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NL8858

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Front view house plus parking space at front door

Front view house plus parking space at front door

Front view of the full row of houses, our house is the 2nd starting left

Front view of the full row of houses, our house is the 2nd starting left

Seatings for late afternoon & evening drinks in the sun

Seatings for late afternoon & evening drinks in the sun

Entrance & passage way also including toilet

Entrance & passage way also including toilet

Living room with view towards front garden & parking space

Living room with view towards front garden & parking space

Living room with view towards dining/kitchen area

Living room with view towards dining/kitchen area

Dining table

Dining table

Kitchen & dining area

Kitchen & dining area

Kitchen with cooking island

Kitchen with cooking island

Kitchen with cooking island

Kitchen with cooking island

Back garden view from the dining area

Back garden view from the dining area

Garden with trampoline + table & seats

Garden with trampoline + table & seats

The gas barbecue / outdoor kitchen is the newest incorporation to the garden :)

The gas barbecue / outdoor kitchen is the newest incorporation to the garden :)

Kitchen garden with vegetables & herbs available for your to take as much as available

Kitchen garden with vegetables & herbs available for your to take as much as available

Garden view with bench for almost all-day sun seating

Garden view with bench for almost all-day sun seating

Toilet bottom floor

Toilet bottom floor

Toilet bottom floor

Toilet bottom floor

Hallway 1st floor

Hallway 1st floor

Mauro's room

Mauro's room

Mauro's room

Mauro's room

Gustavo's room

Gustavo's room

Gustavo's room

Gustavo's room

Gustavo's room

Gustavo's room

Gustavo's room

Gustavo's room

Front view of the house from Gustavo's room

Front view of the house from Gustavo's room

Bathroom 1st floor

Bathroom 1st floor

Bathroom 1st floor

Bathroom 1st floor

Lisandro's room

Lisandro's room

Lisandro's room

Lisandro's room

Lisandro's room

Lisandro's room

View backside of the house from Lisandro's room

View backside of the house from Lisandro's room

Stairway from 1st to 2nd floor

Stairway from 1st to 2nd floor

Open area 2nd floor

Open area 2nd floor

Bedroom Rutger & Sara 2nd floor

Bedroom Rutger & Sara 2nd floor

Bedroom Rutger & Sara 2nd floor

Bedroom Rutger & Sara 2nd floor

Playground just across the street from the house (less than 50m)

Playground just across the street from the house (less than 50m)

Example of water close around the house, basically the neighbourhood is surrounded by water & green areas

Example of water close around the house, basically the neighbourhood is surrounded by water & green areas

Toolenburgerplas, 1 of the recreational areas in close proximity including lake, green areas & sand beaches, 10 min bike ride

Toolenburgerplas, 1 of the recreational areas in close proximity including lake, green areas & sand beaches, 10 min bike ride

Toolenburgerplas, 1 of the recreational areas in close proximity including lake, green areas & sand beaches, 10 min bike ride

Toolenburgerplas, 1 of the recreational areas in close proximity including lake, green areas & sand beaches, 10 min bike ride

Skatepark Headvillage 5 minute ride away

Skatepark Headvillage 5 minute ride away

Summer exchange 2019 in Osnabruck zoo

Summer exchange 2019 in Osnabruck zoo

This is us together at a birthday celebration in 2018

This is us together at a birthday celebration in 2018

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Member since

2018


Open for exchange
Exchange dates Duration
October 26, 2024 - November 03, 2024 1 weeks

Distance max 5-6 hours drive

December 21, 2024 - January 05, 2025 1 weeks

1 to 2 weeks could be possible. Distance max 9-10 hours drive

February 15, 2025 - February 23, 2025 1 weeks

Distance max 5-6 hours drive

April 18, 2025 - May 05, 2025 1 weeks

1 to 2 weeks could be possible. Distance max 9-10 hours drive

July 11, 2025 - August 24, 2025 3 weeks

Preferred destination: Catalunya, Spain. Ideally 3 weeks.

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Spacious house well-located to explore Amsterdam & surroundings

Bienvenidos a la casa van Munster Nochebuena! Do you fancy spending your holidays exploring the Western part of the Netherlands? Our home is a good place to start your explorations from! We have fully embraced the homed exchange experience, this is THE way for us to spend our holiday and get to know different parts of Europe.

We have a comfortable house located in a relaxed, open and green residential zone in Hoofddorp, a small city located in the proximities of Amsterdam & Haarlem. Several beaches are by car within 30 minutes driving, and we have several nature & recreational parks with swimming options within 10 min bicycle distance. The nearest indoor swimming pool is within eyesight from the house. There's also a big & popular skatepark very close by, and various football & a basketball court in the proximity just a bike ride away.

