We are experienced exchangers and gave swapped houses in San Diego (2001) and Auckland (2002), both times with a reciprocal 100% satisfaction.
Here is some information about our place, details would of course be discussed in due time.

INFO
A) OUR FAMILY
Our family consists of: Louise & Daniel, the parents; the children: Ariane(born in 1984) and Andreas (born in 1986). We are dual citizens of Switzerland and the US of America.
Daniel (born 1953 in Basle, Switzerland) graduated in history & geography at the University of Pavia (Italy); he started out as a language teacher and then switched to tourism. He was a tourism director for various destination organizations in Ticino. and in 1998 created and opened a Tourism Institute, specialized in tourism research, consulting and project management, where he holds the position of managing director. He also teaches marketing and tourism studies at the Ticino State Tourism College.
Louise (born 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) graduated from Wesleyan University in Massachussets and the Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California. She worked in several schools as a Waldorf teacher and currently teaches English as a second language at the Ticino State Tourism College.
Ariane is studying political science at the Geneva University in Geneva. She hopes zo graduate there from the Institute for International Relations. Andreas just finisked his 2nd year of high school in Locarno.
Spike, our four years old black Lab, is our devoted companion.

B) OUR HOUSE
Our house is a new detached family house (built in 1996), with 4 bedrooms (2 with air conditioning), 2 bathrooms (each with bath and shower), master bedroom with cable TV (English spoken channels are: CNN, CNBC, BBC world, BBC prime), large living room (cable & satellite TV, phone), modern kitchen (dishwasher, fridge, freezer - no microwave), laundry room (washer yes / tumbler no), garage, private parking, terrace, balcony, garden. 2 bicycles ready. Adjacent to vineyards, woods, mountain view. 5 minutes to bus & train stations. Only 10 minutes to Lake Maggiore.
Next towns: Locarno & Ascona. Ticino is a very well-known tourist area which attracts visitors from all over the world.