The main doubt when we talk about house swapping is related to confidence and trust.
How can I trust someone I don’t know and exchange my house?

The magic trick is here: we have to become familiar with our swappers so that they won’t be strangers anymore.

HOW?

C o m m u n i c a t i n g !

Communication: the key for a successful home exchange

Well, I guess that in the telecommunications and virtual dialogues era this won’t be very difficult. We have plenty of means to communicate, to exchange information, words, photos, experiences, opinions.

We can write, talk and see each other. By and a (webcam) we can also have a virtual tour through the other house.

When we get or send an offer to someone’s house, we can start exchanging letters or postcards. Once the address is confirmed, at our leisure, we’ll begin to build confidence with our possible home swappers. We can also prefer the quicker e-mails.

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Home exchanges gave birth to many new friendships.

At first strangers, house swappers become acquaintances and then friends. Living in the respective houses for a while will add a touch of specialness and confidence to our friendship.

We can exchange details and photos of our houses and the surroundings, make questions, solve any doubts, get suggestions about possible trips, venues, pubs, theatres, cinemas, things to do… During this exchange full of everything we’ll surely have the time and the possibility to see if these people are good for us, if we can trust them, if we like them (and if they like us).

In most cases you won’t wait for long before finding the most suitable home exchange.

After this process, in fact, all the conditions, the exchange type, the availability of the house, how and when exchanging our houses have to be decided by the two owners (or tenants).

For this reason we recommend to get in touch with the other owner and make him the offer we’re most interested in. It’s very likely that, if we communicate and build a good relationship, there won’t be any kind of problems during our home exchange.