Help with DIY in our house and gardening in the French Alps, France

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  • Last activity: 15 Oct 2023

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello everybody,

    UPDATE: this year we are building our own house and we can use lot's of help oiling the exterior wood, installing the rain sheet, jointing ancient walls and maintaining the veggie garden since I don’t have the time to do it.

    My name is Anne, I live with my husband Frédéric and a little Beagle Jackie in the Alps. We are both Belgian and speak Dutch, French and English. I also know some Spanish and a little German. We live in Auris-en-Oisans, a small village (30 people), very quiet en peaceful with spectacular views, especially from our garden!

    We run a chalet d'hôtes, our guests are cyclists and mountainbikers, hikers, skiers, ...
    You can stay in one of the rooms of our chalet, you will have your own bathroom and can use the living room etc. We also share our own house. If there is no more place available in the chalet, we have a tent for you in our garden.

    We're looking for people, preferably couples or friends, who are independent with a no-nonsense mentality. People who like living in nature and the mountains, who enjoy quiet places, freedom and sports and good food ;) It's good to have a car to be able to move around the area.
    I’m looking for some happy people to work together, loads more fun then doing everything on my own!

    Thanks!
    Anne

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    DIY and building projects
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    You can learn about how we live all year round in a very small mountain village (25 people), in a magnificent nature.

  • Help

    Help

    Help in building our house: mainly jointing the ancient walls and oiling wood
    Help in the large veggie garden, cooking all the food to conserve for winter, making sirups & confiture
    Some help cleaning in our chalet

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent
    Spanish: Intermediate
    German: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    My native language is Dutch, I'm fluent in French and Englisch. I speak quit good Spanish and a little German. I would like to practice these languages and I'm more than happy to teach languages I speak.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    A room in the chalet and all meals

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We offer the mountains:
    - thousands of hiking trails
    - unlimited biking possibilities
    - spectacular views
    Closest bar at a 15min drive

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have quick internet available.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    our little town has a big and safe parking area

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    as long as they get along with our own dog, a beagle

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    25 h/week or so, very flexible hours or time of the day

Host ref number: 749183784893

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