Help with general garden tasks, starting a vegetable garden and limewash brick front in Girona, Spain

  • Last activity : 17 Jun 2025

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  2025 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    RIGHT NOW I HAVE MOST OF THE SUMMER AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO COME. General garden and house maintenance, and laying a wooden floor.

    ***** Please note that the feedback I have is from when I had my previous place in Tarifa, Cádiz, where I started hosting Workawayers. I have moved to Girona 1 year ago.
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    I welcome someone (or a couple) to help with general garden tasks. I am also planning an organic vegetable garden, a wooden pergola, and perhaps a solar water heater. Currently mostly limewashing the brick outside of the house.

    I have a small carpentry and welding shop at home, so it's a good chance for you to learn a little bit. I also do my own plumbing and electrical work if you are interested in learning.

    Help with any of the above would be greatly appreciated. I try to respond very quickly to requests. I've been a Workawayer myself and know that it is important.

    The house is a 5 minute drive from Caldes de Malavella, in a quiet residential area with forests around to take walks.

    I welcome volunteers suggestions for grocery shopping and look forward to trying new recipes. In any case, you will also have your own kitchen and fridge so you can stock up and cook what you like.

    Accomodation is in one of the double rooms in the house with your own bathroom. For cooking you will use the kitchen in the caravan I have in the front garden. You will generally be doing your own cooking.

    I don't drink alcohol, but guests are welcome to as long as it's not during work hours and moderately outside of them.

    I want to offer a space here where you feel free to offer your particular skills and where you don't worry about what you don't know.

    For mutual benefit, I suggest you try it for one week and then we can both decide if the arrangement can work out for a longer period.

    I look forward to hearing from you!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    You can learn a bit of carpentry and also basic house maintenance in general (electric, plumbing).

  • Help

    Help

    General garden work, construction of a pergola. Water irrigation installation. Limewashing outside of home.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Catalan: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Intermediate
    Italian: Intermediate

    This host offers a language exchange
    My native tongues are Catalan and Spanish. I also speak English as a native, and medium level French and Italian.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Your own bedroom and bathroom in the house with separate entrance; kitchen and living room in a caravan.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    On your spare time, I can drive you to the train station, where you can be in Barcelona in less than an hour, Girona in 15 minutes or Figueres in 40 minutes, and to beaches also in about 30-40 minutes by train.

    I also go to town almost every day, either to work or shop, so volunteers are welcome to share the ride and spend some time in the town of Caldes de Malavella, which has some Roman Thermal baths pretty well preserved and worth touring around. The town is very relaxed and nice to walk about. For any other questions, feel free to contact me.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    Good wifi and a good desk in the caravan, and quiet.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Cats ok, but no dogs, I have a cat, chickens and currently a peacock and peahen.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 116761691771

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