Help gardening and renovating at an ancient farmhouse in the South of France
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Anne is an awesome host. She shared so much with me: introduced me to all of her friends, took me to beautiful hiking spots, visited almost all the surrounding villages and cities, cooked amazing food and sweets every day, and showed me some French traditional dishes and traditions. She is very kind, funny, generous and caring, and I’ll be forever
… read more grateful for the time shared with her.
The accommodation is great, and the surroundings are beautiful. She really deserves all the good reviews she has. I wish you the best!!! Thanks so much!
I did not know I had a Chilean brother till I met Nicolas. He initially was to stay a couple of weeks and then stayed several months. Nicolas is a very pleasant person to live with: calm, discrete, with a very fine sense of humor. He is one of the rare persons who not only know to speak but also to listen. We had good conversations and laughed a
… read more lot. He became a trusted family member to all humans and animals living on the property. During his stay he took care of many tasks: shaping and boosting the vegetable garden, harvesting fruits, repairing the sheep fences, trimming the hedges, renovating stone walls inside and outside, improving the wooden hen house, helping build a sheep feeder, and much more. Nicolas became a dear family member and is welcome back any time in the future.
I had the pleasure to host Teenie for 2 weeks on my property. Teenie is one of the sweetest persons that came here. She is like a warm sunshine, sharing positive vibes. The 2 weeks she stayed here passed too quickly and it’s a shame she had not more time to discover the region. Teenie integrated seamlessly into our small group and went on very
… read more well with any human or animal living here. She is very respect-full and lovely to have around. She is an open-minded person, reading a lot, and we had good conversations on many topics. She helped mainly renovating an old iron gate (cleaning and painting it) what she did thoroughly. She helped with other tasks, too, always fully autonomous and taking on responsibility. She is very talented and creative, she has good ideas and a pragmatic way of doing things. I can definitely recommend Teenie for other workaway places without any doubt and I would love to host her any time again in the future!
Earlier this month I stayed with Anne at her wonderful home for 2 weeks. Anne is such a warm, thoughtful, and welcoming person and pretty much instantly I felt like we would become friends. She’s easy to talk to and open to discussions about a wide variety of topics, and I never felt judged for any differences in opinion we had. She also took me
… read more on several outings into the Pyrenees - we went hiking to a waterfall, we foraged for chestnuts, and one evening I went with her and her friends to a meditation in a nearby town. I really appreciated how welcoming she was and how easily and quickly I felt like a natural part of the crew. Anne is also a creative and intuitive cook. We ate every meal together, and she prepared a wide variety of delicious and organic dishes with local produce and other good-quality ingredients. I felt very well taken care of.
I spent most of my working time there polishing and painting the gate, and Anne was communicative about her expectations, helpful with answering my questions throughout the process, and I was able to be really autonomous with the work. I felt respected and trusted from the beginning. I also did a little bit of cleaning, and I took care of one of the kittens who recently had a surgery. I really felt like the working experience couldn’t have been more ideal.
The house is also situated on such a beautiful property in such an idyllic village. I went on many bike rides and became quite familiar and attached to the area.
If you are lucky enough to stay with Anne, then I highly highly recommend that you take the opportunity! If you are like me, you will leave the experience feeling refreshed, well-fed, and happy!
Thank you for everything Anne, I'm sure I will be back someday!
Beatriz is a pleasant person, calm and responsible, who stayed a couple of weeks at my property this summer. It was nice to have her around, we had good conversations and got along very well. She participated in classical household works and took on small projects on her own, in the garden (e.g. cleaning out weeds) as well as in the house (e.g.
… read more reorganizing the shelves). She worked more hours than asked for and her help was highly appreciated. She was very motivated and integrated well into our small group. She left our place with regrets, and she will certainly come back to the Comminges region at some point later, might it be as a workawayer, a friend or a new resident in France 😉 Always welcome, Beatriz!
