Home exchange for a long-term expatriation
Moving abroad for a year or more? Swap your home with a homeowner expatriating the other way.
What to do with your home during an expatriation?
Moving abroad always raises the same question: what to do with your home? Selling cuts you off from your anchor and costs huge fees on return. Renting means managing a tenant from afar and risking a damaged property. Long-Exchange offers an alternative: swap your home with someone expatriating to your city — you keep your property, you are housed over there.
Sell or rent: two bad options
Selling then re-buying on return costs tens of thousands in fees and loses your anchor. Renting remotely exposes you to damage, unpaid rent and the complexity of managing from abroad. And in both cases, you still have to find and pay for housing in your host country.
Home exchange between expats
Long-Exchange connects homeowners who are expatriating. You find someone heading to your country while you head to theirs — or who specifically wants your city. You swap homes for the length of your expatriation. No rent changes hands, your property is occupied and cared for, and you arrive in a real home rather than a temporary furnished rental.
How it works
List your home
Enter your home city, your expatriation country and your dates. Bilingual description generated automatically.
Find an international match
Browse homeowners expatriating to your city or offering a home in your host country.
Exchange with confidence
Confirm the dates and sign the agreement. A one-time 99 € payment unlocks contact, no subscription or commission.
Why choose Long-Exchange for your expatriation
- Keep your home instead of selling it
- Your property is occupied and cared for while you are away
- You arrive in a real home, not a temporary furnished rental
- Exchanges over a year or more, matched to your expatriation
- One-time 99 € payment, lifetime access, no subscription
Frequently asked questions
My expatriation lasts several years — is that possible?
Yes. Our exchanges are built for the long term, with no time limit. You match the exchange duration to your expatriation, from one year to several.
Does the exchange have to be reciprocal to the same country?
Not necessarily. The exchange can be reciprocal (you take their city, they take yours) or non-simultaneous. You filter by country and city to find a combination aligned with your destination.
Is it safer than renting my home remotely?
You exchange with another homeowner who occupies their own home on the other side: they have every reason to care for yours as their own. It is a relationship between peers, not a standard rental.
How much does it cost?
A one-time 99 € payment gives lifetime access to matching, with no subscription or commission on the exchange.
Expatriating? List your home
Join the homeowners who exchange their home for the length of their expatriation rather than selling it.