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Welcome to Michelle. All Activities Included
We are a friendly family with pets. Living in our house is myself (Michelle) and my husband, Matt, our 3 children live nearby. I love hosting, cooking and baking, I also make preserves (jams) and chutneys. I am an artist too, I paint, pyrograph and enjoy all sorts of crafts. We have three grown-up children and two young grandchildren. Our lovely family visit often. We have been hosting for over 20 years and have met many young and older people from around the world; China, Taiwan, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria and France.
Matt works for a specialist cleaning company, he travels across the Midlands and to London with his job, but is always home in the evenings. Matt enjoys good food, the countryside, walking the dogs and movies.
We have two friendly dogs, one young cat and a small parrot. We have a small garden with chickens and a pond. I grow herbs, fruit and a few vegetables, we love nature.
We live within the city boundary, but we are close to the southern tip of Sherwood Forest.
We enjoy good food, family quizzes and games. We have extensive knowledge of the local area, especially about the history of our city. We are 20 minutes away from the lively city centre and have an excellent bus service. There are good local amenities; tennis and basketball courts plus free outdoor gyms. There are horse riding and sport centres within walking distance of our home.
We now have three rooms available; a single, a small double (with a small single) and a twin room. We offer various packages at various prices.
There are many free sports and activities that you can enjoy alone or with another student. Older guests come and go as they wish. Almost all activities will be included in the price, but some can be considered at extra costs to the guest.
With advanced notice we can guarantee that there will be no other guests from the same country, but this is charged at a premium. Packages are negotiable depending on the level of activities/lessons required. If you wished to have bed and breakfast here and go out exploring without the host, this would be cheaper.
There is no typical day as we can tailor days to suit individual guests. We can provide activities, free-days, visits to places of interest and accommodate special requests where possible.
Visits may include:
Indoor Golf
Nottingham Castle
Newstead Abbey (Lord Byron's ancestral home)
Go-Karting*
Climbing
Horse-riding
Southwell Minster
Wollaton Hall and Deer Park (Film set for Batman - Dark Knight Rising)
Cycling
Swimming
Tennis
Football Match*
Cinema
Bowling
Ice Skating
Boating
Escape Rooms*
City of Caves
National Justice Museum
City Farm
Petting Farm
Papplewick Victorian Pumping Centre
Sherwood Forest plus Major Oak
Contemporary Art Museum
Twycross Zoo
Greens Windmill
Planet Bounce (trampolining)
Go Ape (aerial adventure)
Crich Tramway Museum
Shopping
Theatre
Art and pyrography (wood burning)
*additional costs may apply (depending on the package)
Our 15 yo child had a wonderful 10 days stay with Michelle and Matt. They had a lot of activities and the English level of our kid increased a lot. Michelle is an excellent cook. Highly recommended!
Je suis une jeune fille de 17ans, j’ai passé 3 semaines en juillet/aout chez Michelle et Matt. C’était 3 semaines incroyables ! Ils ont su me mettre à l’aise dès le premier jour😊 On a fait beaucoup de visites culturelles très intéressantes mais aussi de la cuisine, des promenades en ville mais aussi dans la forêt avec les chiens et des activités manuels ! La maison est très agréable et la cuisine de Michelle est délicieuse (les burgers de Matt aussi 😋) ! Le ville de Nottingham est super, beaucoup de boutiques intéressantes et des friperies 🤩 Je recommande grandement cette famille et je suis sûr d’y retourner dès que j’en ai l’occasion ! Ils sont adorables, drôles et très cultivés. J’ai passé un séjour inoubliable et je repars avec des souvenirs merveilleux et un niveau d’anglais nettement amélioré ainsi qu’une meilleure confiance en moi 🌟 Je ne peux que vous les recommander 🫶🏻 I am a 17-year-old girl, I spent 3 weeks in July/August with Michelle and Matt. It was 3 incredible weeks! They were able to put me at ease from the first day😊 We did a lot of very interesting cultural visits but also cooking, walks in the city but also in the forest with dogs and manual activities! The house is very nice and Michelle's food is delicious (Matt's burgers too 😋)! The city of Nottingham is great, many interesting shops and charity shops 🤩 I highly recommend this family and I am sure to return as soon as I have the opportunity! They are adorable, funny and very cultured. I had an unforgettable stay and I leave with wonderful memories and a much improved level of English as well as better self-confidence 🌟 I can only recommend them to you 🫶🏻
Einen Aufenthalt bei Michelle und Matt kann ich nur wärmstens empfehlen. Ich war 3 Wochen ein Teil ihrer Familie und genauso habe ich mich auch gefühlt - liebevoll aufgehoben und umsorgt. Mein Englisch hat sich verbessert, allein nur schon weil ich täglich Englisch hörte. Michelle spricht ein wunderbares Englisch und geht auf das Sprachlevel jedes Einzelnen ein. Das war sehr hilfreich. Die 3 Wochen vergingen wie im Flug. Neben dem gebuchten Sprachunterricht habe ich so viele verschiedene Ort gesehen und verschiedene Dinge erlebt. Es war eine wahre Freude! Tausenddank für alles!!! 100%ig werden wir uns wiedersehen!
