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25 May 2025
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Hello,
**Currently highly looking to exchange a Workaway experience**
I'm Benoit, a 30 years old computer scientist living in Mons. I live in my house that I am currently renovating. Mons is 50 min away from Brussels. There are quite a few places to visit around and I would be glad to show you! I live very close to the city center, so you will be independent to go there by foot if needed or to catch a train! But we can always organize so I can drive you if you would like to!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Technology
Van life
Self development
DIY & crafts
Architecture
Carpentry
Camping
Water sports
Sailing / Boating
Mountain
Nature
Cycling
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
To me, the main goal is to have a cultural exchange above all and not just to have a free taskforce.
Moreover, I always rather do projects with someone with who I can exchange rather than on my own. Most of the time, I have an hard time to start on my own and I am way more motivated when there is someone else.
I can offer my knowledge on some topics such as Belgian lifestyle, my experience on 1 year in the US, my DIY experience, teach you french, and also some electronics/computer things!
Help
There are a lot of little projects to do and it will depends on your expectations and skills.
I am flexible in terms of what you want to do and when. Most of the time, we will do projects together, which is always more fun than alone. But this might not be always the case as I'm working full time, so depending on the task, I might take days off to help you with those tasks.
The kind of tasks that I'm looking for right now is help to renovate an old house. This might be removing tiles, removing wall paper, filling a trailer with materials that needs to go away, plumbing, giving a hand on some tasks I might do with you,...
I am open to drive you to some places if needed!
On the expected hours, I am quite open and flexible, I believe we should discuss this beforehand and see if we can meet a common ground!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis 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.
Accommodation
The house has 4 rooms on the ground floor: dining room, living room, kitchen and bathroom. On the first floor, there are 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. There is also a garden and a garage if you wish to store some stuff. There is private parking lots also if needed.
Regarding food, I will provide all meals. We can discuss before hand of any food preferences and requirements such as allergies, specific diet (vegetarian, vegan,...) Let's also try to discover our typical cultural meals together!
During your stay, you can use the guest bedroom.
What else ...
During your free time, feel free to use the house as it was your own, relax in the garden,... Feel free to also go for a walk, for a visit,... If interested, I might always be free and we can share time together to go visit places in Belgium, or even in border countries of Belgium! I am quite open to go for adventures! We can also play board games together if you are into those!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I have a very good internet connection. Moreover, if you need space for a van for example, you can use the garden where electricity outlet and very good internet connection is available.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Any pets
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (13)
Beyond his work skills, Chai is one of the friendliest people I’ve met; he can have… read more
Ben is a very kind and friendly individual. Always up for a chat and very patient at teaching, whether that be teaching various things at work or in board games.
The work I performed/learned included: laying bricks, pulling up floorboards, removing rubble and cleaning the space, etc.
I highly… read more
Beyond work, Mel is very sociable and a pleasure to have around. She’s also learning French, which made for some nice conversations. In the evenings,… read more
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Beyond his work skills, Chai is one of the friendliest people I’ve met; he can have… read more
Ben is a very kind and friendly individual. Always up for a chat and very patient at teaching, whether that be teaching various things at work or in board games.
The work I performed/learned included: laying bricks, pulling up floorboards, removing rubble and cleaning the space, etc.
I highly… read more
Beyond work, Mel is very sociable and a pleasure to have around. She’s also learning French, which made for some nice conversations. In the evenings,… read more
Thank you again for everything and I wish you all the best for your future
We spend 2 weeks 2 days of new year and It was very interesting to be able to support him back renovating his house,
I felt at home and welcomed there and felt relaxed to… read more
Tobias's architectural skills can be quite useful and was very appreciated. Thanks Tobias for everything
I stayed for 25 days with Ben.
He is an easy going,flexible and welcoming person.
He picked and dropped me off to the train station.
He provided and let me choose the food and drinks of my choice.
He was helpful and very friendly he guided me well before the tasks which were new to me. He was flexible to let me… read more
Benoit was an excellent host, as I could choose when I wanted to work, rest and eat. He made sure that the fridge was full of food that me and the other workeraway liked. He and his girlfriend were really friendly and easy going.
I spent a week with Benoit in May 2024, we'd had a WhatsApp video call before my trip to Belgium and having some common interests, I was looking forward to helping him with his house renovation.
Ben gave me a series of different and worthwhile tasks,… read more
As Jackson is also a developer, a very talented and passionated one, we had a lot of discussions in regards to this. We had a lot of fun cooking, biking, talking and playing board games!… read more
On my first day, we went to the local market,… read more
I stayed here for 9 days and during that time Benoit always made sure that… read more
