Help a retired couple with DIY tasks and around our home and garden in Aurignac, France

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  Beschreibung

  We are a retired couple - English, living in France since 1980's and we have just moved from the Béarn area to the Midi Pyrenees south of Toulouse.
  
  We are both a bit handicapped, and so now our working capacity has become limited. I have advancing arthritis and am suffering from bad after effects of a covid vaccination - 18 months now. Paul is diabetic and has been suffering with kidney failure and so this is limiting his gardening ability.
  
  I am passionate about mosaics and had a small workshop in our last house which I am in the process of unpacking and setting up here. I also like stones and minerals and love beach-coming and vide greniers, so I have lots of finds which I like to incorporate into my mosaics. I have given workshops in both beading and mosaics and hope to do more in our new home. Paul likes music and languages. He has an electronic piano, is tri-lingual and passionate about French and English language, nuances of translations etc, he does also speak German and a smattering of Italian.
  
  We have just moved to a much bigger house near the Pyrenees which is walking distance from a small up and coming trendy country town with all amenities and fab views of the Pyrenees.
  The house is very run down and so we are having electricians, and plumbers working on and off at present. It has a big garden and so there is lots to do and a fair amount of help is needed.
  
  When not helping out at the house, in the local town there is a cinema, local brasserie, restaurants shops and a nice social club. The scenery around is stunning and so there is no shortage of places to walk and visit. There are busses and the train station is only a ten minute drive away, so we can take and pick up if needed.

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Kunstprojekte

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  I am happy to share what I know about beading, bead weaving and wire work I really like making ear wires and earrings. But my main love will be introduction to mosaic and pic assiette. I will be making pic assiette tiles and maybe pebble mosaic slabs for the garden.
  Hubby is bi-lingual and member of institute of linguists, so French people studying English to a higher level or English studying French from beginners to high level will get lots of help here and practice with our family who are french and other visitors.

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  Arbeit

  There is a choice of things to do here to suit how folk most like to help out.
  We need help making the rooms liveable in our new home - paper stripping ready for re- papering and decorating. I am having trouble with my arms and cannot lift anything over 5 kilos so need lots of help moving and unpacking boxes. Our garage was a jumbled mess and I am halfway through sorting it out, Its emptied into a tent and I need help with shelving and putting it back nicely.
  I need help in the house to clean and maybe cook, so I can set up my mosaic workshop - also help drilling and erecting stuff in various areas is badly needed.
  My husband loves to cook - Indian is his forté - but following recent brain surgery, he gets confused and so sometimes he needs accompanying, ditto for gardening - he has already done a lot of clearing but still needs help on more clearing and reorganising the garden and we need help cutting, chopping and stacking wood.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Deutsch: Fließend
  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Fließend
  Italienisch: Grundkenntnisse

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  I am English and speak fairly fluent French. Paul is also English, very passionate about French having lived and worked here since the 70's he is completely fluent and quite fastidious about use of both French and English and so is great help for anyone studying either language. He is also fluent in German and speaks a little Italian.
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  Unterkunft

  The house is large and although there are bedrooms to spare, they all need work and are in the process of being stripped. So all the rooms will have to swap about a little according to work being done - but the helper guest room will always be relatively comfy and sufficiently cooled in summer or warm in winter.
  We have a pool with a countercurrent swim machine which, once set up , you will be most welcome to use 😉and for which we will need help to set up in early summer and continue to clean it, as my injured shoulders make it too hard for me to do. The pool is usually good even to end of October, then we may need help to get it ready to overwinter.
  Eating should be regular and on time for hubby as he is diabetic - but as we get stuck into things often people ask to finish what they are doing and eat a little later. Guests will certainly be welcome to join in and help with meal preparation will be greatly appreciated. We have a big gas fired barbecue outside with hobs and its used all year round. We like Indian, English, French we both love traditional as well as trying new things. Exchange of culinary skills is most welcome.

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  Was noch ...

  You will need your own transport if you want to go exploring the mountains, although there are trains and buses which we can help you to get to and from. The town is about 700 metres from the house. And there is a big municipal pool, a camp site, restaurants, supermarket, post office, cinema, small brasserie (we are told the beer is good) and many other small shops. Doctors surgery and pharmacy are also to be found in the town which is trendy country town about an hour south of Toulouse, about 30 minutes from St Gaudens and has fab views of the Pyrenees.
  We tend to live a fairly quiet life, we do love to play petanque, and are quite competitive, we like music, hubby plays piano, but we don't like it overpowering.
  On days off you will be welcome to stay and soak up the rays in the garden if you wish or if you prefer to go out exploring we can help you with that - there are so many lovely places to visit in the Pyrenees, many of which are just around an hour from us. We love vide greniers (like an English car-boot sale) and you will be most welcome to come along with us.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  We have fibre, so very fast internet.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We have room for camper-vans or full sized motor home if necessary.

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Well trained dogs are welcome. we do NOT allow dogs on our furniture or on beds. Cats are also very welcome.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Arbeitszeiten

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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