Experience tranquil, rural, village life and help with gardening in Tourbes, France

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  Description

  We are Louis, Liza and Lily (the cat!) - I am 41 and Louis is 43, Lily is a big kitten with a strong but funny personality. We work full time, Louis does plastering, pool cleaning, gardening, building, painting decorating and I work online (journalism, PR etc). I'm at home most of the time but glued to my laptop and Louis is out and about all over the place.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You'll get to experience tranquil, rural, village life but be so close to beaches and cities - best of all worlds. If you want to explore you will probably be better off hiring a car because although there is public transport, it's not that regular and there is not that much to do in the village.
  
  There's plenty of places to walk around here though - but car or even bike hire would be advisable for more than a week because we have one car that Louis uses for work - if you have a licence and bring your papers it would be fine for you to use the car when we are not using it, which won't be that often to be honest - but any damage must be paid for.
  
  We will try and help you explore the area as much as we can and make you feel really welcome and you will get to learn all about quiet village life in a very beautiful part of France.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We are a very laid back couple with a mad cat called Lily, she likes to bring us the odd “gift” - she’s short-haired, fairly aloof, independent and makes us laugh.
  
  We need help with our garden mainly - particularly weeding and leaf-sweeping. If you're handy round the house that would be a bonus too - we have some basic maintenance that needs doing - a little painting, garage tidying, pool maintenance - it is nothing that requires qualifications - mostly common sense.
  
  You'll get to stay in a lovely, spacious, modern villa with a pool which you'll be welcome to use. The village is small but charming and not far from beaches, cities and much, much more!
  
  There's a couple of places to eat in the village, a lovely cafe, pharmacy, shop, bakery etc. It's incredibly tranquil.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Spanish: Beginner
  French: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  Four double bedroom villa - we will be having visitors throughout the summer so you should be cool with sharing space although there is plenty of it so don't worry! We obviously occupy one room and then there's two further doubles and another room that can be twin or double. We have three showers that can all be used at once.
  There's a large open-plan kitchen, dining room and sitting room and we have UK TV if you need it! We have laptops you can use while you're here and calls to UK landlines and French mobiles are free from our landline.

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  What else ...

  As mentioned before - there are huge amounts of beaches as well as adorable cities and villages to explore - too much to see even for us.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  Great WiFi connection here.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Car park at house...

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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