Help us around our house and garden, enjoy natural woodland near the Lot Valley, southwestern France

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2020

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We are an active Dutch couple, living in southwest France. We work partly as translator and gardener, and we have a house on a very quiet and beautiful location near the Lot Valley. There is a biological garden, an orchard and a lot of wildlife in the surrounding natural woodland.
Type of help
Gardening
Building
General Maintenance
Other
Help in the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can taste some Dutch and French culture and learn the languages we speak, and of course about all the activities you will do...
Help
We are looking for people who can help us with gardening, maintenance, wood construction, wood chopping, painting and sometimes some help in the house. Certain skills would be very welcome... Especially in painting because we have some delicate painting to do, e.g. the small square windows you see on the main picture of our house. This winter there is also a lot of wood chopping to do and work with concrete and natural stones. In spring there will be more painting to do and work in the garden.
Languages spoken
English, Dutch, French and German
Accommodation
A room of your own in the guesthouse or in the main house. We serve breakfast with our home made bread and cook vegetarian, mostly with vegetables from our garden.
What else ...
The Lot Valley offers many activities in spring, summer and fall in the actractive villages. There are numerous hiking and cycling trails in the beautiful landscape and the river is just 3 km from the house.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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18/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Marije & Ruben) for host

We spent two lovely weeks with Wim and Jolanda. Their guest house is great and the house and land around it is a paradise for animals and humans. There is a lot to experience around the house, including the great videos from the cameras in the woods, but we also had a chance to relax and sit outside in the warmth (or inside where it was much… read more

(Excellent )

18/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Marije & Ruben)

Marije and Ruben did help us two weeks in an excellent way. They are very social, nice, intelligent, fast learners and were interested in many aspects of our life and French culture. They worked very concentrated and accurate, did a lot of sanding, glueing and difficult painting, cutted tiles, helped in the veggie garden and prepared firewood. In… read more

(Excellent )

01/06/2019

Left by Workawayer (Kerstin & Alena) for host

I spent wonderful 2 weeks in Jolandas and Wims place. I felt very welcome and involved from the beginning on. It's just amazing which little paradise they heve been created just within 1,5 years. They live in a beautiful house within nature and a forrest.

I had a cosy apartment with garden view and got really good fresh vegetarian food, partly… read more

(Excellent )

30/05/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Kerstin & Alena)

Kerstin was a great help for us during her fifteen days stay at our place. She did a lot of painting, helped chopping and piling fire wood, weeded the veggie garden, cleaned the attic, etc. Kerstin is social, easy going and a very nice person. She likes intelligent conversation and was interested in French culture and habits. In her free time she… read more

(Excellent )

03/05/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Heike)

Heike is a very nice person, very social, intelligent and blessed with sence for humour. She was a great help in and around the house. She did some painting, weeding the garden, cleaning in the house and helped in the forest. We felt very at ease in her company and she is always welcome at our place.
We wish you all the best Heike!

(Excellent )

03/05/2019

Left by Workawayer (Heike) for host

I stayed with Wim and Jolanda only for 8 days, but these days were just amazing. Their house and garden (and the wood of course) is like a small paradise. There is so much wildlife to see and experience, it's just fantastic. The work was very varied. I did a bit of painting, some scrubbing of spaces between tiles, stacking of wood, weeding. We… read more

(Excellent )

31/01/2019

Left by Workawayer (Joël) for host

Dear Wim en Jolanda,
Thank you so much for offering me such a nice place in your beautiful paradise. I highly recommend this for my fellow workawayers who are in search of a quiete and peaceful time, and are willing to do good labour accompanied bij Wim. In the morning I got to see videos of their wildcamera, situated 50-80 meters from the house.… read more

(Excellent )

31/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Joël)

Joël was a great help for us during the time he stayed at our place. He was hard working and open for new tasks and things he never did before. He was a quick learner and showed interest in a lot of things. He is social, open minded and a nice guy. He would be welcome at our place again and we recommend him to everybody.
We wish him all the best… read more

(Excellent )

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