Torrance, USA


Member since
2014The member has not specified any exchange dates
Los Angeles townhouse, 35' walk to beach
230 m2 townhome in an L.A. beach suburb of Torrance. Our gated community has a nice swimming pool. Walk to ocean in 35 minutes through a green residential neighborhood. Sandy beaches stretch from Palos Verdes to Santa Monica with a 25 miles long biking / walking path. Within a 10 - 20 minutes walk there are many restaurants, shops and the Del Amo Fashion Mall.
Our townhouse is comfortably furnished with a mix of newer and older modern furniture. A large, fully equipped kitchen has an attached family room opening into the dining and living rooms (plus a "powder room"). There are 2 bedrooms upstairs, each with its own bathroom and a walk-in closet. Downstairs is a bonus/guest room next to a 2 car garage and a laundry room. We have aircon, but thanks to ocean breeze it is needed only 2 to 5 days a year.
Downtown LA, Santa Monica, Getty museums, Universal Studios, Disneyland etc. are 15 to 30 miles away each, and we are 10 miles south of LAX airport. Public transportation does exist in LA, including Metro. It improved much in recent years, but a car is still more convenient here. In addition to LA's cultural and entertainment options, there is also plenty of nature around: the beaches of course, three mountain ranges (up to 3000 m high) above the city for hiking...
Our Family
- 2 Adults
- 0 Children
- 9 Exchanges made
Occupation
- teacher
- retiree
Our Home
- House Type: House
- Environment: By the sea
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2
- Sleeping Capacity: 5
- Living Area: 230 m2
References
In my house
- Pets - Not allowed
- Small children - Allowed
Exchange Types
- Home exchange
Indoor
- Free internet access
- Air conditioning
- Central heating
- Fireplace
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Clothes dryer
- Television
Outdoor
- Terrace or deck
- Balcony
- Garage
- Private swimming pool
Facilities
- No smoking
- Use/Exchange of car
Our Destination Wish List
- Bergen, Norway
- Stavanger, Norway
- London, UK
- Cornwall, UK
- Wales, UK
- Scotland, UK
- Iceland
- Dordogne, France
Spoken Languages
- English
- Czech
Occupation
- teacher
- retiree
Children
- No children will be traveling with us.
Pets
- We do not have pets.
Lifestyle
Arts & culture, history, food & wine - and then mountain hiking or scuba diving to lose all that gained weight ;-)
For summer holidays, we like to string together 2 or 3 consecutive exchanges, between 4 weeks to 2 months in total length - preferably combining arts with nature, eg. a historical city stay + hiking. We succeeded in arranging that for the last 3 summers (French Alps with Barcelona plus a week hiking along the Cele river, Swiss Alps with Paris and Galicia... :-)
References
This member has completed 9 successful exchanges. Here are some members that he exchanged with in the past:
Savièse,
Switzerland
CH1444
Pontevedra,
Spain
ES2327
Barcelona,
Spain
ES244783
Grenoble,
France
FR1001317
Saint-Mandé,
France
FR1009986
Campania,
Italy
IT06762
Roma,
Italy
IT09957