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We are a family that moved from Paris to the small village of Bardigues and we have three young children. Our "chateau" has been in the family since the early 14th century and has always been a family house. It is surrounded by a large estate which we have fully converted to organic farming in recent years. Now we face the challenge of maintaining this beautiful property and hope to keep it in the family for many more generations. But there is much to be done on the main house and the other buildings and gardens and for obvious financial reasons we do most of the work ourselves.
We are sociable and dynamic, and hope you will want to participate in the revival of this castle and its environment.
Nous sommes une famille avec 3 jeunes enfants et nous avons quitté Paris pour nous installer à Bardigues. Le château est dans notre famille depuis le début du 14ème siècle et est toujours resté une maison de famille. Il est entouré d’un grand domaine agricole entièrement converti à l’agriculture biologique ces dernières années. Nous nous attelons au défi d’entretenir cette belle propriété et de pouvoir un jour la transmettre aux générations suivantes. Pour des raisons financières évidentes nous faisons beaucoup de travaux nous-même et les projets ne manquent pas!
Nous sommes un couple ouvert, sociable et enthousiaste, engagé à 100% dans un projet de faire revivre ce château et son domaine.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Our castle is lovely and special: it is an authentic 18th century “chateau de plaisance” which means home of leisure. All the interior decoration and furniture dates back to that time and makes the whole experience a fabulous journey in History.
We are near a lovely historical village (Auvillar) that is central to many events and on the road of The Camino de Santiago. It is just a short train ride away from the beautiful cloisters in Moissac, the cities of Agen (30 min), Toulouse (1h) and Bordeaux (1h30). Visitors have access to many social, historical and cultural attractions in the countryside, homelands and city.
Notre château possède un charme assez unique : classé Monument Historique, c’est un “château de plaisance” du 18ème siècle (le château a été transformé dans la 2nde moitié du 18ème siècle) ; n’ayant jamais été vendu, très préservé, la décoration intérieure et l’ameublement datent de cette époque et offre un voyage dans le temps.
Nous sommes situés à quelques kilomètres d’un village ravissant (Auvillar) qui dispose d’une vie culturelle riche et à 20 mn de l’Abbaye de Moissac et de son magnifique cloître. Le Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle passe devant la maison. Nous sommes également proches de Montauban (30 mn), Toulouse (1h) et Bordeaux (1h30). Nos visiteurs pourront profiter de nombreuses activités culturelles et touristiques et d’une campagne agréable, aux paysages variés, parsemée de petits villages plus charmants les uns que les autres.
Aide
The main building needs a lot of work as do all the surrounding buildings and exteriors. It will include various tasks from gardening to painting and building, plumbing and decorating, renovating and restoring old furniture, and generally helping us restore this property to its former beauty depending on the skills of the person.
We hope our workaway guests will help us with their talents, ideas, experience and time and we are always delighted to meet interesting people.
La maison principale a besoin de beaucoup de travaux d’entretien et de rénovation, tout comme les bâtiments annexes et les espaces extérieurs. Toutes les compétences peuvent s’exprimer : du jardinage à la peinture, de la maçonnerie à la décoration, en passant par la restauration de mobilier ancien ; en bref tout ce qui peut nous aider à redonner une seconde jeunesse à la propriété !
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Hébergement
Food and accommodation will be provided. Workaways will be staying in the château and will have a private kitchen and bathroom. We have a dog. We do not let her in the house, she lives outside all year around. The dog is fully vaccinated and trained and is used to the company of people and young children.
Nous fournissons la nourriture et l’hébergement. Les volontaires logeront au château et auront leur propre cuisine et salle de bain. Nous avons un chien qui vit dehors toute l'année, est vaccinée et éduquée. Elle a l'habitude des personnes et des jeunes enfants.
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We are a family with very young children (5,6,7 years old) and we are bound to strict schedules, especially around mealtimes. We therefore suggest your meals be prepared by you and taken at your convenience as to not impose our family pace to our workaway guests. However it will be our pleasure to invite you to a family dinner on Saturday nights. We will not be able to join you in your visits of the nearby area but we’ll gladly share all useful information and tips. We do not accept pets and will ask our visitors to please refrain from smoking cigarettes inside buildings and using drugs on our property. We can of course organise to drop you off or pick you up at a train station nearbye, the closest to our home being Valence d'Agen.
Nos horaires sont organisés autour du rythme de vie de nos 3 très jeunes enfants (4,5,6 ans) et nous laissent peu de disponibilités, notamment à l’heure des repas. Afin de ne pas imposer nos contraintes familiales à nos hôtes, nous leur suggérons de préparer eux même et prendre leurs repas au moment qui leur convient. En revanche nous vous accueillerons avec joie le samedi soir pour un dîner à la maison. De la même façon, nous ne pourrons pas vous accompagner dans vos visites de la région mais nous serons ravis de partager tous nos conseils et bons plans. Nous ne souhaitons pas accueillir d’animaux et prions nos visiteurs de bien vouloir fumer des cigarettes à l’extérieur des bâtiments et de ne pas consommer de drogues sur la propriété.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
The grounds can of course allow campervans to be parked.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
5 hours / day, 5 days / week - 5 heures par jour, 5 j/sem.
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They're both extremely friendly, open-minded and fun people to meet and work with. They're very dedicated and thorough in completing their assignments. They helped us with a variety of gardening, maintenance and renovation projects this summer and did a great job at it.
Even better,… read more
The whole family was always very kind with us and they helped us with everything we needed. The hours of work are very flexible in the Château and you can organise yourself if you talk with Paul… read more
Regarding work, Brock helped us create a website for our new business venture in our family estate. We only had two weeks to have the website up and running. Prior to this we had had a few e-mail exchanged to make sure we had everything… read more
As always when we… read more
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They're both extremely friendly, open-minded and fun people to meet and work with. They're very dedicated and thorough in completing their assignments. They helped us with a variety of gardening, maintenance and renovation projects this summer and did a great job at it.
Even better,… read more
The whole family was always very kind with us and they helped us with everything we needed. The hours of work are very flexible in the Château and you can organise yourself if you talk with Paul… read more
Regarding work, Brock helped us create a website for our new business venture in our family estate. We only had two weeks to have the website up and running. Prior to this we had had a few e-mail exchanged to make sure we had everything… read more
As always when we… read more
She proved a dedicated and thorough worker. She worked mainly on painting the mouldings of the rooms we're renovating, a long and meticulous task, and she did a great job at it.
As a guest we discovered a very sweet and quiet young woman, open-minded and easygoing, fun to talk with.
All in all we were enchanted… read more
Concerning work, they were extremely dedicated and thorough. They worked a lot on renovating the living rooms (sanding, painting) and gardening and always did a great job. Aimee also gave a few swimming lessons to our eldest daughter who was delighted.
As guests, they are just lovely. Both of them are… read more
I loved the architecture and all the art that the place has as well as the nice dinners and talks. I did mostly gardening, some renovating works and more random tasks here… read more
Phil, thank you for your help and hard work. Thank you also for your detailed feedback ;… read more
Caroline and her husband Paul Alexandre are renovating their château, which is a manor, not a castle as Caroline translates it. They are also… read more