My name is Elea and I am a 17 year old French girl. I traveled to Nottingham during summer 2023 and spent almost 3 weeks with Michelle and Matt. First of All I am grateful for this experience! I stayed almost 3 weeks but the time passed really quick! I shared pleasant and lovely days in their company and I loved meeting their family, the dogs (sooooo adorable), the cat and even the parrot. The city has no more secrets for me due to Michelle's knowledge and I know every detail of the forest thanks to Matt! I would obviously recommend this stay with them. Even if the experience seems intimidating, they know exactly how to make you comfortable and you would have marvelous moments while improving your english. I hope I could come back as soon as possible, Thank you for everything. Eléa
J'ai passé 15 jours chez Michelle et Matt en juin 2023 . Excellent acceuil et ambiance très familiale qui me correspond bien. Ils ont été adorables avec moi (je suis une Ado de 16 ans), très attentionnés, cherchant à me faire plaisir et découvrir chaque jour des nouveaux endroits. J'ai pu aussi rencontrer les enfants de Michelle et Matt, tout aussi adorables, avec qui j'ai fait de l'escalade et nagé (mes 2 loisirs habituels). Je reviendrai sans hésitation et recommande chaudement.
They welcomed me very kindly. Indeed I felt right away part of their family! They are very nice and culturally open people. Michelle is a fabulous cook (as well as Matt with his amazing hamburgers, or better his Mattburgers), she is also an amazing artist and while I was there she taught me how to use a pyrography tool. Matt is a survival expert, after work we often went into the woods near Nottingham and he taught me a lot about plants and animals, in common we shared the passion for aquariums and on a weekend we went to visit a fish store!
They were very welcoming and I felt part of the family since the first day. Michelle is the perfect mum: very patient, lovely and always available for any kind of difficulties. Michelle is also one of the best cookers I have ever known; she can prepare ethnical dishes from all the world, from Italy to Asia or south America. Matt is a great dad and also an amazing friend. I used to walk out the dogs with him and play board games during evenings. He is funny, reliable and very kind. Matt is also the best burger maker in England and I had the luck to try one of his perfect burgers. I spent with them three weeks; from Monday to Friday I had freetime only in the evenings and we used to spend that time improving my english, talking about everything like a normal family but they were beware of my mistakes. On weekends instead we used to do trips around Nottingham. They were perfect city guides too.
I stayed with Michelle and Matt for 2 weeks, they were very welcoming with me, I remember that the first evening that I was there, there was a family party and they were all so nice, it was like I was part of the family! They showed me many things in Nottingham. I want also say that Michelle is an incredible cook! Besides, at the time, I wasn’t very confident about my English grammar, so Michelle and Matt helped me a lot about that, teaching me many things that I didn’t know. They were very present during my stay at they’re house, almost every night, if we didn’t go out in the city centre, we played a lot of table games.
From 1080 € / week
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