Our house is 3 levels high, approx 165m3, with 4 bedrooms, with a back garden with shed and a parking space up front. The house is cosy and spacious. The photos can help you to get an impression on our house, an image says more than a thousand words they say! At the end of 2021 we renovated the house, it now has a new kitchen, more spacious bathroom, a new toilet and new flooring incl floor heating downstairs. We also have solar panels and a heat pump, meaning the house is gas-free and self supporting in terms of energy.

For us the house has most conveniences of today's modern world, wifi, tv, fully equipped kitchen, washing machine & dryer, and other home appliances. Our grinding espresso machine and top-notch blender are the luxuries that allow us to enjoy the best cortado's, capuccino's and smoothies, which are those drinks that help us calm down & enjoy the moment in this busy life! And for the kids we have many toys, we have 3 boys but even for girls we think they will probably not be easily bored. We have a trampoline and natural grass in the back garden. In case your kids are older, no worries, all beds are 2 meters long. In case you have no (young) kids, that's also no problem, we just bring many toys to your home!

In the shed you can find an extra fridge & freezer combo, rackets, balls, and other games, an inflatable swimming pool, and 6 bikes incl 1 mountain bike all with helmets so you can safely explore the surroundings the Dutch way.

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Our Family

  • 2 Adults
  • 3 Children
  • 8 Exchanges made

Occupation

  • Category marketing manager
  • Children psychologist & care professional

Our Home

  • House Type: House
  • Floor: 3 floors
  • Environment: In the suburbs
  • Bedrooms: 4
  • Bathrooms: 1
  • Sleeping Capacity: 5
  • Living Area: 165 m2
  • Total Area: 165 m2

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In my house

  • Pets - Not allowed
  • Small children - Allowed

Exchange Types

  • Home exchange

Indoor

  • Free internet access
  • Central heating
  • Baby equipment
  • Toys and games
  • Washing machine
  • Dishwasher
  • Clothes dryer
  • Television

Outdoor

  • Garden
  • Terrace or deck
  • Park / playground
  • BBQ
  • Bicycles: 6

Our Destination Wish List

  • Open to any destination
  • Europe
  • Mexico

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Español
  • Dutch

Our Neighbourhood

Nearest Airport: Schiphol - 10km

The house is well located to go and explore the Netherlands, especially the Randstad region. The key cities that form this 'metropolitan' area are Amsterdam (distance from house 34km), The Hague (47km), Rottterdam (60km) & Utrecht (64km) and its surroundings. You have a great starting point from our house to which you can daily discover new places and landscapes. Besides the aforementioned cities, there's also other beautiful but smaller cities such as Haarlem (18km), Leiden (19km), Delft (49km), or other touristic magnets such as Volendam (49km), Zaanse Schans (38km), Kinderdijk (91km) and Keukenhof (10km). There's also many beach villages in the proximity, closest by is Zandvoort (16km), but also other beach towns like Bloemendaal (19km), Katwijk (19km) or Wijk aan Zee (31km) can bring diversity to your beach days. Closer at biking distance 15 min max we have various parks, forest, and lakes closeby for sports and recreation, and a swimming pool around the corner. The shopping centre for the daily groceries is closely located, a 5 minute bike ride away, 2 min by car. Hoofddorp city centre is a 15 minutes bike ride away, 10 min by car. Our residential area is well connected with public transport, biking is custom and well facilitated, and also public network of roads & highways is well facilitated from our house.

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Occupation

  • Category marketing manager
  • Children psychologist & care professional

Children

  • Boy - Age: 12
  • Boy - Age: 10
  • Boy - Age: 8

Pets

  • We do not have pets.

About Our Family

We're a Dutch-Mexican family with 3 boys. After several years of having lived in different places in Europe, in 2017 we decided to settle down in the Netherlands to give our boys a stable youth in a fixed spot with family & long time friends around. Rutger is Dutch and works in consumer product marketing and is also padel trainer, Sara is Mexican and is children psychologist and works in an elementary school. We have both recently started running our own businesses.
Our boys are Gustavo, Lisandro and Mauro, were bron in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
We speak Dutch and Spanish at home, and have our own van Munster Nochebuena language too. Next to our family life and work, we all have an active sporty lifestyle, our hobbies tend to be around physical exercise. The list of sports we play feels endless, and keeps us vital and happy!
Besides the busy family and hobby life, we also try to have our social moments with friends and family.

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Lifestyle

We're an active family. Besides taking care of the kids and ourselves, we work with passion and dedication, and we all do different sports. This is basically how we keep ourselves fit for life, never a dull moment!

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References

This member has completed 8 home exchanges. Those referenced below may contain feedback/impression from its exchange partners: