Help an Icelandic family <3 with cooking, cleaning and childcare in Hvolsvöllur

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Hi there. Thank you for taking the time to read this and for you interest in helping us.

We are a family of five that live in the south of Iceland in a lovely small town about an hour from Reykjavík, the main capital of Iceland. We're a calm and friendly family. A husband and a wife, 41 & 31, been together for over a decade. My husband has a lovely 18 year old son, he’s very polite and nice to be around. He tends school in the capital but visits us Every-other weekend. Then we have a four year old son together and a five year old foster son. They're both lovely little boys and full of love. Also active and adventurous so an experience in babysitting would come in handy ;)
Our previous workawayers have been able to easily communicate with them despite the language barrier and they are starting to understand English better and better.

We have been extremely blessed with wonderful workawayers in the past and are excited to welcome our future workawayers to our home :)

We're looking for workaway help on these dates this year 2019 (or part of these dates):

From now til september 20th.
Type of help
Gardening
Babysitting / child care
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Other
Help in the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We’re a typical Icelandic family. We love to stay at home and enjoy each others company. We also love to spend time in nature. We’re looking for a calm, friendly person who still likes to keep to her self sometimes :)
Help
The help required:

Cooking dinner: It’s absolutely vital that you're able to cook tasty food :)
- We’re looking for a person who enjoys cooking, and can cook various tasty, healthy dishes. ...And if you can bake that is a big plus!

Cleaning the house & laundry: Keeping the kitchen clean and keeping the entire house tidy and clean. The house is 150 square meters in size and on one floor, so it’s not that big.
- It’s essential that you have a good eye for order and cleanliness.

Babysitting: The main reason why we’re looking for help is so that we can spend more time with our boys. But sometimes we might ask you to look after them for a short while at a time.
- It’s extremely important that you love children <3

Other random things: We might ask you to help in various areas of the home, gardening, painting, etc. But please note that we would never ask you to do anything you are uncomfortable with or something that is out of your ability.

Please note that we prefer female workawayer, I don't mean to be discriminating but I trust a female better to have the touch needed for this job :o)

And we want to make two things clear right now:
1. If you do not fulfill some of these requirements but are really interested and eager to learn we're open for discussion.
2. If we find out that you do not fulfill these requirements at all, and that you perhaps turn out to be a wacko or something of that nature, we'd shanghai you right back to the place you came from ;)

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Languages spoken
English, Icelandic
Accommodation
You'd have a nice little room in the house with a big window and a garden view. But feel free to spend time in the kitchen and living room just as other members of the family do.
What else ...
You get weekends off. It would be ideal for you to go explore the country. Here in the south there are endless opportunities to sight-see and the capital, Reykjavík, is about an hour away and we have buses going about 3x a day to the city. Also the bus goes just about anywhere in the country so you can practically see all of Iceland in the time you would be staying with us. Also hitch-hiking in Iceland is very safe, easy and fun.

We're very flexible with making it easy for you to travel the country, so if you need extra days off on weekdays to do longer trips it's no problem at all. You'd then instead work an extra weekend or a few longer days to compensate.
We always find a balance :)

We also ask you to be flexible if we need you to work on a weekend, then you get a week day off instead :)

Note that you’re also welcome to spend the weekends at the comfort of our home if you’d just like to take it easy.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Photos

Kristofer and our very first workawayers, Lena, on a forest walk one lovely day.

Having a pick-nick with workawayer Helina :)

Einar and Daniel playing on a grass field

Daniel and daddy hiking

Rebekka and the boys in a natural hot pool with workawayer Soline

Kristofer having a good moment with workawayer Candice.

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With grandma and grandpa at the Icelandic sheep herding.

Kristofer being adorable :D

Daniel taking care of the weekly shopping in the grocery store

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Feedback left by and about host (30)

13/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Carolin)

Carolin staid with us for about a month in march. She is a very kind and sweet girl. It was obvious from the start that she wanted to do a very good job, she asked many questions and was eager to learn.
It was pretty easy to have her around as she is polite, independent and found things to do on her own. She was very nice to the boys, plaid board… read more

(Excellent )

28/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Carolin) for host

Dear Rebekka and Magnús,
thank you both so much for the lovely stay.
Through you two, I have truly discovered beautiful Iceland as a second home for me.
You have made me part of your family, teaching me delicious recipes and life long wisdoms and a few Icelandic expressions along the way.
From preparing meals together to having conversations… read more

(Excellent )

21/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Anna & Michelle) for host

We spent about seven weeks with this lovely family and will stay for another week. We know that we will miss them a lot and highly recommend to stay with this fantastic family. Since day one we felt very welcome and like a part of their family. We had a lot fun spending our evenings with Rebekka and Maggi and talking about everything. The work was… read more

(Excellent )

29/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Anna & Michelle)

Anna and Michelle are such nice, polite, respectful and hardworking girls. They are currently staying with us but since they are looking for their next Workaway experience we wanted to give them a review right away, to help future hosts know how absolutely amazing they are and how lucky you will be to have them!

