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Dear Workways
We live in Torridon, one of the most beautiful areas on the West Coast of Scotland. Our home is an old estate house made up of 150 acres of amazing old woodland on the shores of Loch Torridon.
We are looking for someone, male or female for an Aupair position ( minimum stay of six months or longer ) Someone who loves Children to help with our wee chaos club ( 4/7&10) If you are creative, maybe musical, sportive, etc. The gang is really good fun - oh one thing would be extremely great if you spoke GERMAN because they are bilingual...
We are also looking for someone who is good with DYI - we have some projects: i.e planned to build raised beds in the Polytunnel and around the house various projects.
If you have experience in hospitality and love the outdoors we are definitely the perfect place.
We offer Payment for workaways. You need a valid work visa (please see Brexit note on the bottom of this info) and a National insurance number as well as a Uk bank account. We recommend a longer stay minimum 4 weeks since we need to go through the employment routine and it would not make sense for just four weeks.
Sarah and I are both musicians. Sarah plays the fiddle and is specialized in teaching Celtic Fiddle. I work as a producer and composer. We have three young children.
We moved to Torridon in 2015 and we are still in the process of developing the place. At this point in time, during the high season (from April to the end of September) the main estate house is run as a Bed & Breakfast, with five B&B rooms and the main dining hall used as the breakfast area. As well as this, there are four self-contained cottages rented out as holiday cottages all year round.
Torridon is a truly magical place and if you are looking for a true Scottish Highland experience you will come to the
right place.
Safe travels to everyone and all the very best.
Felix & Sarah
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are an open house and a lot of interesting people come by. We are well connected into the community so you will experience some real highland life. During the summer we will have house concerts and other cultural events.
Of course our surroundings are stunning - so if you are an outdoors type you can enjoy one of the most beautiful landscapes on the West coast of Scotland.
If you are into woodwork or crafts - you can use our wood workshop to build and make things in your free time. We have had a different artists here staying with us painting, composing, writing. If you are interested to learn how to meditate we offer meditation instructions.
Also we are very open for any project suggestions if you have skills that you could apply here - any idea are welcome.
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Help
We offer Payment for workaways. You need a valid work visa (please see Brexit note on the bottom of this info) and a National insurance number as well as a Uk bank account. We recommend a longer stay minimum 4 weeks since we need to go through the employment routine and it would not make sense for just four weeks.
For paid work we expect a minimum of five hours work per day, please provide a CV that shows that you have done professional hospitality work. Details need to be negotiated on a contract basis.
As mentioned in the about section, during the high season (from April to the end of September) the main estate house is run as a Bed & Breakfast, with five B&B rooms and the main dining hall used as the breakfast area. As well as this, there are four self-contained cottages rented out as holiday cottages all year round.
Areas of help can be:
- Generally supporting the overall Estate situation and ad hoc tasks
- Restoring the garden
- general Gardening
- Fixing roads
- Help with the family
- Painting
- DIY
Important Notice: We do not tolerate any drug and alcohol abuse on the Estate and will ask you to leave immediately if we experience this.
There is usually always a Workaway team of 5 to 10 Workaways depending on the time in the season.
If you have any specific skills that could be of benefit to us, i.e. carpentry, general maintenance, etc., then please let us know. We enjoy making the most of people's skills.
BREXIT notice
Unfortunately, as you all know, freedom of movement from the EU to the UK ended on 1st Jan 2021. As a listing site, we are in the process of reminding all hosts that are requesting work-related tasks to comply with the new rules in the UK and to review their listings as well as to ensure anyone they accept has the correct visas for the UK. We have extended our UK visa warning to now include EU nationals.
Please note UK, Irish, Commonwealth citizens with the right to abode in the UK, BNO passport holders with visa (Hong Kong), and those with Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme (working holiday) visas will not be affected by these changes.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Depending on how many Workaways are here, you will have your own room in the house. The Workaways share an apartment with kitchen, living room and dining room for cooking and hanging out.
What else ...
We live in a very beautiful area by the sea, surrounded by 1000m high mountains, ideal for walking, mountain biking and climbing. Loch Torridon is great for sea kayaking, boating and fishing. We are an open home, which at times can be lively with music and different events or programs like yoga and meditation. We have a meditation room in the house which everyone is invited to use.
Torridon village is about 1.5 km from the estate, where you can find a small shop and cafe with great atmosphere. The village hall offers yoga, badminton, country dancing, a great fitness studio as well as another cafe.
Generally very friendly people and great community.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is a workspace we can provide. Internet is about 32 meg. If you need to use high-volume data it would be good to have your own 4g mobile router connection. 4G works really well with the EE provider any questions please ask cheer Felix & Sarah
Space for parking camper vans
is possible but check in first
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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the experience was really enjoyable! we played some music, we shared meals and we spent high quality time together. The everyday job is fine and not boring at all, I totally recommed them, personally it was the best experience we coud have in Scotland :D
all the best Felix & Sarah
I arrived at the perfect moment, several large jobs were about to start so there was a real buzz about the place. Felix really allows you to get on with jobs and encourages you to push your comfort zone. I was allowed to figure things out and improvise which was refreshing.… read more
If you think about mayonnaise on a sandwich for a moment - mayonnaise tastes good with so… read more
If you want to find your inner calling, do some soul… read more
Przeżyłam cudowne 2,5 miesiąca w cudownym Torridon ze wspaniałą rodziną, mieszkańcami.
Dziekuję za moją pierwszą przygodę życia.
Mam nadzieję do zobaczenia!
ps. Już za wami tęsknie!
I did numerous and varied jobs which was both interesting and fun and worked alongside some interesting people during my stay. I would happily reccommend others to choose… read more
Hope you can settle back into city life and if not you know where we are.
Much love to you - a real gentleman all… read more
The house is big and alive, they are wonderful people to be around, always with new things to do between tasks and fun.
Since my first night there I realized I couldn't be in a better place in Scotland, what was… read more
Thank you for your lovely feedback - It was really good to have you here and to get to know you. Thank you for all your effort and help you gave us during your stay. Please come back anytime - if you get tyred of city life.
much love Felix & Sarah
Thank you Thank you Thank you ... It was so gerat to have you here in Torridon and it was amazing what the tree of you brought to our "litte" Project here . Especially this event we could not have wished for anyone better, accomplishing beautiful cooking, flower arranging and keeping the kids happy - we really hope… read more
Thank you for your great help here in Torridon - hope you guys will have safe travels to Canada all the best Felix & Sarah
The work changed often so was never boring and working hours have always been respected.
In working days we usually ate with the family for breakfast and lunch, in the other moments they provided us basic food to… read more
