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March 23rd update: After being over-booked and not available the past few months we are re-opening as of April.
After a wonderful first few years of WorkAway, we are being a little more picky about our helpers. For my wife it is usually best if there are two people, a couple or two friends, as this way she does not feel any need to 'entertain' people and she is usually the one at home. Independent/solo travelers are also welcome to apply and we may connect you with another solo traveler. We have one son, 23 currently at home. We also require that Workers speak enough English for a real conversation, as that is wonderful and a big part of why we do this.
Almost every worker does a bit of weeding and yardwork, along with plenty of house projects and nice cooking and always cleaning. There are always garden activities, as we are starting more crops. We always have mulch and making things and artwork. Over the past few years, what a wonderful bunch of travelers we have met!
Note: we do NOT require any vax and we do not wear masks. We are incredibly sorry that the US required a vax for International travelers for sooooo long.
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For anyone who does not know, unlike Europe and most of the modern world, Medical services are not free in the USA.
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We are a married couple with two sons (25 and 23, with 25 year old in Alaska now and younger son fishing most days) and two young dogs and a few cats. Happy hour is a daily observance on most days.
This is a 2.5 acre house in the local country, about 1/2 hour to the beach. 25 minutes to downtown San Diego.
One large room (the blue one) is occupied for a few dates, but we also have our "Swiss Chalet" above the garage. This is in the bottom photo. Excellent food is available, with pool and toys, such as surfboards, mountain bikes, fishing gear, guitars, volleyball court, etc. (Since we do have a pool, no children please.)
We have numerous projects on-going such as landscaping the yard, setting up or dealing with gardens, depending on the skill level, possibly painting or light carpentry. If you are a good cook, that is wonderful. We can get any ingredients.
A few necessary details:
- Since we already have a dog and cats, we can't accept helpers with pets.
- No cigarettes on the property. Seriously, if you smoke regular cigarettes, that is not cool here and you will be asked to leave. We are not anti-smoking, just anti-cigarettes.
- We do have fast Internet, as well as a TV and Netflix, etc.
- We are NOT very close to public transportation, at over 2 miles, but transportation can be arranged. A car is very handy, but not needed.
- we have added our photos to our profile, and we prefer to see a helper's photos on their profile as well.
- In general, a one or two week week stay is the maximum commitment we make at this time, but we remain open and flexible. It typically takes a couple days to figure it all out, then people are treated just like family. We are not a farm nor a business, and we just have many projects. We do host events from time to time.
Thanks for reading! And we hope all have wonderful experiences. So far we have been thrilled with our experience with our visitors. We are world travelers stuck at home for awhile, so enjoy your journeys!
Also, if you have read this far, here is a BIG HINT, for us and for other nice places.... in your message, say WHY you want this particular place. Good hosts get many requests, and we can tell which are very generic, being sent to many places. We always respond, but the personalized messages get a MUCH better response. Cheers!Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiquesJardinageBricolage et constructionCuisine/repas pour la familleAide à la maisonEntretien généralEchange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Between my wife and I, we have traveled to all the continents at least 5 times, with Australia only twice, and not Antarctica. My wife is Canadian and in general, we are pretty well-traveled. Yet, we are here in San Diego for longer due to work, family, etc. So, we are open to both learn from others as well as share our experiences. We can provide a great room and really healthy food and we think a pretty nice spot to be. If anyone plays music, we can play together perhaps.
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My wife will have a list of about ten possibilities. Travelers choose the tasks they enjoy and feel comfortable with. Over the past many months we have had tasks such as endless gardening, cooking dinners, tile work, trimming trees, re-modeling a barn, creative art landscaping, weeding, painting a variety of places. We are not a farm or a hostel or a business, just a big house on 2.5 acres with some tiny homes, a variety of gardens, and we enjoy learning about faraway places, sharing meals, and showing off San Diego.