They have been staying with us for… read more

(Excellent )

11/02/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Fanny)

Fanny is a very lovely, polite and fun person. She has good vibe around her and everything she did, she did very well. She also cooked us amazing french cuisine! She was really kind to our boys and respectful and trustworthy in every way. We really enjoied having her around.
Hope to meet you one day in France or here in Iceland :)

(Excellent )

01/12/2018

Left by Workawayer (Fanny) for host

I'm so sorry to post feedback now, but better late than never.
I had a wonderful time with Rebekka, Magic and the kids. It was my first experience abroad alone, and I don't regret anything. I was able to introduce them to French cuisine, look after the children, help them in the store (by the way, you won't find a better souvenir shop!), and… read more

(Excellent )

31/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Katie)

Our dear Katie staid with us for a few weeks in the end of 2018. She is probably the best person on this earth. I've never meet anyone so kind, thoughtful, understanding, open minded, giving, intelligent, strong and funny, so SO very funny! Every evening was full of laughter and interesting life-altering conversations and having gotten to know… read more

(Excellent )

25/11/2018

Left by Workawayer (Katie) for host

Where do I begin?! Everything I start to type sounds overly gushy and too good to be true, but it’s all going to be true and I couldn’t possibly say enough great things about this family, so here we go.

I’ll start with the worst part—this was my first Workaway experience and Rebekka and Magnús set the bar unbelievably high for anyone else I ever… read more

(Excellent )

23/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Emma )

Emma is a very loving and kind person. She staid with us for a few weeks and it was so very good to have her in our home. She has a nice calming presence and a great humor! We had nice talks and allot of laughs. She is respectful, kind, hardworking and trustworthy. She made us tasty meals and kept our house exceptionally clean. Thank you Emma, we… read more

(Excellent )

29/10/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Dany)

Dany staid with us for almost 3 weeks. She did an amazing job for our companies. She designed a brochure, name tags and a whole webpage! She is extremely talented in her field of work. We can highly recommend her if you need help with these kinds of things. She loves to work and throw her self into her tasks and she is very good at it and… read more

(Excellent )

08/10/2018

Left by Workawayer (Dany) for host

I just spent almost three weeks in Hvolsvöllur with Rebekka, Maggie & the boys, having a great time in Southern Iceland. The family is very welcoming and the kids are lovely (I think I will always remember them sitting on my puppy socks and me walking around with them ~haha). I definitely learnt how to cook icelandic dishes, and even some words of… read more

(Excellent )

18/08/2018

Left by Workawayer (Michela) for host

My stay in Iceland was my first experiance with Workaway. I imagined and dreamed this trip for a long time and now I'm sure I couldn't have wished for anything better. Since the first moment I met this family I realized that with them I would spend wonderful days. Rebekka and Maggi are extremely sweet, kind, friendly and hospitable. In the weeks… read more

(Excellent )

14/08/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Michela)

Michela is one of the kindest people I have ever meet in my life! She is so warm hearted and sweet. Our boys absolutely loved her and she always gave them so much time and interest. It was obviouse that she really cared for them in a deep way. We felt straight away that Michela was a part of our family and we have made a loving friend that we will… read more

(Excellent )

20/03/2018

Left by Workawayer (Lena) for host

Staying with Rebekka, Maggi and the boys was my first and definitely not my last workaway experience. I'm so glad that I had the luck to spend those six weeks with such a nice family. All of them are extremly kind and also the boys very polite and soo cute. The work was easy and they're really flexible when you for example want to have a day off… read more

(Excellent )

19/03/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Lena)

Yet again we had a wonderful experience with Workaway :) Our lovely Lena staid with us for about a month and a half. She is such a sweet girl. Every work she did was 100% and she made very tasty, lovely meals for us. She's fun, kind and extremely nice. Our boys loved her and still talk about her, and I miss her calling me her workaway mom :') That… read more

(Excellent )

19/03/2018

Left by Workawayer (Kimie) for host

I had the best two weeks at Maggi and Rebekka's place. The work was really light (basically cleaning the house) and the house was very cozy. Although Rebekka and the boys were not at home for the whole two weeks, Maggi was great to be around and took unbelievably a bunch of time to talk to me, which made this stay memorable. Rebekka always… read more

