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We need help with the renovations of our new house, plastering, painting, building a stage behind the house, lots of gardening, and we also need help babysitting and sometimes with art projects, website updating etc. We have two spare double rooms for workawayers so ideally we will have two workawayers staying most of the time, could also suit a couple or friends travelling together. Please email me with the dates you wish to come, and how long you wish to stay, we prefer long stays of two or more months, please don’t ask me for less than 1 month unless you have highly desirable skills (eg are a very good musician, or have other useful profesional skills we may need)
We're a family of 4, Annie (a harpist/busker from England) and Javi (a photographer/video maker from Spain) a 13 year old son Timo (from Ireland) and our latest member, a 6 month old baby girl Anouk.
We’ve just bought a house close by that needs renovating, let us know what you are able to do, plastering, painting, flooring, gardening etc.
We'd expect you to help about 5 hours a day and have two days off each week and we'll provide you with food and accommodation.
Would ideally suit a couple of two friends.
A bit about us....
I enjoy music (I play the harp) and travelling. I make a living playing harp mostly from playing in the streets over the summer and a few hours teaching English over the winter. Javi is a professional photographer and videographer, he's also teaching photography, so it would be the ideal house for creative types. We also put on some garden concerts over the summer months playing movie themes on the harp with a silent projection containing clips from the movies.
We are very relaxed, easy-going and flexible, we won't over work you. We have had quite a lot of au pairs and workawayers so far and they have all been lovely and very happy here, I was also an Au Pair a few years ago so hopefully we can be the perfect host family!Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Proyectos artísticosPráctica de idiomasJardineríaConstrucción y bricolajeCuidado de niños y juegos creativosCocinar para toda la familiaAyuda domésticaMantenimiento generalAyuda informáticaIntercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Here you can improve you English or Spanish, we can teach you a little music or photography if you're interested. We invite you to join us when we go to the beach or to town and we'll be able to show you a little of the surrounding area which is very beautiful. We're very close to the beach and the mountains.
We're very used to having people stay, often we have friends here and couch surfers passing by, we like to spend our summer evenings sitting outside, eating and chatting.Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
-we have just bought a house and are renovating it, we especially need people who can plaster, paint and get the garden started.
-we need more time so your help would also involve cleaning, cooking and babysitting Anouk as Javi and I both work a lot at home, I need to practice and Javi needs to edit videos.
Also it's really important to us that we can get on with each other and enjoying living together, working together, sharing some free time together etc. We're open and warm people, we enjoy people staying. For us the most important is that you have a positive attitude and you're keen to help us out and see what needs to be done without needing to be told every little thing. We all are guilty of spending a bit too much time on our phones and in front of screens but we don’t want to host people at home who do nothing other than look at screens all day long.Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Español: Fluido
Francés: FluidoEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
French or Italian speakers are especially welcome!Alojamiento
We live in a house in valles, it's 5 km from Santillana del mar, a beautiful touristy village in the north of Spain close to Santander. You'll have your own room which has a double bed and a shared bathroom. Our house includes numerous harps, a piano, a few cellos of different sizes (including a full-size), a guitar, a terrace and garden. We're also 20 minutes walking distance from Puente san miguel where you have the train and a few shops and bars and a bike you can borrow.
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Santillana is beautiful, a lovely medieval village. We have famous prehistoric caves (altamira) in the village, the camino de santiago passes through here, we're very close to the sea. We're also 20 minutes by bus from Comillas, another beautiful town. We're about 30 minutes from Santander too. There is plenty to see in the surrounding areas, beaches, mountains. Public transport is quite limited though, hitchhiking is a good option:)
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Desk in room and good internet connection (optical fibre)
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Horas esperadas
25 a week
Comentarios (16)
We’d definitely recommend him as a workawayer!
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We’d definitely recommend him as a workawayer!
Annie and Javi are very nice, trustful people. Both of them made everything to make us feel comfortable, relaxed !
Thanks Annie for the delicious cuisine and Javi for the film photography lessons.
We… read more
xperiencia de workawayer y fue estupenda. Inicialmente iba a estar por 15 días y me terminé quedando casi 3 meses!
Me resulta casi imposible resumir todo lo vivido pero lo intentaré: Annie, Javi y Timo forman una familia muy abierta y simpática que desde el principio me hicieron sentir parte. Tuve la oportunidad de conocer a… read more
Thank you for everything, I spent a such a good month with you all! I learnt a lot and you inspired me in everything that you do. I felt like a part of the family and I had a lot of free time, so I just tried to help with everything that I can :) Thank you that you showed me Cantabria, you live in the very beautiful… read more
They were nice since the first answer and we had the pleasure to meet them and discover a really friendly family in… read more
When we needed something, they helped us absolutely.
Timo is a great boy and nowadays we miss him. He is very smiling and adorable!! You will enjoy with him… read more
The time goes very fast, now it´s about two month that I left you. But I still think about the perfect time which I spend with Annie, Timo and the Spanish hausemates. I was in Galway for 10 weeks to look after Timo. He is really the most uncomplicated child which I ever met. He slept a lot and when he was awake he was always… read more