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Unfortunately we have no availability for any more workawayers right now till the end of october.
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Hi there
We are a recently retired couple. Fabrizio is Italian and I’m Irish (Yvonne). We both took early retirement in July 2021 to pursue our dream of moving to Sicily. We’re just coming to the end of renovating our wonderful house and large garden, only 800m from the sea and beautiful beaches.
We love Sicily, love good food, and enjoy the sunshine. We can provide accommodation and all meals to someone who’d be happy to get stuck in to general work in both the house and the garden.
The garden in particular needs a lot of attention and will require some pretty physical work. Although work on the house is almost complete there may be odd jobs to do inside also.
Our house is 3km outside the seaside town of Pozzallo, a short bike ride away. It’s a vibrant town all year round. Bigger towns of Ispica and Modica are a bus ride away.
A great opportunity to learn Italian, enjoy some authentic Sicilian life and see a neglected garden brought back to life. So far, we've really enjoyed being Workaway hosts and have kept in touch with many of our lovely volunteers. We like the social part of the workaway experience and enjoy getting to know our volunteers.
Sadly we can not help Workawayers looking for residency.
We cannot provide you with any insurance while staying with us nor with travel insurance, so we advise you to take care of that matter on your own. However, we do our best to provide a safe environment to avoid any accidents from happening in the first place.
Thank you for taking the time to read our profile :-)
Y&F
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are happy to work with volunteers on their language skills - Italian and/or English
We would enjoy sharing cooking skills as we love to cook typical Italian/Sicilian (and Irish) dishes, both savoury and sweet… We can say for sure that your DIY skills and gardening skills will certainly be improved after a stay with us.
Help
We will need help
- in the garden; clearing overgrown vegetation, cutting down trees, creating a parking area, moving some of the plants, weeding, tidying….etc
- in the house; supporting Fabrizio in doing DIY projects that are outside of the builder’s remit. Painting, grouting tiles etc
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Irish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We would love to work with the travelers on language - Italian and/or English
Accommodation
Newly renovated private bedroom with en-suite bathroom
All meals will all be included although naturally travelers with special dietary requirements will be free to make other arrangements as suits.
What else ...
We would prefer a non-smoker living with us. We are looking forward to creating our new home together and will treat those who help us along the way with the greatest respect, a warm welcome and the hand of friendship.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
If you need and let us know in advance we can give you an Italian SIM card with 80 GB of data per month
Space for parking camper vans
You can park your camper or caravan in the garden We can give you electricity and water (well) connections We can not help you with the wastewater tank emptying
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Their new house is spacious and luxurious, and I helped them renovate it in preparation for the opening of their B&B. My tasks were painting… read more
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Their new house is spacious and luxurious, and I helped them renovate it in preparation for the opening of their B&B. My tasks were painting… read more
Yvonne est une personne formidable. Sensible et attentionnée, elle se préoccupe vraiment de notre confort et de notre bonheur. Elle cuisine admirablement bien et ce fut toujours un… read more
They are very easy,relaxing people and nice to chat with.
And Yvonne is a great cook too.
I also had a lot of nice talks with Yvonne's brother Derek,when he was visiting from Ireland.
The jobs i did was mainly painting,gardening and helping with the parking place.
They were very flexible with the… read more
We loved working… read more
They were eager to explore and made great use of their free time to travel independently by bus and train. They loved Italian food and it was a pleasure to see how much… read more
Yvonne is a good cook so every meal she prepared was delicious, and I was also treated to coffees and meals out. We went on a couple of trips out to nearby towns, and there were… read more
We were looking for someone to help us tame the hugely overgrown garden in our new home in southern Sicily and we struck gold when Clive turned up! From the very moment he arrived he simply got stuck in. Nothing was too much trouble – he was more than generous… read more
