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Looking for a couple or 2 friends together, energetic, for all sorts of tasks in country life: gardening, firewood, help in our native trees reserve, feed chickens , possibly help with painting a cottage and sheds, some household chores and general tidying up around the property. At the moment we are looking specifically for people with real carpentry skills and experience in it, as well as bricklaying because we doing up a new accommodation cottage for our volunteers such as yourself. Our home is a heritage property and we want to preserve it well. Good English speakers, long term stayers preferred, we look for helpers year round.
You will stay in your own independent section of the house and eat great food with us, live as part of the family. Free unlimited internet, tv etc . We have great views of Mt Hutt and Alps. We are 45 mins from Christchurch and 25 to Mt Hutt skifields. Great tourist area area here with skiing, bush walks, rivers (the mighty Rakaia) lakes etc
We have had workawayers from various parts of the world for many years now and we really enjoy meeting people. Our children have left home, we have grandchildren, one of us is a teacher of languages, the other a builder and we own a luxury lodge with also three houses for guests who want self-catering accommodation .
We cannot take smokers and no special diets (no vegetarians, no vegans no GF or any food fads). We welcome people who will really engage and tune in with what we are doing here, rather than be here on a 'casual holiday' or using us as a cheap way of living while working on your own business online giving priority to that instead of what we do here. If you are squeamish or 'delicate' this is not the place for you, we are in the country, totally rural NZ high country.
There is no public transport where we are, so having your own vehicle is very advisable if you want to go and explore the countryside and general tourist area we are in. It is New Zealand.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn about NZ heritage/gardens/luxury style/olden days/high country/eco-projects/organic preserves/chickens/bees/building and renovating houses/relocating houses/cattle and sheep, etc etc
Help
Couple or 2 friends together, energetic, for all sorts of tasks: gardening, firewood, help in our native trees reserve, feed chickens and dogs, possibly help with painting a cottage and sheds, some household chores and general tidying up around the property. If you have real carpentry skills and experience, we would love to have you, there are many projects going here. Our home is a heritage property and we want to preserve it well.
Good English speakers preferred. Stay 2+ weeks or longer, we look for helpers year round.
You will stay in your independent part of the house and eat great food with us, live as part of the family. Free unlimited internet, tv etc in your cottage. We have great views of Mt Hutt and Alps. We are 45 mins from Christchurch and 25 to Mt Hutt skifields.
Please note we ask an average 4-5 hours help a day per person as listed in the profile in Workaway. This is a total of 25 hrs max which can be spread over several days or combined so that you can go off and do things as well, we are flexible but do not like slackers.
We cannot take smokers and no special diets (no vegetarians, no vegans no GF or any food fads). We welcome people who will really engage and tune in with what we are doing here, rather than be here on a 'casual holiday' or using us as a cheap way of living while working on your own business online giving priority to that instead of what we do here. If you are squeamish or 'delicate' this is not the place for you, we are in the country, totally rural NZ high country.
There is NO pubic transport to our place, we are totally rural,nearest bus is Methven or Darfield 28km away so having your own transport is is advisable. Lots of peace and quiet here, great views of mountains and walks, skiing in the winter, fishing....
No cooking required by you!
Please emails us or phone us!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
German: Beginner
Accommodation
your own bedroom with your own bathroom in a separate section of the house or one of our guests cottages if available -helping with dishes after dinner and being tidy and keeping your rooms clean is not part of your work time please, it is normal daily living and general courtesy. Food is good here!
What else ...
no smokers and no vegetarians please, no special diets or fussy eaters.There is no pubic transport to our place, we are totally rural,nearest bus is Darfield or Methven 27km away. Lots of peace and quiet here, great views of mountains and walks, skiing, fishing, landscape,landscape, landscape.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Digital nomads: you can park your campervan/housetruck etc near a power supply and you sleep there. You can use one of the bathrooms in the homestead. You are still required to do your 25 hrs a week.
Space for parking camper vans
plenty of space for your van/camper
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week (max 25/hours/week)
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The work has been as… read more
The work was totally okay, about 4-5 hours a day and mostly weeding, moving wood around and building a roof for an outdoor toilet.
The food was always good, especially the apple crumble!
Unfortunately we had to… read more
We would love to have her back!
The tasks were totally fair, we did different tasks, like… read more
Mollie and Alex were her for just one week and t felt as if they had always been part of the family. We certainly would love to have them back!
It was a pleasure to have them
Thank you so much for all your help, including doing the recordings for my Spanish teaching, posing for and taking new website photos and brochure, feeding and playing with Luigi and Missy...not being fussy eaters and… read more
Keep in touch you two!
They have super friendly pets, Missy and Luigi(dogs), and Daisy (super fluffy cat), as well as many… read more
One day went to Christchurch agricultural fare to sell Simoneta´s stuff and it was extremely interesting thing to do for… read more
Simonetta and Gary are amazing hosts.
The work is different every day, it's never to hard and you can learn a lot about making beds, setting up tables correctly and cooking.
It was a great mixture between in- and outdoor work and we weren't bored for one day.
The accommodation in… read more
In the program, a lot of gardening, cooking for the weddings and other events,...
Your lodge is just beautiful and it was a perfect first workaway experience with you, thanks you so much for everthing and I wish you all the best!
We were kept busy getting the Eco Reserve up and running and spent the majority of the week planting there, however we also took part in some weeding, feeding the… read more
