Join our family farmhouse and live in your own tiny house in Hoogerheide, Netherlands

Infos

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  Description

  Update: only availability from October onwards, we are hosting other workawayers over the summer months.
  
  We are a family of 5 (Julius and Anoek and our three small kids) living on an 8 acres property. It is a beautiful place with a house, horse stables and a garage, but there is a lot of deferred maintenance. When we bought this house years ago we turned the garage into a loft where we lived for 2 years and with the arrival of our oldest child we decided to rebuild it into a real house. We have done all of this DIY project ourselves, next to our job (including plumbing, electricity, masonry, carpentry) and with the help of friends and family. It meant a lot of work, a steep learning curve and heaps of fun. We have made some mistakes along the way, there are some things that we would have done differently but we have enjoyed the journey and are very proud of the result. We believe that’s all that counts.
  Along the building we of course started our own vegetable garden and a orchard, built a chicken fence, planted trees and chopped loads of wood (with a log splitter, no worries), but also went on holidays and spend weekends in nature with our 35 year old campervan.
  
  We are now ready for the next challenge: rebuilding the original farmhouse. This means that we can finetune everything that we have learned so far, however we still have only two hands each to use and with all the kids running around and gardening that needs attention; we therefore are looking for some extra volunteers hands to help us out on that, and small DIY and general tasks that you can think of.
  
  Next to those hands and positive attitude we need your laughs, positive mindset and humour to enjoy this journey with.
  
  Since we have 8 acres of land to look after, including grass and blackberries that grow faster than a blink of the eye, there is plenty of gardening tasks. We also have small painting projects around the house and stables. We do not only look for those extra pair of hands, we also are looking for good companionship! People to exchange experiences and stories with during the stay, someone to have a good laugh with while digging the floor and someone to drink a beer with after work. With your help we do not only hope to go twice as fast but also to have someone to enjoy and share the project journey with in a fun and positive atmosphere.
  
  We look forward to share our place with the enthusiastic, open minded and hardworking exchange helpers.
  
  We have recently renovated a tiny house (which you might share with another workawayer if you are a solo traveller) in the backyard with a kitchenette, bathroom and a bed that can be transferred into a bunkbed (two solo travellers) or a double bed (a couple). There is electricity, internet and water, heating comes from the woodburner. You can call this your home while you are at our place. We will provide you with money to do your groceries so that you can buy and cook whatever you prefer to eat. It should be a perfect fit for the people that like to be independent!

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Sports d'aventure

  

  Camping

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Randonnée

  

  Montagne

  

  Nature

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Architecture

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Vie en van

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Ferme

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Jardinage
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We both speak fluently English. Anoek has spent a year as an exchange worker in New Zealand and Australia so she knows the importance of exchange and learning opportunities very well. We want you to feel welcome at our place and love to share experiences and stories with you. We will pass on the DIY skills of Julius if you are interested, so you might even become as handy as him after a while. We will make sure there are two workawayers so that they can interact as well.

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  Aide

  We ask 5 days of help (25 hours) in exchange for food and accommodation for 7 days. We require a minimum stay of 3 weeks.
  
  Depending on the weather, personal agenda and your preferences we will plan the hours a week ahead. So sometimes you help 3 or 4 longer days and are off 3 to 4 days, sometimes you will help just the mornings or just the evenings. You can spend time exploring the area, lending our bike, mountain bike or canoe, or enjoying the peaceful environment.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  We have recently renovated a tiny house in the backyard with a kitchenette, bathroom and living area with a bunkbed. You will share this tinyhouse with another workawayer and call this your home while you are at our place.
  You can cook your own meals in the kitchenette.
  
  It is also possible to pitch a tent or campervan if preferred.

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  Autres infos...

  Our property is situating at the ridge of the Brabantse Wal, an area known for its rolling hills, woods and polders and driving distance to the National Park Oosterschelde. In other words a great area for hikers, cyclists and waterlovers. All of which we are. So whenever you are looking for us and you can’t find us helping around the house or garden we are probably walking in the woods, kitesurfing and canoeing on the water or mountainbiking the various elevations. We do have a mountainbike as well as two canoes which you can use if you are a watersport enthusiast.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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