I have had the immense luck to find Anne as my first host in this Workawaying world. She is more than welcoming, made the stay completely homely and introduced me to her friends and community. I’d planned to stay for a couple of weeks and then made it a bit longer and then I know I will come back sometime to see how things are going. The house
… read more itself and the countryside are magnificent and calm, the work to be done was adapted to me, both inside and outside the house, and we had excellent meals (a fantastic cook). Thank you very, very much, Anne.Feedback
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Anne is an awesome host. She shared so much with me: introduced me to all of her friends, took me to beautiful hiking spots, visited almost all the surrounding villages and cities, cooked amazing food and sweets every day, and showed me some French traditional dishes and traditions. She is very kind, funny, generous and caring, and I’ll be forever
… read more grateful for the time shared with her.
The accommodation is great, and the surroundings are beautiful. She really deserves all the good reviews she has. I wish you the best!!! Thanks so much!
I did not know I had a Chilean brother till I met Nicolas. He initially was to stay a couple of weeks and then stayed several months. Nicolas is a very pleasant person to live with: calm, discrete, with a very fine sense of humor. He is one of the rare persons who not only know to speak but also to listen. We had good conversations and laughed a
… read more lot. He became a trusted family member to all humans and animals living on the property. During his stay he took care of many tasks: shaping and boosting the vegetable garden, harvesting fruits, repairing the sheep fences, trimming the hedges, renovating stone walls inside and outside, improving the wooden hen house, helping build a sheep feeder, and much more. Nicolas became a dear family member and is welcome back any time in the future.
I had the pleasure to host Teenie for 2 weeks on my property. Teenie is one of the sweetest persons that came here. She is like a warm sunshine, sharing positive vibes. The 2 weeks she stayed here passed too quickly and it’s a shame she had not more time to discover the region. Teenie integrated seamlessly into our small group and went on very
… read more well with any human or animal living here. She is very respect-full and lovely to have around. She is an open-minded person, reading a lot, and we had good conversations on many topics. She helped mainly renovating an old iron gate (cleaning and painting it) what she did thoroughly. She helped with other tasks, too, always fully autonomous and taking on responsibility. She is very talented and creative, she has good ideas and a pragmatic way of doing things. I can definitely recommend Teenie for other workaway places without any doubt and I would love to host her any time again in the future!
Earlier this month I stayed with Anne at her wonderful home for 2 weeks. Anne is such a warm, thoughtful, and welcoming person and pretty much instantly I felt like we would become friends. She’s easy to talk to and open to discussions about a wide variety of topics, and I never felt judged for any differences in opinion we had. She also took me
… read more on several outings into the Pyrenees - we went hiking to a waterfall, we foraged for chestnuts, and one evening I went with her and her friends to a meditation in a nearby town. I really appreciated how welcoming she was and how easily and quickly I felt like a natural part of the crew. Anne is also a creative and intuitive cook. We ate every meal together, and she prepared a wide variety of delicious and organic dishes with local produce and other good-quality ingredients. I felt very well taken care of.
I spent most of my working time there polishing and painting the gate, and Anne was communicative about her expectations, helpful with answering my questions throughout the process, and I was able to be really autonomous with the work. I felt respected and trusted from the beginning. I also did a little bit of cleaning, and I took care of one of the kittens who recently had a surgery. I really felt like the working experience couldn’t have been more ideal.
The house is also situated on such a beautiful property in such an idyllic village. I went on many bike rides and became quite familiar and attached to the area.
If you are lucky enough to stay with Anne, then I highly highly recommend that you take the opportunity! If you are like me, you will leave the experience feeling refreshed, well-fed, and happy!
Thank you for everything Anne, I'm sure I will be back someday!
Beatriz is a pleasant person, calm and responsible, who stayed a couple of weeks at my property this summer. It was nice to have her around, we had good conversations and got along very well. She participated in classical household works and took on small projects on her own, in the garden (e.g. cleaning out weeds) as well as in the house (e.g.
