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Seeking individuals for a short OR long-term commitment to provide assistance and companionship for my mother, who is coping with dementia. Our spacious and serene home, situated in the picturesque southern suburbs of Sydney (Caringbah South), offers a tranquil environment close to the bay and beautiful Cronulla beaches.
Our household includes two lively four-year-old dogs, Boo and Bear (Pomeranians), and two 12-year-old cats, Pippa and Nila. Our residence is surrounded by lush greenery, contributing to a peaceful atmosphere.
Transportation is convenient, with a 20-minute walk or a 5-minute drive to the Cronulla beaches. The train station is within a 20-40 minute walking distance, or a 7-minute drive, and buses are also available nearby. I have an available bike for use.
Our home features a saltwater pool with mineral salts (unheated) for those interested in a refreshing dip. Additionally, our water is entirely filtered through a "Complete Home Water Filtration" system, ensuring purity for showers, sinks, and laundry.
As an environmentally conscious individual, I strive for a plastic-free, decluttered, and inviting home. Organic and natural products are a staple, aligning with my passion for sustainable living. While my organic e-commerce shop is currently offline, I still have a variety of organic products throughout the house.
I'm also open to collaboration on restartingmy businesses they are all currently offline.
My father, a retired radiologist, and my 90-year-old mother, a retired primary school teacher from Boston, USA, appreciate good company. They no longer drive, and my mother, recovering from a hip replacement, enjoys activities like watching TV, doing crosswords, reading, and crafting. While the atmosphere may not always be perfectly serene, I take great care of them and prioritize their well-being.
Our home is equipped with solar panels, a worm farm for composting (where assistance is welcomed), rainwater tanks, and a small herb garden. Your contribution to our household is not only welcomed but valued as we strive to maintain a sustainable and harmonious living space.
Our house was built in the 70s and so it is not updated... slowly I am getting things replaced.. but the carpet for the upstairs is not good... we need a lot of help with cleaning.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Could learn some interesting things from my mom as she loves trivia and knowledge.
I could teach you a bit about business as I have a couple of them one is a home decor website.
I can help you with your English as I use to be an English teacher.
Help
Mum and Pop are in need of companionship and assistance with various tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and decluttering. We also require help with driving, and you're welcome to use our reliable car.
I'm also interested in receiving music lessons, specifically in piano, guitar, or advanced ukulele. Additionally, if you have massage skills, I have two massage machines that can be used on anyone here. And I love to have foot massages as they frequently are sore.. which is another reason we require help.
The expected hours for chores are as follows:
2-3 hours for cleaning, gardening and providing companionship/help to my parents.
1-2 for walking the dogs in the morning and afternoon. 1 hour morn, 1 hour afternoon.
1 hour for cooking (either lunch or dinner or both).
These tasks sum up to 5 hours a day, and the hours can be divided as needed. Music teaching, massage, healing, and assistance with computer/business matters will be considered as part of your overall hours.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Beginner
Korean: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Any language
Accommodation
We offer two inviting guest rooms, one featuring a comfortable single bed the other has a double.
The larger room has been transformed into Pollie's craft room, serving as a backup for potential simultaneous workaways. Typically, we host one workaway at a time due to our current workload but currently looking for two people.
The smaller room, situated downstairs, boasts fresh paint, new floorboards, and a cozy single bed.
Our commitment to natural living is reflected in the organic and natural shampoos and soaps provided in the upstairs bathroom, along with natural laundry soap.
Smoking is not permitted, but vapes are acceptable.
If you possess skills in teaching yoga, business skills, or providing guitar/piano lessons, we encourage you to apply. Our diverse collection includes a piano, ukuleles, guitars, a mandolin, and a merlin.
When it comes to laundry, we kindly ask guests to arrive with clean laundry, considering it a resource for which we incur costs. Laundry services can be utilized after your first week of work.
What else ...
There is a big park nearby… you can walk down to the water.
National park 15 min drive away longer by PT (public transport)
Cronulla beach is about 5 minutes drive away 40 min walk... there are buses -nice cafes, shopping, new cinema and a beautiful beach.. massive long beach. Hoyts cinema.
Big shopping mall in Miranda that is really nice too with great restaurants and a Events cinema.
You MUST try Messina gelato eat Westfield.. its the best in the world I think and better than any other gelato place in Australia.
So much to do in Sydney!
We have wild possums -birds: Cockatoos, Kookaburras and Rainbow Lorikeets. The birds can be very loud.
Lots of yoga studios around- you can join for a cheap price in packages. $40 for a month at Bhava studio in Cronulla
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Yes. Great Wifi. Unlimited.
Space for parking camper vans
We have enough room for a long wheel based van.
Can possibly accept pets
Probably ~ it depends what kind of animal it is.. we hosted a girl with a cat before and that went fine.. just let me know - it's probably fine
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
5 hours, 5 days a week
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Was incredible with my parents, driving them around and what not.
Very interesting person, full of so much knowledge!
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Was incredible with my parents, driving them around and what not.
Very interesting person, full of so much knowledge!
Fantastic with my elderly parents, great with all the animals and wonderful company. Helped around the house in so many ways and left it better than it was.
I… read more
Drilled things in the walls as well as cleaning, cooking, other tasks, driving.
She was fantastic with the dogs while I was away.
Great to have around as company as she has had such an interesting life and lovely personality.
She started working and doing things before I had a chance to even talk to her about it as I was busy.. which we really appreciated. Deep cleaned the kitchen, did various chores, walked the dogs many times and was so great… read more
We really enjoyed having Eric stay with us and appreciate the myriad of ways he helped us.
