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** looking for a couple to come for July/august **
Are you a dog lover and always wanted to know how it is to live in South West France and want to learn how to ( better) speak French?
We are looking for an active person who wants to helps us out with walking our rescue dogs, cook, clean, veggie patch. We can definite help you to learn (better) to speak French or English
We are a Dutch young couple living in Condom in (sunny) Gascony in the South West of France.
We have 2 young children, one boy who is 13 years old and one girl of 11, we also have 8 dogs at the moment.
We work together with an association/ Charity who rescue dogs and when there is a dog in need they call us & we try to help and find them good homes in cooperation with several organisations in Europe, so the dogs are an important factor in our lives.
We are looking for an open minded, caring, energetic, independent handy couple (Couples/friends are particularly welcome) to help us run our daily hectic household which means, cooking, cleaning, walking the dogs, babysitting/entertaining the kids, washing and other DIY maintenance jobs.
In return for your help, we offer your own private accommodation.
A drivers license, valid in France, is essential as we are in a remote location and it will give you some freedom to explore.
For people who travel without their own transport we have a car ( manual, left hand drive) which you can use.
As It takes some time to get to know all the dogs , for the kids to get to know you & for you to know your way around so that's why we prefer couples that can stay for minimum of 3 weeks.
Unfortenately we cannot accept any people who travel with their dog(s).
We would like to ask you for a minimum stay of 1 month, longer is of course even better.
We run our a business in town so we are always busy & working.
We live in the remote countryside with no direct neighbours, all the wildlife in our garden and we have lovely views towards the Pyrenees.
The nearest town is Condom, 5 minutes. TGV & railway station is Agen and Bordeaux and Toulouse are both on 90 minutes.
Pyrenees mountains in 2 hours, Atlantic Coast on 2 hours, Mediterranean Coast 3 hours,Barcelona on 5 hours, San Sebastian (North Spain) on 3 hours.
We live very central if you want to explore France, the Pyrenees or Spain, there is a lot to see around here!
The people are friendly and the countryside is beautiful ....
We look forward to meeting you, showing you our beautiful area and let you experience how it is is to live in the rural French countryside.
A Bientôt!
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langue
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Experience what life is like in rural Gascony - learn more about (rescue) dogs & look them during the day. Learn new practical skills. Learn how to ( better) speak French or English. Learn more about growing your own veggies
Discover the beautiful scenery which surrounds us. Lovely walks all around!
Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
Animal care, property maintenance & renovation, gardening, housekeeping, entertaining the kids from time to time.
We are looking for a enthusiastic, energetic, handy, independent caring person/couple (man/woman) who can run our household the way they would run their own, cleaning, washing, walking the dogs, cooking and all other daily tasks in the household.
You must be able to entertain yourself as we are often at work & the kids go to school. You also must like (big) dogs. The kids speak Dutch, Englisch & French, so if you speak one of those languages that would be great.
Langues
Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Hollandais: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
Hébergement
You will have a heated caravan with small kitchen, fridge, bathroom & toilet. This way you will have plenty of privacy and your own space. In the house you will have your own bathroom and toilet as well. But of course you can use our house as much as you want. As the sun shines here a lot, we will be spending lots of time outside.
Autres infos...
Within a short drive , 5 min, is the town Condom (shops, bars, ATM, post office, summer pool). There are some beautiful walks all around our house and we also have bikes you can borrow. We are situated close to the Camino de Santiago, a couple of hours reach of the Atlantic coast, 3 hrs from the Mediterranean. We are ideally located if you are en route to/from Spain. Nearest TGV railway station: Agen ( 30 min) and Toulouse ( 90 min) ; nearest airport Toulouse. Please note that this is a very quiet rural area with little/no nightlife and limited public transport.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (27)
As a host Marije is engaging, open and welcoming providing me with a place that I could truly feel at home as soon as I arrived. You will never get bored here, the dogs are very entertaining and… read more
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As a host Marije is engaging, open and welcoming providing me with a place that I could truly feel at home as soon as I arrived. You will never get bored here, the dogs are very entertaining and… read more
My tasks there were really easy. I've done something in the household, walked every day with the dogs, feed the dogs and the chickens and sometimes i picked up the kids from school.
In my… read more
I arrived there thinking I was coming to a family's house. However, the kids were not always home and most of the time, when not alone, I was with Marije and another workawayer who was living there too and whom existence I only found out upon… read more
Our tasks revolved mainly around… read more
A lot of the help I gave was with the 8 lovely dogs and looking after the house.
The Gers is a great region of France that you will love if you like the countryside,… read more
We were there in Jan/Feb which meant it rained… read more
The tasks are varied and entertaining.
We visited many beautiful places thanks to the car they lent us..
The best part of this experience is that we… read more
Tout s'est fait très rapidement et naturellement. J'ai été intégrée à la famille comme si nous nous connaissions depuis longtemps et j'ai été très à l'aise avec tous pour communiquer. J'étais la première française en workaway ici, et de mon côté c'était super sympa d'être dans mon pays… read more
Our main tasks were walking and feeding the dogs, cooking lunch, and daily household chores. As it was school holidays, we often did other activities with the kids such as taking them to the local swimming pool, driving them to activities, and involving them in our other daily… read more
There… read more
My honest feedback is that I don't think this workaway would suit people… read more
If you loves dogs and the life in the countryside, it´s your place without doubts.
Cleaning the house, taking care and playing with the children, walking and feeding the dogs, and… read more
There was no routine in the everyday work, but I mostly did… read more
They leave you free when you want to do the household chores. On a regular day I would do the cleaning and laundry in the morning. Normally this took me about two hours. After that I would prepare lunch (they prefer good cooks, which I was not ;p). But Marije has taught me a lot of… read more
