Gluten-Free House Swaps

[jadhikary]

My wife is celiac and we often carry our pots and pans even when we are renting a house somewhere else. We like to travel and would like to try house swapping. Vancouver is a beautiful city, not to mention the 2010 Winter Olympics. However, the thought of leaving the kitchen to non-gluten-free cooking is frightening. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a gluten-free house swap? Then you could leave your house with someone that understood what a gluten-free kitchen is and how important it is to keep it that way.

I would like to hear from others if they know of any such gluten-free network or perhaps start one?

Regards,

-junas

[gluten-free orange]

Dear Junas and all,

I'm a design professor in NYC with a sunny, quiet, convenient apartment in a fantastic neighborhood 3 subway stops from Manhattan. I'm a celiac and would like to consider a house swap. I'm open to a variety of cities and looking to see if anyone has leads/ideas/contacts...

Thank you.

Much cheer.

[GMack]

On 1/22/2009 at 4:27 PM, jadhikary said:

My wife is celiac and we often carry our pots and pans even when we are renting a house somewhere else. We like to travel and would like to try house swapping. Vancouver is a beautiful city, not to mention the 2010 Winter Olympics. However, the thought of leaving the kitchen to non-gluten-free cooking is frightening. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a gluten-free house swap? Then you could leave your house with someone that understood what a gluten-free kitchen is and how important it is to keep it that way.

 

I would like to hear from others if they know of any such gluten-free network or perhaps start one?

 

Regards,

-junas

Junas,

we too are very interested in gluten free Home exchange. We are waterfront near Destin Florida with a beautiful view and Adirondack chairs on our private dock platform. Vancouver May be a good swap for us. Hope this forum picks up. Mack

[GMack]

Gluten free orange... we LOVE NYC as well; went to college there!! Come on down to the beach!

[MaximeKopecky]

If anybody is still interested, I have a celiac/gluten free house swap for the winter in Brattleboro, Vermont. It's a 2BR/1.5 bathroom house, very nicely set up with a new queen sized Avocado bed and a Casper full size, in addition to several Japanese style folding mats for kids and/or additional guests. TV, internet, cooking gear, etc. Strictly celiac. Live full time in Brooklyn, willing to swap for either an additional apartment in New York City to stretch out more--live with one other celiac domestic partner--or possibly also for someplace warm? Very open.

[silverrainshiningsun]

I’m in beautiful Santa Barbara, California and would love to swap with someone who has a gluten free ski house. 

Our house is about 2000 ft.², with three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and three beds. We remodeled 3 years ago. I have pretty bad dust allergies, so we keep the home very clean. We have no pets. We don’t use any fragrances. We don’t have carpets or fabric drapes or anything like that. Everything soft in the home is washable. We are mostly dairy, spice, and peanut free (a place I stay doesn’t need to be, just putting it out there for others who might want to swap and are allergic), but my husband does eat a lot of tree nuts. 

Our home is a classic red tile roofed Spanish colonial/contemporary with a rooftop deck in downtown Santa Barbara. We are five blocks from Lilac Patisserie, which is a nationally recognized gluten-free bakery and café. 

Santa Barbara is an awesome destination for bicycling (significant elevation gain or sedate riding on flat ground are both possibilities), mountain biking, hiking, running, bouldering, kayaking, surfing, stand up paddle boarding, rollerskating along the waterfront, and more. There’s also wine tasting and shopping if you prefer that! We have some very nice museums and many historical landmarks within walking distance of our home.

I have severe pet allergies, and my dog allergy is life-threatening, so that is a limiting factor. I also have pretty severe allergies to fragrances, so a home with lots of strong perfumes wouldn’t really work either.
 

We definitely prefer rural or urban/wildland interface areas rather than city centers for vacations. My husband loves to ski but we can’t afford a ski house, so a ski house would be our number one preference!

[Flosdiner]

@silverrainshiningsun

I was wondering if you ever successfully did a Home swap? My daughter and I have celiac, have a strict gluten-free household, and just before I was signing up for Homeexchange, I realized the gluten would be an issue... I would like my family to go somewhere new this July, and have been trying to figure out how to do it safely. TIA. 

 

 

[silverrainshiningsun]

On 3/19/2024 at 2:29 PM, Flosdiner said:

@silverrainshiningsun

I was wondering if you ever successfully did a Home swap? My daughter and I have celiac, have a strict gluten-free household, and just before I was signing up for Homeexchange, I realized the gluten would be an issue... I would like my family to go somewhere new this July, and have been trying to figure out how to do it safely. TIA. 

 

 

I have not. We received about 100 requests but not one person had a gluten free home.

[Flosdiner]

I am not sure if I ever replied! I am not in a ski area but in NY. My home is gluten-free. 1 hour from the Hamptons, 1 hour from NYC. Pool, 5 min to the beach. 4 BR, 2 offices, etc.... Perhaps one day I will start an allergy friendly home swap site! Thanks for the reply. 

[Recently diagnosed]

I live in Ottawa Canada and would be interested in a swap with someone who also has a gluten-free house. I’d love to swap out in winter for somewhere warm.

[Flosdiner]

How cold is Ottawa in winter?  

 

[Recently diagnosed]

Winter typically ranges from about freezing to minus 13 fahrenheit. We have occasional thaws. We live 2 blocks from the longest skating rink in the world. There are downhill ski hills within 30 minutes drive and we can walk to set cross country ski trails. When dressed appropriately we can walk to Parliament buildings, national museums and art galleries, many restaurants and services.