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30 Okt. 2025
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Hi there. I live in a beautiful old stone house in Galicia, northern Spain. I moved here in 2017 to try to create a more humble, sustainable and simple life for myself. I am looking for singles or couples to come and stay, enjoy the stunning surroundings and help me with some of the seemingly endless work around the house and the land.
As well as benefitting from your help, I hope to offer you a taste of this kind of lifestyle.
I grow most of my own organic veg and am a pretty decent cook. You can expect a very comfortable bed, good food, power (from solar) and wifi.
Otherwise life here is quiet and simple.
Phone reception is good and I do have decent internet access, although it is not unlimited.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
House sitting
Interessengebiete
Videoaufnahmen
Nachhaltigkeit
Haustiere
Kultur
Film & Fernsehen
Selbstentwicklung
Schreiben
Gärtnern
Geschichte
Kochen & Backen
Blogging
Bücher
Tiere
Outdoor-Aktivitäten
Gebirge
Natur
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
Spanish would be helpful as the locals speak very little English. I am learning but mine, while functional, remains far from fluent. Main attraction around here is the Camino Santiago, traversed by quite a few thousand pilgrims each year. Expect a very slow pace of life - population is quite old in general and not a huge amount goes on here. But if you want peace and quiet, tranquility and simplicity this is the place for you.
Arbeit
Help is generally pretty simple but physically moderately demanding. There is always lots to do, both in the house and on the land. Pulling out brambles and gorse, weeding, gathering and chopping firewood, putting down mulch and fertiliser, maintaining gardens, that sort of thing. There are also chickens and cats that you can help to look after.
There is also plenty to do indoors - decorating, cleaning, reorganising, etc.
You do not need to be highly skilled or to have done this kind of work before as I can easily show you. You just need to be willing to muck in and help out.
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Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Spanisch: Gute Kenntnisse
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Dieser Gastgeber gibt an, dass er dir gern seine Muttersprache beibringt oder selbst eine Sprache lernen möchte.
Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.
Unterkunft
Small double room with an excellent bed. Use of kitchen, bathroom and living areas. Is a help yourself kind of environment. Happy to be sociable or just to leave you alone as you wish. Limited privacy as your room comes straight off lounge, but is fine. If you have a vehicle, come and go as you wish. If not, there is little to do around here, but there are buses to Ourense from the village (about 30 mins walk) 3 or 4 times/day.
I am really very flexible about food. There will always be fruit, bread, nuts, cheese, salad stuff etc. around and you can help yourself as you wish. I will prepare hot meals every day, at least once, again depending on wishes and requirements. As far as I am concerned you are my guest and I will do my best to look after you. For myself I eat very little meat, but I do eat some. If you are a vegetarian that is no problem, vegan diets would be a little harder for me to cater to.
Was noch ...
I am pretty tucked away here. There are buses to Ourense from Os Peares (my nearest village) which is a very nice town with shopping, parks, restaurants/bars and various sights and attractions. Santaigo de Compostela is further away, but easily visited by train or bus from Ourense. This is a little visited corner of Spain - most people go South - but they are missing out on one of the loveliest parts of the world I have seen, and I have travelled a fair bit.
I live very near the confluence of 2 large rivers and so have views along 2 valleys. Lots of birds, lizards and insects like dragonflies and butterflies and the whole place feels like it is bursting with life during the spring and summer. Winters are cold and wet, but on the plus side heat comes from wood burner and open fire which I love - I spend many hours just sitting and staring at the flames.
Finally, if you are an early riser, I would request that you look after yourself in terms of coffee and breakfast as I tend to get up a little later, and go to bed pretty late. I am pretty easy going about most things, so any reasonable requests you may have I will do my best to accommodate.
I will ask that you have a video call with me before we make any firm arrangement, so that we can meet each other and have a chance to talk and ask each other some questions.
Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
Pretty much any size, there is a large parking area about 200m from my house.
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
zwei
Meine Tiere/Haustiere
Fang, Scruffy, Scrappy, PooDee
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The work she did for me was quite hard and not especially fun or interesting, but she did it all diligently and without complaint.
Great attitude and work ethic all… read more
Other than that Galicia has a nice scenery, of which there was a lot because Erik lives in a remote place with only few public… read more
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Kommunikation:
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The work she did for me was quite hard and not especially fun or interesting, but she did it all diligently and without complaint.
Great attitude and work ethic all… read more
Other than that Galicia has a nice scenery, of which there was a lot because Erik lives in a remote place with only few public… read more
After 2-3 weeks I felt confident that Max could look after the place by himself and took a few days to visit friends while he… read more
He lives in a beautiful, really quiet part of Spain.
His cats and chickens are hilarious and I really enjoyed his coking .
Thanks for having me there
Darius was pleasant company and a quiet, considerate houseguest.
I can recommend him as a good workawayer.
Really enjoyed the views and the weather. Erik's cooking skills are above average :), enjoyed his meals.
All in all I'm glad that… read more
He also brought us every Friday to Monforte de Lemos… read more
The work they did was of a high standard and they always clean up… read more
He was a considerate house guest, got on well with the animals and really left… read more
The house is a great little stone house. It's not finished, but the room and bed are cosy and all facilities are available. The kitchen is well stocked!, the shower is warm and there's a wood fire for cold nights.
The house… read more
Julia proved herself to be completely reliable and trustworthy, a considerate houseguest, a good worker and very pleasant company.
I hope she will cone stay again sometime.
Furthermore, we enjoyed his personality which is the reason why we had lots of interesting discussions and liked to share our evenings… read more
