Help to rehabilitate my 19th century farmhouse and enjoy a language exchange in Sarzay, France

Beschreibung

English spoken burning-out woman needs help!
Ex interior decorator and landscape gardener.
Travelled in 28 countries and lived 8 years in London.
Hardworker, persistant and passionate.

Moved back to Central France 10 years ago and have been working on atypical 19th century farm rehabilitation since.
Need help for maintenance, gardening and construction.

A couple would be ideal as man and woman can complete each other, helping on the George Sand's area traditional family farm or one independant, resourceful person who has initiative.
4 or 5 hours work in the morning(it is hot in the afternoon!).
Being together in the afternoon(or not,depending on what helpers prefer), if hot preferably going swimming in rivers or lake otherwise visiting neaby area.
I would prefer to relax on my own in the evenings so we can respect each other's space.
Handyman, builder, mason, carpenter, landscape gardener is welcome as well as ecological and self-sufficiency living people.

Willing to exchange knowledge in French language and cooking and gardening and visiting typical swimming rivers and lakes around as well as castles and watermills.

Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Hausarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Sprachpraxis
Unterrichten

Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

Discover how 19th century farmers used to live, how to grow vegetables and to look after old rural self-sufficient farm from Berry.
French language, french cooking and discovering castles, watermills and swimmable rivers and lakes of George Sand's area.

Arbeit

House cleaning
Gardening(vegetable garden), cutting grass, triming branches,weeding, spreading compost around garden
Carrying light furniture, put shelves on the wall, making a bit of cement or lime for bottom walls, floor board, painting garden furniture, planting stakes, small area under roof insulation

Sprachen

Gesprochene Sprachen
English: Fließend
French: Fließend

Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
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

One single and a double tent by the river Couarde.
Ecological showering and dry toilets.
3 meals a day offered

Was noch ...

Available buses, old bikes to visit George Sand's house(6 km's away), shared car to visit Sarzay's castle(walking distance) and wild nature places in hot weather july or august time.

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

Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

zwei

Arbeitszeiten

Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week