Stay in private luxury forest villa with hot tub in exchange for daily help in Vancouver Island, Canada

Infos

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  Description

  We're Jay and Adam, originally from the UK, we're now living on Vancouver Island in a small village called Youbou. 5 years ago we bought our first home and our acre of land needs continuous landscaping work. We have previously used Workaway.info whilst travelling South America and have had nothing but positive experiences! We’ve hosted Workawayers from around the world on and off for the past 5 years.
  
  We have busy lives so labour will mostly be solitary. We appreciate self-starters :)
  
  We can schedule game/movie/dinner nights and hot tub hangs
  
  We prefer short stays; a work/vacation for you and low commitment for us with our changing schedule. Maximum one week with possibility to extend if we get along really well and our calendar permits.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We moved to rural BC for a quieter lifestyle. The benefit of spending time at our place is to relax and take in the views of the lake, and enjoy the hiking/boating/fishing as well as cultural events that the wonderful Cowichan Valley has to offer.
  
  We enjoy board games, making music together, doing yoga, etc <3

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  L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum

  Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.

  L’hôte a indiqué qu'il paierait au moins le salaire horaire minimum de son pays pour chaque heure travaillée et que l’hébergement serait fourni. Il demande de l'aide dans le cadre de son entreprise ou activité professionnelle. Contactez l'hôte directement via la messagerie du site pour en savoir plus et avoir des détails sur le salaire proposé. Tous les arrangements devraient être conclus à l'avance avec votre hôte.

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  Aide

  Cleaning up our acre of land; this involves:
  
  - Hand weeding and hedge trimming blackberries
  - Laying fabric, distributing gravel/mulch
  - Painting fences
  - Digging holes, planting trees, fencing them
  - Deep cleaning
  
  Work is usually physical and can be monotonous. Bring rain gear to work outside in all weather
  
  Please help 9am-1pm with 30 minutes break. We are pretty casual and don't expect you to break your back but have had some folks come and do minimal work. It takes love, energy and taking our rental off the market to participate in the exchange so please come willing to genuinely help us out.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire
  Français: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We speak intermediate Spanish and would love to try practicing our French.
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  Hébergement

  Your own, semi-private, luxurious upper floor of villa with king bed and en suite bathroom, chef's kitchen, west coast living room, sliding doors - self catered (no food offered but we can exchange meals)
  
  It is important that you leave your suite cleaner and tidier than found and deep clean while here as part of work.

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  Autres infos...

  We live on the side of a mountain so there are some nice walks/hikes around; there's a nice waterfall a short hike from our place and if you're adventurous you can explore elk trails on Mt Holmes. Within 30-60 minutes' drive, there is an abundance of hiking, lakes, beaches, and attractions.
  
  We have a hot tub we often hang out in during our cool valley evenings.
  
  We also have a puppy, Django! Please only contact us if you are 100% comfortable and enjoy the company of dogs as Django can be anxious if you're not confident and patient with him.
  
  To get around independently there is a local bus service that goes into the town of Lake Cowichan and hitchhiking around here is doable as well.
  
  Please mention the word JONI as the subject/intro to your application. This is so we know you have read everything and you know what to expect! :)

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have a fast internet connection and encourage people to bring their own hobbies, online or not.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Large space with plug in.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Very well behaved dogs

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  4 hours a day, 5 days a week

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