(Excellent )

19/03/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Kimie)

Kimie staid with us when me and the boys where abroad on a holiday with my parents. I actually never met her but we talked via messenger and she is very kind and polite. My husband was working a lot and she kept the house clean and tidy and cooked lovely meals for him. Since the work was so much easier with us not in the house she used her time to… read more

(Excellent )

06/02/2018

Left by Workawayer (Helina) for host

I stayed with them last summer and I really enjoyed my time there. They were the first people I stayed for some time in Iceland and I felt really welcomed. It felt like a good place to be from the start. There was a good balance of freedom and structure - I knew what to do and I they also let me decide stuff. Also there was good mix of spending… read more

(Excellent )

30/09/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Helina)

Helina came to us when my husband was working away allot. She truly was a blessing to me. Her lively spirit and calming presence was extremely appreciated. We had amazing conversations about all and everything and her curiosity and positivity was inspiring and changed me for the better. We did yoga, sun-gazing and barefoot walking and she was… read more

(Excellent )

30/12/2017

Left by Workawayer (Melanie) for host

Staying with Rebekka, Maggi and the boys was amazing and it imidiatly felt like being a part of the family! ♡
The work-freetime conditions were more than fair and I enjoyed every minute I spent with the familiy! I also meet almost every other familymember and all of them are so friendly and kind.
Kristófer and Daníel are the cutest boys I've ever… read more

(Excellent )

29/12/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Melanie)

Having Melanie stay with us was the 100% best workaway experience we could ever think of!
She made sure the house was always spotless and tidy and made us amazing dinners and all kind of sweats. Fx. her amazing apple mouse pancakes!! We ate them almost every day and they will be served in our coffee house!
She is very calm and polite, and also… read more

(Excellent )

29/12/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Soline)

Our dear Soline stayed with us for about 3 weeks last summer (sorry for my late feedback!)
We really enjoyed having her with us. She is very friendly and has a calm and peaceful presence.
She did the work very well and cooked us good meals with great care <3

(Excellent )

01/11/2017

Left by Workawayer (Isabel) for host

Staying with Rebekka, Maggi and their two children was an amazing experience. Their home is filled with warmth and the conversations I had with Rebekka stay with me to this day. The work was perfectly fine - one day I worked quite a lot of hours, another day only a few. It was pretty flexible. I'm glad I got the opportunity to stay with them in… read more

(Excellent )

14/08/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Isabel)

Having Isabel stay with us was wonderful. She's a very open, fun and kind person. She truly brightened our home with her vibrant personality. She's very intelligent and fun to talk to and I really enjoyed her amazing poetry. We look forward to see you again some day Isabel! All the best from us all <3

(Excellent )

31/10/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Candice)

We absolutely loved having Candice stay with us. She is fun to be around and has such a great humour. So many laughs and so great memories!
She did the work well and with great care. Her cooking was wonderfully good and she was just amazing with our boys.
It was so easy to have her around and she immediately became a part of our family <3

(Excellent )

30/10/2017

Left by Workawayer (Candice) for host

Rebekka and Maggi were amazing to stay with, their little family is just adorable and the atmosphere was loving and kind. I stayed with Rebekka's parents for the first few days, which was lovely, they were very kind and welcoming. The work isn't hard, just daily tasks and the boys are so loving and have such good personalities, so looking after… read more

(Excellent )

26/06/2017

Left by Workawayer (Polly) for host

Rebekka, Maggi and family were so lovely to volunteer for! I could only stay for a very short time but even in the few days I was with them they were so open, friendly and welcoming. The work was really easy, just normal household chores and looking after the boys was definitely the best, they even taught me the Icelandic for a spider! I hope you… read more

(Very good )

15/06/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Polly)

We loved having Polly stay with us for the few days she had left in Iceland. She's calm and polite, she cooked us her favorite meals with great care and was so good with our little boys! She's obviously a very kind person with a good heart <3

(Very good )

19/06/2017

Left by Workawayer (Lena) for host

I loved staying with Rebekka and her family, it was such a great time. The whole family is just perfect we had a great connection and I could talk with them about everything.
The work was not to hard and I got plenty of free time to do what ever I want. On weekends I could go explore the country. They always helped me planing my trips and… read more

(Excellent )

15/06/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Lena)

Our dear Lena staid with our family for about a month and I can safely say that she became a big part of our family <3 She is such a nice girl. She did all her work 100% and even more. She cooked us wonderful dinner each weekday and our boys really loved her. They managed to have a beautiful connection with out speaking the same language! Lena… read more

(Excellent )

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