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Hi,
I am living in Peynier, close to Aix en Provence, in the south of France. we are looking for help in gardening, painting, cleaning, making staff on order..... My daughter Ameline is 23 years old and my son Matteo is 21 are now away for studying.
if you are autonome and available to work in a good mood...welcome.
I offer food and accommodation. I have a swimming pool and bikes, thé aera IS very nice
.About distances :
- We are walking distance from bus stop in Peynier village (a very nice village with the typical « Provence » spirit xith bakery, café and grocery)
- 20km from Marseille
- 25km from beautiful « les Calanques » and the sea :)
- 20 km from Aix-en-Provence
we need help in gardening, painting et everyday help in the house (cooking, cleaning...).
I work a lot so ibam not Always available on evenings and day Time.
We like sports, music, travels and meeting new people, we have been travelling around the world ourselves.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
as i am working a lot and not always available on evenings to spend time chating so i need someone autonome not to get bord if you are alone, that is why it is better if you are a group of friends or a couple.
We have a guitare and a piano at home.
Projects involving children
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Help
I need help in my everyday life with cooking, cleaning, gardening, painting and fixing a few things, clean thé pool...
Welcome.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
We have wifi access and laundry facilities, TV available,accomodation,we enjoy eating differnt things and take turns cooking.
You will sleep in the family house with own bedroom .
We have a swimming pool and a spa in the garden.
What else ...
Our village is in front of the mountain Sainte Victoire and you can practice a lot of sports, do a lot of activities :trekking,biking,tennis,climbing,horse riding, you can also go for a wine tour, on the road to Cezanne.
Also if you want to go around there is a bus that brings you in AIx city center in 15 minutes for one euro and buses to Marseille as well as other locations if i am unable to take you.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have wifi available at home with unlimited access
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
You will work 4 hours a day 6 days a week, or 5 hours a day 5 days per week. If you want to visite around, you can work a full day and have thé next day off.
Feedback (14)
Their help was excellent, Always in a good mood. I recommand thèse really nice persons.
Hope to welcome them again
Her home is very accessible to lots of different day trips - the bus system is awesome as we were able to get a €2 24 hour pass that got us day trips to Marseille, Cassis, Aix en Provence and Mont… read more
Merci beaucoup and thank you very much Katia!
Katia is a totally friendly and open person, so it was a pleasure to have great conversations. She gave us her trust to leave us alone at her lovely home for a few days, and we really appreciated this form of trusting directly.
Working in total were… read more
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Their help was excellent, Always in a good mood. I recommand thèse really nice persons.
Hope to welcome them again
Her home is very accessible to lots of different day trips - the bus system is awesome as we were able to get a €2 24 hour pass that got us day trips to Marseille, Cassis, Aix en Provence and Mont… read more
Merci beaucoup and thank you very much Katia!
Katia is a totally friendly and open person, so it was a pleasure to have great conversations. She gave us her trust to leave us alone at her lovely home for a few days, and we really appreciated this form of trusting directly.
Working in total were… read more
We had had plans in Montpellier that fell through a week before so we rang Katia quite last-minute and in that conversation we were put at ease. She told us exactly how to reach her wonderful house and we could tell that she was very experienced with workawayers.
Katia has an exciting household that is… read more
I Hope they will come back soon.
Katia is a great host, very kind and generous woman as well as interesting and fun to be around.
The area is beatiful, had some nice hikes and runs in the mountains and forests right next to the house, saw the most beautiful sunsets and sky… read more
It was nice to spend 2 weeks with her. Thank you Gily for your help and good Luck for thé future.
We had a really good Time. She is a very nice person, hard worker, always in a good mood. She is a sportive girl full of energy.
I really recommand her and she can come back anytime.
We worked with cleaning the pool area, removing leaves and organizing!
experienced the mountain and Aix en provence, and met Nice friends of amelin and Katia
we can recommend!
It's a truly beautiful area. The house lovely and sits at the foot of an amazing park, with stunning views of Saint Victoire and even the… read more
Thanks for everything. They are welcome back anytime.
She's a real nice woman, very open minded, so it's very difficult to have some problems with her
If you have a deal with her she respects it, she never asked me to work one hour more than I was supposed to.. all was perfect
We went together with the family to Les… read more
I really recommended him and he'll be always welcome at home!
They are always in a good mood, very helping ans very kind. They did a good job painting and cleaning.
I really recommend them.