… read more reorganizing the shelves). She worked more hours than asked for and her help was highly appreciated. She was very motivated and integrated well into our small group. She left our place with regrets, and she will certainly come back to the Comminges region at some point later, might it be as a workawayer, a friend or a new resident in France 😉 Always welcome, Beatriz!
I have had the immense luck to find Anne as my first host in this Workawaying world. She is more than welcoming, made the stay completely homely and introduced me to her friends and community. I’d planned to stay for a couple of weeks and then made it a bit longer and then I know I will come back sometime to see how things are going. The house
… read more itself and the countryside are magnificent and calm, the work to be done was adapted to me, both inside and outside the house, and we had excellent meals (a fantastic cook). Thank you very, very much, Anne.
Vom Workawayer (Laura) für Host
I had such an incredible stay at Anne's farm house, I love every minute of it :) Anne was so welcoming and offered to help me with all sorts of things in my trip of France. She lives in a beautiful and peaceful place, with lots of animals on the property to play with and care for. Anne's cooking is awesome and she kept me very well fed throughout
… read more my time with her! My work was mostly outdoors in the garden by myself which I found very enjoyable and peaceful. As well well as other things like cleaning the sheep and chicken enclosures and looking after one of the kittens who had a broken leg. Anne welcomed me into her social life, I attended a village party and social drinks and the movies with her. I had such a great time, I ended up staying three weeks rather than two and I can't wait to come back again one day! Thanks so much AnneVom Host für Workawayer (Laura)
Laura had planned to stay 1 week and finally stayed 3. She is a very nice person to have around: calm, autonomous, caring, responsible and solution-oriented. I very much enjoyed her presence, and I invited her to come back any time she would like to. She adapted to any task that would come up, from gardening to cooking, preparing a party space and
… read more taking care of animals. I absolutely recommend her for her easy-going attitude, good conversations we had, her autonomous character, and for all tasks she was confronted with:
Gardening: she trimmed the vegetable garden from a state of pure wilderness into an organized garden, within short time, and cleared out a spot that was conquered by nettles. Animal care: I felt extremely lucky to have Laura here when one of the kittens came back from surgery and needed constant care. Laura then became a catsitter at full time during several days and she was an amazingly caring nanny for this little animal! She also walked the dog regularly and cleaned out the sheep and hens’ shelters.
Cooking: Laura is a fantastic cook with a creative approach and everything she makes is absolutely delicious. Friends said she could be a chef. A nice plus: she always cleaned up the kitchen properly without someone having to ask for.
She is welcome back at my property any time in the future!
Vom Host für Workawayer (Lucy Mair)
Lucy is a sweet & intelligent person, interesting to talk to, and we laughed a lot. She spent ten days at my property during which she piled wood into a trailer, helped clean out the barn and started to get rid of the weeds under the sheep fence. We made her discover the high Pyrénées mountains and several typical & historical villages. She got
… read more initiated to eating fresh fruit from a local market, to Tibetan bowls and light rock climbing in St Bertrand de Comminges. If you welcome Lucy at your home, please introduce her to musicians, like I did, as she wants to settle in Paris and start her music business soon. I wish her plenty of energy & courage for this project, and I am convinced she has already everything it needs to become a famous singer & a successful music event manager!
Vom Workawayer (Matt) für Host
I spent 4 weeks with Anne, helping with her house renovation and other jobs around the property.
The stay far exceeded my expectations, mainly thanks to Anne’s warm hospitality, conversation and cooking skills!
It was lovely getting to know Anne and I hope to visit again at some point in the future.
The food was great, Anne’s advice for local and
… read more not so local places to visit was incredibly appreciated and I genuinely couldn’t have asked for more.Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.
Vom Host für Workawayer (Matt)
Matt came as a workawayer and after 4 weeks left as a friend. He is a wonderful person, very considerate, with a great sense for humor and strongly positive-minded. We had great conversations and even though Matt is a manager in his professional life, he is very talented with house renovation and garden works. His help was precious to me during
… read more this very difficult winter period. Matt was just pushing away problems and silently presenting solutions, proof of his generous beautiful character. We hope to see Matt here again next year, he will always be welcome at my home!
