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Dear Workawayer!
You are very welcome to stay at our beautiful 400 year old farm in South-France. We have a mystical landscape of 10 acres with stunning views, very old trees and monolithic rocks. On the fields surrounding our house, we have started planting a food forest and wild flowers to enrich the soil and create more biodiversity. We care about Mother Nature and we want to support wildlife. You will find amongst others lots of deers and hawks on our land.
Next to the main house, we have a separate gite and 3 nature cabins. You will have your own house whilst staying here! To make your days at our estate extra pleasant, we have an eco swimmingpool and a wood-fired sauna in the garden. Living here is all about enjoying nature, tranquility, playfulness and freedom.
We are a Dutch family from Amsterdam with two children (our daughter age 11 and son age 9) that decided to move to France in 2021. We love the adventure of living in another country, learning French and having an outdoor live. Our sweet rescue dog and two cats make the family complete. We speak Dutch and English, basic French and Spanish. We mostly cook vegetarian. We like to do sport activities like walking, windsurfing, cycling and yoga and meditation. We love to have dinner in the garden, make fires and and enjoy stunning sunsets.
We are mainly looking for extra help around the house and in the garden, where we are learning about permaculture and planting a forest. It is a big place and there are always very diverse things to do. From chopping old wood, planting new trees, maintaining the vegetable bed, working in the garden, maintaining the wooden cabins, building cool new things (be creative :-), looking after the animals, playing with the kids, cleaning, cooking, to giving French and/ or English lessons. Whatever qualities you have, everything comes in handy.
We are looking forward to meeting nice people that have a positive attitude and like to help out. What you recieve in return is living in a beautiful estate, having losts of freedom, being outdoors, enjoy nature and having a good time. We can teach you English, if you speak another language. We can also take you along a more spiritual path of meditation and sjamanic rituals in nature. Having bbq's, playing football in the garden, enjoying the pool and sauna can also be part of your experience!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are looking forward to meeting nice people that have a positive attitude and like to help out. What you recieve in return is living in a beautiful estate, having losts of freedom, being outdoors, enjoy nature and having a good time. At our estate you can BBQ, play pingpong, make use of the sauna, have open air movie nights, have nature walks and also enjoy your private time. We can teach you English, if you speak another language. You can learn about gardening, family life, planting a food forest, agroforestry and eco gardening. We are also oriented towards sjamanism and we can do rituals in nature. You will learn from us and live with us, however you will also have a lot of freedom. It is good if you like your private time, as we also value some private familie time.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are mainly looking for extra help around the main house, the gite, cabins and the garden. We can host a couple or two friends. It is a big place and there are always very diverse things to do.
From chopping old wood, planting new trees, maintaining the vegetable bed, working in the garden, maintaining the wooden cabins, building cool new things, looking after the animals, playing with the kids, cleaning, maintaining the swimmingpool, sometimes cooking, to giving French and/ or English lessons. Make music, be creative. Whatever qualities you have, everything will be appreciated.
Ps. The gite and the holiday cabins are for rent in July and August. It will not be your responsibility to do any business related tasks.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We are interested in learning French. We can teach you English.
Accommodation
You will have a super beautiful and authentic holiday house for yourself, fully equiped with livingroom, kitchen and bathroom and suitable for 2 people. You can cook for yourself, we will provide groceries and we can eat together about 3 times a week. Sometimes I will invite you for dinner and sometimes you can cook. It depends on your preferences really. We will discuss preferences clearly before arrival.
If you have a campervan, you can park it at our terrain.
What else ...
In the near surroundings there are things to do, but a car is required for all trips. If you have a drivers license, you can borrow our car. Going to the bakery in town is possible by bike. We can also recommend visiting the beach, or join us for a trip to the beach. It is an hour and 15 minute drive.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Yes, we are digital nomad friendly, we have a beautiful gite with good working internet.
Space for parking camper vans
You can park your van at our terrain.
Can possibly accept pets
We have the possibility of hosting animals. We have a dog and two cats. If you have a dog that chases cats, we have to be carefull with this.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The house and surrounding land was a pleasure to work on - we loved the variety of tasks each day and the fact we were working as part of a team, alongside… read more
We can highly recommend her as a workawayer.
We hope to see Chloe back one day :-)
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The house and surrounding land was a pleasure to work on - we loved the variety of tasks each day and the fact we were working as part of a team, alongside… read more
We can highly recommend her as a workawayer.
We hope to see Chloe back one day :-)
