”. As it is written on their doormat!