Renovation of a house and garden and/or babysitting in Santillana del mar, Spain

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  Beschreibung

  We need help with the renovations of our new house, plastering, painting, building a stage behind the house, lots of gardening, and we also need help babysitting and sometimes with art projects, website updating etc. We have two spare double rooms for workawayers so ideally we will have two workawayers staying most of the time, could also suit a couple or friends travelling together. Please email me with the dates you wish to come, and how long you wish to stay, we prefer long stays of two or more months, please don’t ask me for less than 1 month unless you have highly desirable skills (eg are a very good musician, or have other useful profesional skills we may need)
  
  We're a family of 4, Annie (a harpist/busker from England) and Javi (a photographer/video maker from Spain) a 13 year old son Timo (from Ireland) and our latest member, a 6 month old baby girl Anouk.
  We’ve just bought a house close by that needs renovating, let us know what you are able to do, plastering, painting, flooring, gardening etc.
  We'd expect you to help about 5 hours a day and have two days off each week and we'll provide you with food and accommodation.
  
  Would ideally suit a couple of two friends.
  
  A bit about us....
  I enjoy music (I play the harp) and travelling. I make a living playing harp mostly from playing in the streets over the summer and a few hours teaching English over the winter. Javi is a professional photographer and videographer, he's also teaching photography, so it would be the ideal house for creative types. We also put on some garden concerts over the summer months playing movie themes on the harp with a silent projection containing clips from the movies.
  We are very relaxed, easy-going and flexible, we won't over work you. We have had quite a lot of au pairs and workawayers so far and they have all been lovely and very happy here, I was also an Au Pair a few years ago so hopefully we can be the perfect host family!

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Kunstprojekte

  Sprachpraxis

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Here you can improve you English or Spanish, we can teach you a little music or photography if you're interested. We invite you to join us when we go to the beach or to town and we'll be able to show you a little of the surrounding area which is very beautiful. We're very close to the beach and the mountains.
  We're very used to having people stay, often we have friends here and couch surfers passing by, we like to spend our summer evenings sitting outside, eating and chatting.

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  Projekte mit Kindern

  Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

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  Arbeit

  -we have just bought a house and are renovating it, we especially need people who can plaster, paint and get the garden started.
  -we need more time so your help would also involve cleaning, cooking and babysitting Anouk as Javi and I both work a lot at home, I need to practice and Javi needs to edit videos.
  
  Also it's really important to us that we can get on with each other and enjoying living together, working together, sharing some free time together etc. We're open and warm people, we enjoy people staying. For us the most important is that you have a positive attitude and you're keen to help us out and see what needs to be done without needing to be told every little thing. We all are guilty of spending a bit too much time on our phones and in front of screens but we don’t want to host people at home who do nothing other than look at screens all day long.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Fließend

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  French or Italian speakers are especially welcome!
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  Unterkunft

  We live in a house in valles, it's 5 km from Santillana del mar, a beautiful touristy village in the north of Spain close to Santander. You'll have your own room which has a double bed and a shared bathroom. Our house includes numerous harps, a piano, a few cellos of different sizes (including a full-size), a guitar, a terrace and garden. We're also 20 minutes walking distance from Puente san miguel where you have the train and a few shops and bars and a bike you can borrow.

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  Was noch ...

  Santillana is beautiful, a lovely medieval village. We have famous prehistoric caves (altamira) in the village, the camino de santiago passes through here, we're very close to the sea. We're also 20 minutes by bus from Comillas, another beautiful town. We're about 30 minutes from Santander too. There is plenty to see in the surrounding areas, beaches, mountains. Public transport is quite limited though, hitchhiking is a good option:)

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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

  Desk in room and good internet connection (optical fibre)

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Platz für Wohnmobile.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  mehr als zwei

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  Arbeitszeiten

  25 a week

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