The swapper journey – stories from successful swappers
If you’ve been watching the new Channel 5 series, ‘Council House Swap’, you may have noticed some of the residents using HomeSwapper
Swapper Story | Peter’s mutual exchange journey: starting somewhere new
Sometimes a change of scenery is just what the doctor ordered. For Peter and his family, the hustle and bustle of his hometown, London was wearing thin. He was looking for a swap somewhere else in the UK and following a successful mutual exchange, he’s moved to Nottingham for a fresh start! Peter was new to mutual exchange and HomeSwapper when he started his swapping journey earlier in [...]
Swapper Stories | Sarah-Jayne tells us how to get organised
HomeSwapper user, Sarah-Jayne spoke to us about how she keeps on top of all the HomeSwapper ads she’s actively engaging with.
Carl’s Swapper Story: Accessibility Needs
A few weeks ago we spoke to Carl about his experience on HomeSwapper. To work his way from Lincolnshire to Poole, Carl had to complete a few swaps along the way. In the final MultiSwap that got him there, one of the swappers in the chain had accessibility needs. Carl told us about some of the things that they needed to consider as a chain. Carl and his family [...]
My MultiSwap Story
We love hearing stories from HomeSwapper users about their home swaps, so we were really excited to talk to Melanie* from London (*not her real name) about her experience a few years ago. Mel used a MultiSwap to find her new home and so we asked if she found it easy to use and why she would recommend giving MultiSwap a go. Mel, who was living on her own [...]
My home swap – a landlord’s experience
Anne works for one of the landlords who have signed up to HomeSwapper. She helps their tenants find out all about HomeSwapper - a job perfect for her, as she herself has used HomeSwapper to find a new home in the past. Read her story here: I have personal experience of just how HomeSwapper can improve lives. In our early fifties, we found ourselves living in a 3-bedroom council [...]
HomeSwapper in action
We sometimes hear stories from the landlords signed up to HomeSwapper that really touch our hearts and make us glad to come to work in the morning. Most recently, we were chatting to David from Walsall Housing Group who had this to tell us: 'I’m David Brown and I’m the technical specialist for mutual exchanges at WHG. This means I look after mutual exchange applications from start to finish, [...]