Vom Host für Workawayer (Robert)
Robbie is a nice person to have around. He immediately fits into a place, he is calm, friendly and hardworking. He mainly worked outside, disassembling an old dog house and a former fence, and organising the water pipeline on the property. I can definitely recommend him for other Workaway places. Thank you for your help, Robbie, we wish you all
… read more the best for your journey around the globe, and don't forget to come back to France one day to hike on the G10 trail in the Pyrénées :-)
Vom Workawayer (Robert) für Host
Anne was nice enough to take me in last minute after another Workaway canceled on me and I had a wonderful time! The work was straightforward, I spent most of my ten days taking down an old dog house and removing an old overgrown fence. Anne's cooking was a real treat, always delicious! Cedric and Eric, the other two people on the property, were
… read more great to be around. Not to mention the dogs Topo and Sage who will make sure you always feel welcome. It's also a great area, lots of biking opportunities to interesting and beautiful places.Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.
Vom Workawayer (Saoirse) für Host
Lovely place to stay. Felt at home from the minute I arrived. Anne is such a kind and generous host, always going out of her way to make you feel welcomed. Not to mention an exceptional cook! Didn't go a day without eating something delicious.
The work was varied from demolishing chimneys to rehoming pallets, to collecting chestnuts, so always
… read more something to do!
If there was one thing I had to take from this place it would be a new found love of chestnuts.Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.
Vom Host für Workawayer (Saoirse)
Saoirse is one of the loveliest persons I ever met. She was a sunshine in our house during the three weeks she spent with us! Always hardworking and staying all the time positive, very mature for her young age, with a pragmatic approach to all problems, turning them silently into solutions. Saoirse is calm, motivated, a fast learner and integrates
… read more perfectly into any new place. She brings with her very good working skills and good mood (and also some very yummy recipes, not to neglect!), so when she left for another workaway experience, we were all sad. I can only recommend her for her excellent soft skills and outstanding working skills (wood work, wall and parquet restoration, work in the garden and with the animals, etc). We hope to see her back soon again!
Vom Workawayer (Jack) für Host
I spent three great weeks at Anne's. Anne is a very kind-hearted person who made me feel immediately at home. She helped me immensely with my French by being extremely patient with me and only speaking French (thank you so much for this :D) she always had recommendations of things to do in the area and great walking trails in the Pyrenees.
Anne
… read more is an amazing cook and her meals were always something to look forward to! I have never eaten such delicious vegetables. We always took meals together and I really enjoyed talking with Eric and Anne around the table. Eric is helping with the house renovations and another great person especially if you go out for a beer with him! It was really sad to leave the house as I felt like I was leaving good friends behind.
The work was fair and varied, I could choose when to work and which jobs to start which I really liked as it gave me plenty of time to do other things. I helped moving building materials, stacking fire wood, building a small hay bale wall, preparing the vegetable patch, walking the dog (I miss Topo..) and other odd jobs around the grounds.
Anne and Eric thanks so much for a great experience and I hope to see you both again!Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.
Vom Host für Workawayer (Jack)
Jack spent 3 weeks with us and it was one of the greatest pleasures to have him here. He is a wonderful person, full of respect for the others and who integrates easily into a new place.
He is smart, calm, kindhearted, always positive and has a lot of humor.
Jack helped with various works around the house, from cleaning the barn, isolating the
… read more sheep shelter to preparing the vegetable garden for next year’s plantation. He offered his help without one needing to ask for it and he was very autonomous.
We were sad when he had to leave, as if a good friend left, and we will be delighted if he comes back.
Jaques will always be welcome in my house!
