Frankreich
Bisher 344 mal gespeichert
UNEXPECTEDLY until latest departure 28 FEBRUARY 2020
I can take one female person for light domestic cleaning, cooking, pruning roses, general help.
A hardy soul who doesn't mind the cold. There are woodburners. No central heating!
You may stay between 5 and 10 days max...
Let me know where you are from, travelling from and where to next.
PRIVATE home. Quiet village.
Would suit ONE independent, MATURE person who respects privacy. Two considered.
1 to 2 weeks appreciated. Possibly 3 to 4 weeks.
English.
French speaking.
Gartenarbeit
Bauarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Sonstige Arbeiten
Hausarbeiten
Sprachen praktizieren
Hilfe mit Computer / Internet
France profunde. Retreat. Solitude. Tranquility. Nature.
Seasonal Touristic Events.
Place to Pursue interests - reading, music, art, writing, walking, cycling, kayaking, wild river swimming.
Study French / English.
Share recipes, preparation, cooking, clearing dishes.
Piano currently un-tuned.
READ PROFILE CAREFULLY.
Apply for TASKS for which you have knowledge, experience and WILL be able to achieve. :)
UNEXPECTEDLY 10 FEBRUARY 2020 until 28 FEBRUARY 2020
I can take one female person for light domestic cleaning, cooking, pruning roses, general help.
A hardy soul who doesn't mind the cold. There are woodburners. No central heating!
You may stay between 5 and 10 days max...
The tasks below do not apply before MAY 2020.
GROUP A
1a) CLEARING & DECLUTTERING.
i. Clear sheds.
ii. Help to continue / organise decluttering.
1b) April 2020 onwards : YARD SALES / Organised village Vide Grenier sales / for unwanted items.
Strong muscles required.. This is not a commercial business.
GROUP B:
2.Computers:
APPLE Mac / MS WORD / BLURB (or similar) USER is ESSENTIAL plus EBAY/PAYPAL experience
Help to advertise / sell unwanted items online (local, UK, European) including DIY stuff
Online 'how to do it' knowledge to research (value, postage costs, etc). especially of piano and recorder sheet music, educational music / books. This is not a business. I am retired from my profession.
3. Computers:
3a) Help delete duplicated photos with software purchased.
3b) Help create digital book(s) of my photos / writings / blog
3c) Advise how to organise personal documents.
GROUP C:
10. Sort and organise tools / building equipment
11. Four bicycles need service.
5.. Use electric saws to convert 2 sq metres of unused pine rafters into kindling. help in a team of two. Must be machinery experienced. No insurance provided.
8. Someone with experience to repair and/or Make a pair of gates, another gate door, repair panel fencing, build garden border fencing.
6. Apx 6 sq m of soil in open walled shed needs concrete base, before cement mixer is sold.
9. Sharpen chainsaw - Meditation!
7. Make rose bush supports using recycled wood, metal or purchased materials. Non urgent but would be nice!
12. Advise for internal renovation.
17. Dream of a hammock support to be made or installed.
GROUP D:
13. MAY 2020
Repaint white 40m2 Salon.
Sand / Paint stair case and well - requires high reach with standing boards.
14. MAY 2020
Sand & Repaint external bifold doors, shutters, metal gates, wooden gates
Two experienced people accepted. I expect it to be about 4 weeks.
GROUP E: ONGOING
4. Mowing / Weeding / Pruning / Clear Ivy from stone walls
15. Easy house cleaning in a clean house which must stay clean!
I am happy to do this but furniture sometimes needs to be moved.
16. Sewing Machine service check. Some repairs and Patchwork materials to create!
English + French (not fluent)
ACCOMMODATION:
Renovated ground floor French fermette, built 1850s.
The chateau is not MY medieval ruin!
Peaceful village and countryside.
An hour's drive from public transport.
You will be collected from station / airport. Looking for a newer vehicle!
Single bedroom with shared bathroom / shower above bath.
Twin bedroom if a couple.
Tent accommodation possible in summer.
Parking space for vehicle.
Use exterior toilet and wash area and by arrangement indoor facilities.
No television.
24/7 Internet with Extender Wifi system (currently a mystery!)
FOOD:
Healthy meals with morning coffee / afternoon tea.
Dine with host - Vegan. Vegetarian. Fish. Lamb , Beef, Chicken. (NEVER pork, turkey, veal).
Reduced wheat / Gluten free diets.
Bread usually spelt, rye or other quality grain.
Wine might be served.
Contribution appreciated if you imbibe. Alcohol free days! .
Please provide your own treats such as chocolate / peanut butter / anything you crave for!
Opportunity to cook providing kitchen rules are respected.
I am a good cook without recipes but willing to learn new styles of eating.
OTHER INFORMATION:
1. Follow house rules.
2. Some small size work clothes available.
3. Good, not new bicycles, available for cycling in safe, flattish landscape ( see above)
4. Unsuitable for smokers, alcoholics, animals, children
5. Spring & Summer - house is dark and cool. Courtyard collects heat from stone walls. Rear garden available to sit and watch sun rise / sunset / bats weather permitting hear cuckoos, nightingales, swallows.
Winter - interesting retreat from society, isolated, spiritually educational with solitude, tranquillity, opportunity to write,
draw, hunker down once tasks are achieved.
Autumn & Winter - If you need central heating then this is not the place for you. Trying to get it connected! Sometimes
woodturners produce so much heat French doors have to be opened. Other times it's a job to get warm! Woodburners are managed by the HOST for Health & Safety. You may stack logs, chop kindling, bring logs in....
6. Hot water bottles, electric radiators, blankets, shawls are available.
Frugal is good but not to be cold!
TRAVEL:
Collection from Poitiers airport or Chatellerault train station takes apx an hour in each direction!
Taxi from Chatellerault = 70 to 100 euros in one direction. Sometimes a bus to La Roche Posay.
There is no other transport.
Angles sur L'Anglin is a Garden of Paradise, Artists Dream, famous for Magdalennian rock shelter carvings, 'Les Jours' embroidery and a ruined 12th century Chateau. You can walk, cycle, swim, canoe, kayak, fish. The village in winter has fewer than 400 full time residents and in Summer expands with many Parisian and other second home owners. There are restaurants, restos, bars, a wonderful English tea shop serving meals, a bakery, a multi-services bar and shop with Wifi, small library and market vans. Oysters are sold in appropriate months. Check availability in winter as restaurants close without tourists! It has a part time Tourist Office. No cinema. Supermarkets within 10km. Spa town 12km. One to two hours drive to River Loire Chateaux. On the border of Brenne National Park, a haven for flora and fauna. It is unsuitable for those who like city razzamatazz. Every day is different, yet stone walled houses have stood for aons and pathways take you to hidden natural treasures.
No Street lights after 23h / 24h.
Roadside gates close around dusk.
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
zwei
Maximum 25 hours per week
