SabbaticalHomes.com is Committed to Family

Los Angeles, CA, September 13, 2016 (Newswire.com) - ​​​​​​SabbaticalHomes.com, an online listing service for scholars needing to find or offer temporary accommodations, was excited to recently discover that a family of 6 welcomed their lucky 7th member during their stay in a Sabbatical Home. Nadege Conger, Sabbatical Homes' founder, was delighted to hear from the members. "I love that our site facilitates a closeness among members; With minimal degrees of separation among the scholarly community, fellow SabbaticalHomes.com members begin to feel like an extended family."

The Butchers, an American family from Ithaca, New York (Cornell University) relocated their family of 6 to the UK while on a 10 month assignment at Harefield Hospital–-welcoming their lucky 7th member during their sabbatical stay. How did they do it? Christine Butcher says a number of convenient coincidences occurred, the first being that they found tremendous hosts in the Lewis family, and decided to let their Hertfordshire home.

"I love that our site facilitates a closeness among members; With minimal degrees of separation among the scholarly community, fellow SabbaticalHomes.com members begin to feel like an extended family."

Nadege Conger, SabbaticalHomes.com Founder

The Butchers found their hosts excessively helpful from the get go, “even before and even regardless of whether we were able to rent their home,” said Jonathan Butcher. And they were glad that they did! Their hosts, the Lewises, had experience helping tenants connect with each other and the community to make the transition easier. The Butchers were grateful that the home had been specially prepared for their large family. And especially thankful that their hosts had reached out to neighbors to invite them to community events, like the Guy Fawkes Day fireworks. “While we firmly believe there was Providence involved, having spectacular landlords and putting the effort forth to connect with the community made our time unforgettable,” says Christine.

But the most unforgettable thing of all was undoubtedly welcoming their newest bundle of joy! “We were staying with our 4 children and had our 5th while living there,” explains Jonathan. Their four older children flourished in a school environment as it provided a daily routine and peer interaction, as well as regular, steady academic instruction. The routine of school and community interaction helped make it feel much more like home. “We also connected immediately with a local church, full of engaging and welcoming people, whom we still call friends. So, in addition to being able to take short mini-trips on odd weekends and longer trips during school holidays, we were experiencing life as ‘locals’ generally were. I believe, that the only thing we would change if we had to do it over again would be to stay longer!” exclaims Christine.

Here’s to enjoying life’s adventures from birth to retirement!

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