I live in a two-floor, two bathrooms 1 bedroom house with large porch overlooking my backyard, to which you have full access. Office room with so many plants that you will feel like being in the garden even if you are inside. Living room and separate kitchen. Bathroom on both floors. The guest room is actually my studio and you are more than welcome to sit at my working table and admire the eye level rejuvenating view of my backyard right in front of you. There is an extra kitchen in the house with functioning stove. DSL access 24/7. You can use my G5 computer (that is a mac...lol). Washer and drier which in New York are a rare treat because most of us do our laundry at a laundromat or have to pay for it anyway. Cable TV + my DVDs library.


The house is located in Astoria, right in front of mid-town, 1 minute to the closest subway station and 10 subway minutes away from east mid-town Manhattan and is one block away from the Museum of the Moving Images, and a walk away from the Nagucci Museum and Socrates park, which are right at the waterfront. You choose: in ten minutes you can be at PS1, MoMA, in Central Park or anywhere in the heart of Manhattan. It will take you 20 minutes to be at Union Square or Times Square. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (statistically the most visited location in New York City) is 20 subway minutes away.

You are surrounded by good (and inexpensive) ethnic restaurants, pubs, bars and are one block away from the Kaufman movie complex, which is one of the largest movie theaters in New York. Needles to say…your favorite Starbucks is right in front of it. You can comfortably to your grocery shopping without walking more than one block and can pick and choose where to go buy your groceries. The post office is a 5 minute walk from the house. The public library is a 2 minute walk. For all your tax-exempt international purchases of electronics and the likes, you have PC Richard near you: one of the largest and the most competitive retail reseller of electronics in the USA. I can even give you the name of my sales rep who will take extra good care of you.

The neighborhood is extremely quiet, has little traffic and is well served by public transportation (both subway and buses) and is very, very safe both at day and night. If needed there is a car service right at the corner that will bring you anywhere. In 30 minutes you are at JFK (airport), and can comfortably get from JFK to my house via public transportation for a grand total of $7.00.

I am looking for a swap in Auckland, Sydney or Wellington from July through September 4.

Please no children or teenagers, and no more than two people. Professional people preferred. Experienced swappers preferred.

Thank you.

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