Our house is in the suburb of Strawberry Hill / Twickenham, a safe and pretty London suburb, popular with families, 35 minutes from the centre of London by train.

Our house can accommodate up to 6 people, it has two double rooms and two single rooms. The garden has a charcoal barbecue, and a table which seats six people - it's nice to eat outside during the summer. We have all the usual stuff - DVD, internet, dishwasher, washing machine...

It is easy to reach central London from our house. The train station at Strawberry Hill is 5 minutes walk away and there are regular direct trains which go to Waterloo station, ideal for the Tate Modern museum, London Eye, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Tower of London and many other famous London landmarks.

London's world-famous museums, such as the Natural History, Science, Victoria & Albert are also very easy to reach from where we live - either get a tube (metro) train from nearby Richmond, or if you have a car, you can easily drive and park for free on Sundays.

We are close to Richmond-upon-Thames (a beautiful riverside suburb), Wimbledon (for tennis fans), Kew Gardens and many historic palaces and houses, such as Hampton Court, Ham House, Strawberry Hill House and Marble Hill House.

We are a 10-minute walk from the River Thames - you can do lovely riverside walks to Richmond, Hampton Court, and feel like you are in the country, not a busy city. If you don't want to walk there are ferry trips to take you up and down the river.

Twickenham is ideally suited to reach many other parts of the UK, especially Wales and the south and south-west of England (with cities such as Bath and Bristol), and the beautiful coast of Dorset and Devon. Stonehenge, a world famous Neolithic stone circle is about 1.5 hour away by car and makes a memorable day trip.

Reaching us is easy; we are close to Heathrow Airport, and there is a direct bus, 24 hours a day which takes you there. If you come by car on the Channel Tunnel it is an easy drive (1.5hrs) by motorway; and if you use the Eurostar train it will take about 1 hour to reach our house from the international terminal at St. Pancras station.

We have a small cat who just needs dry food and water twice a day and comes in and out, so no need to clean up after her. She is quite friendly but independent. Neighbours can feed her if you plan to stay away from the house.