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We are a family of 3; Geert, Barbara and our son Roemer (12 now). We are living on a beautiful place, small village, next to the river the Waal in the Netherlands. We have a huge garden (6000 m2) and several accommodations on our property. We are running a retreat center. We look for work awayers that are willing to help for our private tasks, as help in our garden, painting our house, some light renovation tasks etc.
Please check our calendar for which months we are looking for Work Awayers, before you apply.
Couples are very welcome.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a loving family and our primary work is about personal development and leadership. We offer for example nature trails, vision quests and sweatlodges. If you are interested in this area, you are on the right place.
We live in a small village, surrounded by nature, next to river the Waal.
Barbara loves healthy cooking. You can get some insights in this as well.
We are native dutch speakers, so if you are interested in learning dutch, you are on the right place. We also speak english, german and some spanish (Barbara).
Help
There is always a lot to do on our property. Gardening, painting frames and some construction help as building a new chicken housing or renocating small things. It is sometimes tuff help, and also very satisfying, as you always see result of your work.
If you are willing to do:
- Gardening help, as prune and weed.
- Painting
- Help in maintenance of our private home
- Renovation small things, or small construction help, like building a chicken 'wellness center' ;-).
...you are welcome to react.
We offer you accommodation, good and healthy food from mondays till fridays (shared meals), and we pay you a bit of money per week (for buying in the weekend your own food).
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
You will sleep in one of our very cute vintage caravans with heater. The caravan is inclusive small kitchen, and there is a common toilet and shower available.
What else ...
If you are a nature seeker, you are on the right place. You can walk an bike around here very well (you can borrow a bike from us). With bus you can reach the cities Den Bosch and Nijmegen. Also Tiel is an option.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is several places with a good wifi connection where you can work.
Space for parking camper vans
We might be able to welcome you with your campervan. We have tot check the availability first. So ask, and let's contact each other.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (6)
This family is very welcoming and inspiring, and they made our stay pleasant and special.
We often had interesting conversations, especially during coffee breaks, where we were offered tasty biscuits and… read more
Their place is really quiet and perfect for someone that would love to spend their afternoons walking or cycling in a lovely land situated in between two gorgeous rivers, the Maas and the… read more
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This family is very welcoming and inspiring, and they made our stay pleasant and special.
We often had interesting conversations, especially during coffee breaks, where we were offered tasty biscuits and… read more
Their place is really quiet and perfect for someone that would love to spend their afternoons walking or cycling in a lovely land situated in between two gorgeous rivers, the Maas and the… read more
Barbara thank you for wonderful experience in the sweat lodge and new insights that I got. I loved cooking with you , food is… read more
We had good fun with them, good talks about life, and they communicate well. We… read more
they were funny and interested, with great humor.
we had great conversations and fun over dinners together!
they also cared for us while we were a bit sick.
I can only recommend them, amazing place and project!
So Thanks again, Simon and Florian!
They are a very calm and welcoming family and Barbara is a great cook, providing healthy… read more
Barbara and Geert were always looking out for us and we felt very well taken care of.
The work we did was fun and well organized. We had breaks in between the work which was great. We especially… read more
