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Update (21-06-22)
In the next few weeks, we will be working on the house: mainly siding (slate and wood) and interior painting.
If you want to learn siding techniques, Yann is a good teacher and will be happy to pass on his knowledge.
For painting we prefer natural and homemade paints.
Looking forward to meeting you :)
Notification: we can no longer change the title of our ad:
We have to clarify that the Tiny house project is on pause and we unfortunately no longer have the land on which we had our vegetable garden, so we can no longer invest in the garden.
Life is calling us to other projects.
A more accurate title for our announcement would be: "Help with construction work and learning English in the beautiful Ardenne, Belgium" :)
Hi,
We are Yann and Annabelle and we live in a small village in the Belgian Ardennes with our 3 children aged 5, 8 and 11.
Yann is a roofer, loves woodwork and is good at many things. Annabelle has retired from teaching and is looking for her own way. And our children are discovering life in an alternative school.
We don't have any animals at the moment and we have a vegetable garden and a small greenhouse.
When we have free time, we like to go for a walk in the forest, spend an afternoon in the river in the forest, build a "hut", go on nice bike rides, visit our beautiful region, share a board game, ...
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We enjoy meeting new people, chatting, sharing stories and experiences, curious to meet people from all walks of life and cultures.
We think Workaway is a great way to meet people from all over the world. We would have loved to travel around the world. It hasn't happened yet, but we can welcome the world into our home :)
We like to discuss around an aperitif (the occasion to make discover our good Belgian and local beers), to exchange, to grow in the respect of each one.
Many subjects interest us such as ecology, autonomy, Life, alternative care, spirituality and energy.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We have several projects for these next months :)
English! We would really like to progress in this language :)
Finish the different works of our house: bathroom, paintings, exterior wood and slate siding, ... Also, interior design and decoration, always in a max of recuperation and reuse of objects.
And then fitting out a van, to go on a trip around Europe
If you are competent in the realization of plans, calculation of loads, ... we are interested :)
Also interested in learning how to handle everything that is video, photo or video editing, use of software and creation of a website.
In short, there are many types of help available depending on what you like to do, or what you want to discover;
It can also be helping inside, as well as taking care of the meals, if you like that.
As mentioned above, we would like to learn English and have our girls discover the language in a fun way. The "help" could also be through activities with our girls, baking, crafts, games, walks, ... in English!
We are also ok for a language exchange, if you want to learn French.
Whatever help you can give will be appreciated.
Languages
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
English: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We can teach you French. On our side, we would like to learn English and why not discover other languages :)
Accommodation
Our house is not huge, but we have a room on the top floor where you can sleep. There is a bed for 2 people.
The bathroom is shared by everyone and will have to be shared.
We have a small garden, where we can also put a tent.
For the food, we consume mainly local products, in season and cultivated in the respect of the nature. We eat very little meat or fish and there is always a vegetarian alternative.
We do not welcome pot smokers and smoking is not allowed in the house.
We can accommodate a family with a child, but we have to see if this is suitable for the place.
What else ...
We live in a village of 1000 inhabitants, quite quiet, with food shops, organic grocery shop, pharmacy, bookshop, café, restaurants, bank, doctors, ...
The train station of Gedinne is 3 km from our house and is on the Brussels-Arlon axis. We can also lend you a bicycle.
We are a few kilometres from the Croix-Scaille massif.
From a cultural point of view, we are quite close to Bouillon (30km) and its medieval castle; Dinant (40km), an atypical town with its citadel; Han-sur-Lesse (30km) with its cave and its animal park.
Also close to the beautiful Semois valley and the Lesse valley.
If you come to us, I think it is above all for the nature.
We are quite far from the big cities.
We don't have television, but we have lots of books.
There is also a beautiful little cinema in our village.
We have internet in the house, by cable, but the wifi is voluntarily disabled.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4 heures par jour, 5 jours par semaine.
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She is at ease with children and has great skills in gymnastics. Our little budding gymnast will miss her very much.
Hannah helped us with the slate… read more
Consciencieux et motivés, le travail ne les décourage pas, ils aiment apprendre de nouvelles choses et ils nous ont beaucoup aidé dans nos travaux, mais aussi au quotidien dans la maison.
Il est facile de discuter avec eux et c'est… read more
Nous les avons aidé à continuer leur façade en ardoise, et étions ravis d'avoir de nouvelles connaissances et expériences sur ce sujet. Aussi, nous sommes arrivés le we des fêtes de leur village, et nous avons pu participer au festival en tant que bénévole ! C'était une super… read more
As this is Sarah-Lou's profile, I will only talk about our experience with her.
Sarah-Lou has an incredible energy of serenity!
Very creative, she loves photography and drawing.
Calm, composed and patient, Sarah-Lou has a good contact with children. She played a lot with them, was… read more
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She is at ease with children and has great skills in gymnastics. Our little budding gymnast will miss her very much.
Hannah helped us with the slate… read more
Consciencieux et motivés, le travail ne les décourage pas, ils aiment apprendre de nouvelles choses et ils nous ont beaucoup aidé dans nos travaux, mais aussi au quotidien dans la maison.
Il est facile de discuter avec eux et c'est… read more
Nous les avons aidé à continuer leur façade en ardoise, et étions ravis d'avoir de nouvelles connaissances et expériences sur ce sujet. Aussi, nous sommes arrivés le we des fêtes de leur village, et nous avons pu participer au festival en tant que bénévole ! C'était une super… read more
As this is Sarah-Lou's profile, I will only talk about our experience with her.
Sarah-Lou has an incredible energy of serenity!
Very creative, she loves photography and drawing.
Calm, composed and patient, Sarah-Lou has a good contact with children. She played a lot with them, was… read more
What a meeting full of energy :) Full of pep's and humor, smiling as soon as she wakes up, in a good mood, she likes contact, jokes! and is very sociable. She likes to learn, applies herself and gets involved in her work, especially in the construction of the tiny house with Yann and Quaid.
Very good English teacher, she did not hesitate… read more
I think that if we had to define him, it is his calm and his zenitude that we would retain. He is calm, very patient, always with a smile, in a good mood and in a good energy, we really appreciated him. He is curious to discover and learn new things and we had great conversations together. He helped us a lot, as a… read more
Il aime partager et raconter son pays, son Histoire, sa culture.
Nous avons vraiment aimé découvrir le vocabulaire québécois et ses expressions bien particulières (le « bon matin » est resté 😊 )
Zakary a plein d’histoires à raconter, d’expériences drôles et parfois farfelues ;)
Nous… read more
She dived with a smile into the daily life of our family, sometimes a little shaky :)
Interested, curious and attentive, she opened her mind to subjects and conversations that were perhaps unusual or unknown to her, but always with respect and openness.
I found our exchanges really interesting and her points of view very… read more
Alejo has a very fair approach and vision of life and in the respect of the Being. He is open to the world and likes to talk and exchange.
Alejo is very helpful, always smiling, ready to be of service, to help in the kitchen, attentive, in a good mood and respectful of everyone.
He was very… read more
They are really relaxed, warming and always thoughtful in you having a nice time, showing you places to walk, to bike in the beatiful nature which sourrunds the… read more
He helped us a lot with the garden.
Lukas has a good feeling with the children. He is calm and patient and always in a good mood.
He is also a good teacher to help with language learning :)
If you have the opportunity to have Lukas in your home,… read more