He is always welcome back to stay with us.
Highly recommend hosting him if you can!
I helped Neri with many assortment of things from gardening, to cleaning the house, cooking, laundry, helping her parents, and other projects which were all very flexible! I had plenty of spare time to explore… read more
He was super helpful, fun, a great worker and so nice! He did so many things for us.
My favourite parts were preparing food in the kitchen and singing together.
He made some great meals and is a super great human.
She did so much and was great company. Got on with everyone. I highly recommend her.
He was lovely, fairly quiet, good company, very nice person. It was a short but sweet stay.
She is a very thorough cleaner - she'll get into the corners and move everything away..something I had not seen in a workaway yet. She cooked us some delicious meals.
The dogs loved her and I think one cried in the car when she left. Boo has never made a noise I heard when she left.. a kind of wimpier. He doesn't… read more
She cleared out all the weeds around our pool, swept up, cleaned the kitchen, walked the dogs and more.
She was SO thorough and a steady worker.
She is very respectful of one's house. We wish her all the best! And is welcome to come back.
and super nice. He was one of my favourite workaways
He is young so doesn't have very many skills or experience in life so is learning a lot but I think in time he will gain more skills and be good at what he does, he was helpful overall.
He was super great with my dogs and he is fantastic with… read more
I was three Weeks with Neri and her Parents. They have a Beautiful House and A big Pool. I enjoyed my time here very much😇 .They are realy nice people and Thier Dogs are realy cute:). They live near the Beach and you can do alot of stuff around If you want .
I would defintly come back to this Host 🙆♂️.
He cooks, he cleans, he does house maintenance and gets on with everyone.
He did a meticulous job painting behind my new curtains- sanding and fixing the holes that were there from the previous curtains.
A confident and fun guy I highly recommend having Sung stay with you.
They were warm and welcoming.
I personally had a very good time and I keep good memories. This adventure allowed me to progress in English and to discover the Australian culture.
I was very well accommodated and I also did some fun activities with nerri (escape game, walk..) it was very nice!
I highly… read more
He did so many things for us.. painted the upstairs, hall & stairs as well as the laundry. Created some beautiful bench tops on top of our brick outside the back garden. Baked a few times. Walked the dogs. Did regular house chores and lots of maintenance.
He worked beyond the hours required and was a pleasure to… read more
Easy going, a great worker, fantastic with animals and a really good cook. Even though she is vegetarian she cooked meat for us too.
She thinks her English is bad but its actually pretty good and improved a lot in the 2 weeks she stayed with us as she got more confident and comfortable speaking it.. as we were… read more
We really enjoyed her company and appreciated her making my father a special 85th birthday meal and caramel popcorn cake!
The dogs loved her. She helped us out in many ways.
He is a super nice guy, worked really well at the tasks I asked him to do and got a lot done in one day.. walked the dogs for an hour, painted an eave outside the kitchen and other things
even after he'd done all his hours took out the trash (I had stipluated earlier that it… read more
Basically, the tasks were DIY, cleaning the kitchen, gardening a bit, cooking (I did once), looking after the doggies and walking with them. So, it was easy. The neighborhood is calm and it's good for taking walks around.
Neri provided me a nice… read more
I got a big private room with shared bathroom.
I recommend this place or people who are easygoing, do cleaning, wants to help with cooking and maybe help Tony and Polly with grocery shopping :)
The host… read more
So lovely and fun.. doing little cute dances everywhere.
She works hard and is helpful. Cooked and cleaned for us almost every meal.
Sad to see her go. Get her if you can!
She gardened for us, cleaned, cooked and helped with the dogs. She is a great companion, easy going, fluent in English and a great listener.
by making sure they got enough nutrients and challenging them to do more.
She was helpful in many ways, with decluttering, cleaning, cooking and some advocacy.
She is a caring person with a great sense of humour.
She works hard and is super nice. So easy going. I highly recommend her.
We loved having her and miss her!
We had a beautiful dinner with their french friend and I felt like home. Her parents are… read more
He is a an excellent cook and made some delicious meals and did as many tasks as we asked.
There were a couple miscommunications because of… read more
She was so helpful and did SO much for us.
She took the initiative if we hadn't asked her to do anything and went ahead and cleaned out cupboards and decluttered them. The house looked so good by the time she left. And she did some cooking, helped decorate the Christmas tree, swept out side, did lots of big jobs like cleared… read more
She did so much! She did lots of ironing for clothes I wanted to donate for the fire victims, wept our garage area, helped me sort out so much clutter in my studio and clean up AND helped me with a bit of marketing for Instagram.
She was great company. I whole-heartedly recommend her.
We had nice conversations, and every time I had a wish (about food or time off, or whatever) they do… read more
He did some awesome tasks for us-put up my shelf into brick.. quite difficult, did indoor and outdoor cleaning, all kinds of handiwork, cleaned all the junk and boxes out of the top of our garage and got all kinds of trees that were stuck out... he did SO many things... tiled our pantry, cooked many… read more
Kate and Fred were really helpful, cooked, cleaned, drove me around. Really recommend them.
She did so much for us-decluttered our whole kitchen, cooked, cleaned, helped with the pets.
She's great at puzzles and is a really lovely person, I highly recommend her.
We spent a lovely time together. The whole family was looking so kindly after me when I got sick. Thanks a lot for that!
I did a lot of… read more
She cleaned all of our downstairs windows, helped with cooking, sweeping, vacuuming and… read more