We do not want a whole bunch of visitors at once, but rather 2 or 3 at a time.Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: IntermédiaireHébergement
At the moment, we have a very large private bedroom with private bathroom as well as a smaller room we recently added above the garage. The large room is is our oldest son's room and it is available when he is away. The house has a pool, horse shoe and games, volleyball court, and other nice things. As for food and work, we don't have an official time clock, but in general the trade is about 4 hours of your time per day for food and lodging. As mentioned elsewhere, happy hour observed most days as well. Many visitors prefer to work for a full day one day and the next day go to San Diego or the beaches.
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With time off, wow..... we are about 30 minutes drive from downtown San Diego or the beaches. If you are taking trolley, it is a bit longer, of course. Beaches, city, and anything in San Diego is possible. From our house, we are close to hiking, mountain biking, a lake is a few minutes away, as well as unlimited videos, wi-fi, of course. In general, one or two of us drive most days past a trolley line, and arrangements can be made to drop or pick-up.
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Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Not only they involved us in their personal life but also they… read more
Clif is a musician and I was able to see a couple of backyard shows and take part of a couple full moon gatherings… read more
Gardening, art, they are super creative and open minded family & people.
We hope to see you again soon, thank you from the bottom of our heart for… read more
Clif made it clear that he would never assign… read more
What a great first workaway experience, I can only hope that my next measure up!
They were very welcoming and made us feel right at home.
There was always a variety of different work to choose from, whatever suits you best- around the house or in the yard, we did different things, from… read more
As far as the work goes, you can choose from a list… read more
The atmosphere in the house was relaxing and joyful, and that made us feel very comfortable.
They gave us alot of independence, and there was a good balance between the time we… read more
From Ireland, we had a good time adapting to their… read more
My stay with Clif, Lee and Gavin was absolutely wonderful filled with incredible hospitality, kindness, generosity and a feeling of being at home. Lee and Clif's home is so beautiful that I could hardly believe I was so lucky to be welcomed to stay in such an amazing place with the most amazing… read more
I am sorry for the late review, but I had so many things to face with when I got back..
I could not have asked for anything better to end my long journey, started in January. I stayed at Lee and Cliff's house from the 11th to the 26th of April. Because I had the flight back at the end of the month they showed to me their huge… read more
What an amazing experience for our first workaway stay!
From the very first moment Clif, his wife Lee, son and pets welcomed us warmly to his beautiful home and family, introducing what has been a fabulous week full of learning, cool working and culture exchange.
In a very flexible schedule we got… read more
As I have forgotten to write my tasks in your nice little book, here is a list of what I have done.
- painting laundry shelf
- helping with… read more
Lee, Cliff and Gavin, one of the sons that lives there (forgive me if I misspelled the name) are very welcoming and friendly people. They are nice, helpful, they give a lot of information about the area and spoil you with good and healthy food. You are integrated into the family right from the start but they… read more
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From the first moment we felt very comfortable with Clif and Lee. Both are really nice persons and we really enjoyed the time staying with them.
We prepared with Lee food for an event and had a lot of fun and a great time with the whole family!
It was our first Workaway experience and we will never… read more
The property is just amazing: a beautiful large house with a neat,… read more
to be chosen by Clif and Lee, you will have great people to be with, a palatial home to be in,
lovely grounds, gardens, sweet pets, fulfilling work to do and the best accommodation ever.
It was not easy to leave..but on the road I must go. I cooked about 6 meals… read more
Clif and Lee are amazing hosts. They treated us like kings. We spent two and a half weeks with them and it felt like home. We did some amazing projects which was lots of fun. They took us to a wine tasting and we celebrated Thanksgiving with them. We played fun games with them and had some… read more
The house is very sociable, and we got to meet their son, neighbours and another workawayer. We enjoyed great conversations and a… read more
We recommend her very highly!
Both Cindy and Vince were very polite and considerate, they speak… read more
Cindy and I directly felt very comfortable with Lee ,Clif, Gavin and their pets. They are really friendly, open minded, thoughtful and very knowledgeable. Cliff likes cracking a joke which created an easy going vibe.
We worked mainly in their big garden. It was definitely great to work… read more
Huge thanks to the hosts & their generosity.
I highly recommend this host!
We give them a "thumbs up" and I am sure you will be happy with their work… read more