Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Hi all,


We’re former East Dulwich (Dunstan’s road, then Mundania) residents who now live in Los Osos, Ca. We’re looking for a house swap in SE London for 2 weeks in July.


A bit about us-

We have three boys-2 born at Kings. We’re both educators, I’m a SEN teacher and my husband is head of a middle school. My husband is from Bromley, and we’ll be back to see his family and friends. First time for me since pre Covid, would love to be in the old neighborhood with the boys.


About the house-3 bed/2 bath.

Classic Modern 1970’s beach house. Residential neighborhood, water and Mountain View’s throughout.

Here’s the link from when we bought it:


https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1338-14th-St-Los-Osos-CA-93402/15418171_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare


It’s decorated very differently now. It does have steep balconies, but we have ways of childproofing them. Currently set up with 2 twin beds in one room, king in the front room (with ocean views), and a third smaller room with another twin bed.


The area-

Los Osos is my favorite place on Earth-it has a million things to do with young kids. Los Osos is half way between LA and SF but not close to either. It’s on an estuary, so you have ever changing tides. It’s surrounded by a state park, Morro Bay-which is a cute little fishing village, San Luis Obispo-a college town, and 30 minutes from some of the best wineries in California. You’re an hour from Big Sur. It’s really a special spot, and the house is walking distance from a playground, the bay, a coffee shop, deli, and beer/wine bar.

  • 2 weeks later...

Hi!

I'd be really really up for this another summer but can't do this year. Please keep my email and get in contact if you want to do this the year after. We have a lovely 4 bed house with garden by Myatts Fields. henrietta.williams@ucl.ac.uk


best


Henri

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Generally wild flowers which are indigenous to the UK are more likely to be supporting more wild life than introduced species, more commonly found in gardens, simply because wild life hasn't had time to adapt to it. Although of course many introductions which flower will be supporting pollinators more generally. (This would also be true of native as opposed to introduced tree and scrub species). And I suspect plants which are flowering over public space, even if rooted on private private, are being removed to stop them setting seed in public space. [Although many might see that as a good thing if the plants have merits of their own).
    • Good question. I think the benefit of some wild flowers is that they appear earlier in the spring and provide nectar for insects coming out of hibernation. Also, natives have evolved with the insects, some of which can only survive with certain native plants. For example, some species of  caterpillars need a specific native plant for their food. Having said that, I've seen lots of pollinators having a field day on some non native flowers. My bees love my verbena bonariensis for example.
    • Genuine question- are wild flowers/weeds better for wildlife than cultivated flowers? My cultivated flowers and their seeds attract birds, bees and all kinds of insects, maybe more so than wild flowers.
    • Sue. It's a long journey trying to change the long established mindset that many of us grew up with, namely cultivated flowers are good and wild flowers anywhere other than in the wild are bad. My job as a child was to go round pulling up all the dandelions that dared to invade my Dad's pride and joy of a garden. I still battle with my Mum, trying in vain to convince her of the benefits of so called weeds in her garden. Her neighbours, all of a certain age, are the same. Anyone who doesn't attack any weed with gusto is the subject of Mum's disapproving neighbours. We can only keep trying to convince others of the benefits of these much maligned flowers.  
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...