Vom Workawayer (Hannah) für Host
I spent five weeks in Anne's beautiful home and had an amazing experience. Anne was the kindest, most caring human I've ever had the gift of working for. This area was the most beautiful scenery, with a view of the Pyrénées mountains most days. Anne brought me to the mountains, to ancient villages throughout the area, on hiking daytrips through
… read more the forest and mountains, to the local farmer's market each week, the grocery store, to Spain, to the lake (Lac de la Gimone), and to many towns throughout the region. She is an incredibly good language teacher, and after the fourth day I only spoke in French with her and the tenant who was also living there. They were incredibly patient and encouraging, and I have so many positive memories of them telling stories and laughing together, and this total immersion made my French improve faster than I ever imagined possible so I can now speak and understand comfortably. She is an amazing teacher of French and remembered the words I already knew, using those to make sure I understood, then later expanding more.
She met me at the train station, opened her beautiful home to me, made the most amazing meals (with every detail made beautiful, and she went out of her way to make incredibly delicious vegan food for me). She treated me like a daughter and friend, and I have never felt so loved and cared for. The work was relatively enjoyable, with a lot of rewarding projects, using and developing new skills to achieve tangible results, like repairing an electric fence, removing plaster from the walls, rebuilding the shelter for the sheep, removing hortilles and invasive plants, feeding the sheep and chickens each evening, organizing the barn, and moving logs of firewood with the small tractor. The area around the farm was incredibly beautiful. She spent many days showing me around the area, and we became very close over the five weeks, and she was truly the kindest and most caring host I could imagine. It was a beautiful place for running, and the work (4 hours each day) was fulfilling and independent, so I listened to audiobooks. It also is a good place to work remotely, with strong wifi and a flexible schedule so we could break up the 4 hours of work throughout the day. I strongly recommend this experience if you want to enjoy beautiful nature, clean delicious healthy food, fulfilling outdoor work, and one of the kindest, most caring, most generous hosts in the world.Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.
Vom Host für Workawayer (Hannah)
Hannah is one of the loveliest persons I have ever met. She is an intelligent young lady with a beautiful mind, gentle and hardworking, highly educated and always solution-oriented. If I could, I would immediately adopt her! I can recommend Hannah for her exceptional character based on human values (responsibility, respect, kindness, generosity,
… read more patience, humour …) and for her various skills (she is one of these impressing persons that have more talents than time to spend on). She became a dear friend to me during this summer and will be welcome at my home any time in the future.
Vom Host für Workawayer (Dano)
I just met Dano and Theresa and I can say that they are very nice persons, one feels comfortable in their presence, they are calm, cheerful and warmhearted. I would have loved to have them around but it was difficult to organise because of our mutual animals. Please give them a chance if your place is suited to welcome them!
Vom Workawayer (Benoit) für Host
I highly recommend this picturesque house in this charming little village.
I was there during the heat wave and I could go to the beautiful gorges de la save to cool down.
That's was a good life, eating outside at the evening and having some nice conversations.
The job is not too much demanding and there's a lot of different things to do.
Anne
… read more will take care of you very well and she always cook lovely meals with much attentions.
I felt very comfortable and spoiled out!
Merci Anne et à bientôt !!Du kannst nur Workawayer mit aktiver Mitgliedschaft kontaktieren.
Vom Host für Workawayer (Benoit)
Benoit is a reliable and mindful person, with a great ability to adapt and fit into a place. Immediately, one has the feeling to welcome not a stranger but a friend. As Benoit has traveled a lot, he has much life experience and is very interesting to speak with. He worked seriously under extreme conditions (hottest days in France ever) but still
… read more with a smile and a positive mind. I can definitely recommend Benoit for his gentle personality, his human values and his large working skills. He is always welcome here, any time again, short or long stay!Wir haben festgestellt, dass es in deinem Profil weniger als 3 Fotos gibt. Für das neue Gastgeberprofil-Layout empfehlen wir dir unbedingt, mehr als 3 Fotos zu haben, damit sich dein Profil optisch hervorhebt.
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Help gardening and renovating at an ancient farmhouse in the South of France
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