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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
28 Apr 2024
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84.8 %
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Description
Very friendly Canadian family, welcoming you to come and stay with us. Mother is a busy surgeon, father a director. Our house is very open minded and loves welcoming different cultures. A nice room and healthy meals will be provided in return for help around the house, both inside and out. There is already a full-time nanny who is the main caregiver for a 13-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl, but some assist may be needed with driving or playing with kids.
French is an asset, as the 8 year old girl is in a primarily French school.
Beautiful, spacious house is within walking distance of Lonsdale Avenue and the shops of North Vancouver.
We have a strict No Smoking policy! Minimum stay one month.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Mother is Greek, father is British, Nanny is Filipino, children are a mix of all three...haha.
Vancouver and North Vancouver in particular are extremely culturally diverse and we usually host more than one workawayer - it never gets boring.
Projects involving children
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Help
Help is needed inside and outside the house, which includes cooking and preparing meals, maintaining the house, walking the dogs, gardening and occasionally taking the kids to or from school or to after school activities.
Languages spoken
Greek: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
Spacious bedrooms available with king or queen sized, comfortable bed and shared bathroom in an extra basement suite, which offers more privacy as well.
Healthy diverse food, generally Pesco Vegan, fish – no dairy, but anything available upon request.
What else ...
The house is close to public transportation – the 240 Bus goes straight to downtown Vancouver, there’s also connections to the Sea Bus. It takes about 45 minutes to the City Centre. We do have a second car that can be used occasionally.
We’re close to the mountains and lots of hiking trails along the North Shore and about 1.5 hours from Whistler.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
25 hours per week. Either 3 full days or 5 days of 5hours
Feedback (13)
In our stay we got to help Shyl with chores around the house like… read more
We were happy to host and getting to know them, especially thrilled to get a taste of their Italian cooking skills, like the self made Pizza and Pasta dishes. They were always on time, very reliable, organized and clean. They were a great help around the house, good with the kids and got every job done… read more
She is hard-working and extremely organized; she works independently and is trustworthy. Amelie is a positive, motivated, and caring individual. She just fits everywhere perfectly!
We will miss having Amelie in our home. She will… read more
In total I spent 5 months with the family and would recommend it to everyone! I got to spend a lot of time with the kids Grey and Elle and hang out with Shyl, who is a dear friend and made my time there really special!
Elena is a wonderful host and became a good friend… read more
They are all so friendly, hospitable and really really generous!
Sometimes the work days can be really stressful and full but we had a lot of free time during the week (4 days off).
The most of the time you are working with the lovely… read more
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In our stay we got to help Shyl with chores around the house like… read more
We were happy to host and getting to know them, especially thrilled to get a taste of their Italian cooking skills, like the self made Pizza and Pasta dishes. They were always on time, very reliable, organized and clean. They were a great help around the house, good with the kids and got every job done… read more
She is hard-working and extremely organized; she works independently and is trustworthy. Amelie is a positive, motivated, and caring individual. She just fits everywhere perfectly!
We will miss having Amelie in our home. She will… read more
In total I spent 5 months with the family and would recommend it to everyone! I got to spend a lot of time with the kids Grey and Elle and hang out with Shyl, who is a dear friend and made my time there really special!
Elena is a wonderful host and became a good friend… read more
They are all so friendly, hospitable and really really generous!
Sometimes the work days can be really stressful and full but we had a lot of free time during the week (4 days off).
The most of the time you are working with the lovely… read more
Elena and Chris are kind, generous and accommodating, we felt right at home in their house. Shyls the nanny is adorable and very attentive,… read more
Vlad is really a handyman and Lena helped us with the tasks we assigned to her, she was specially a good cook. They were both very good with our kids.
They got along with everyone in the family and we had a very nice experience.
We highly… read more
He is very friendly, outgoing, calm and wise! He had a really positive attitude towards everything and we loved that! He performed his tasks with good attitude and was available for any improvise situation.
We hope to hear back from you! Have a nice stay in Singapore
Lea is very clean, fast and finished her tasks quickly and very efficiently. She takes easily on new tasks with good attitude.
She finishes her job even if it takes more time than needed. She was very good with our kids and took good care of our dogs taking them on long… read more
They genuinely want to make sure all the workawayers feel at home and they value their opinion.
I honestly don't think I could have found a better place, specially during the… read more
She is a lovely, hard-working, honest and warm-hearted person.
She is very conscientious and took good care of our two kids.
We loved having her around and can warmly recommend her to everyone as a workawayer.
Elena and Chris are genuinely nice and generous persons. We felt like part of the family and their everyday life from the moment we stepped through their door. Elena is so cheerful and Chris knows a story about everything you might mention. The dinner conversations were always something to look forward to - there were… read more
