Help a family with gardening and DIY while enjoying the outdoors in Finiki, Peloponnese, Greece
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: 10 Apr 2025
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It was my first Workaway experience ever. I was a bit anxious until i met Will and Jan!
To start with: I should leave it as this experience, because it can hardly get better!
They are great people in all aspects. Perfect hospitality, kind, humorous, knowledgeable and their place in a beautiful area.
I had my own private space separated from the
… read more main-house. Will was feeding me with top notch dishes. She would make a great chef in any restaurant. Jan is most of the time busy in his well equipped workshop or with constructions. My main task was the facelift of their boat and a bit of garden work.
Thank you very much Will and Jan!
I can only say thank you for the wonderful time I spent there! Will and Jan have a beautiful project filled with great energy. They make you feel at home from the moment you arrive.
The work is enjoyable and varied, so it’s never boring. Plus, Will is an amazing chef, so the food is always delicious, and the conversations are very interesting.
… read more Jan is a skilled carpenter, and you can see the incredible work he has done in the lodges. He’s always willing to explain the tasks and share his knowledge.
The accommodation is one of the best I’ve ever had on Workaway, making this host a special experience. The place is full of love and beautiful energy.
So, I highly recommend it!
It was a great experience to host Miguel. He stayed with us a little over a month and worked on a lot of tasks like harvesting the olives, cleaning the land from all the branches, selecting the firewoods, cut and stack them. Planting trees. Sanding, painting and cleaning on our lodges. He even started the infrastructure for Permaculture on our
… read more premises! It was very interesting to discuss about it, how to implement this since our summers are incredibly dry the last years. Together with the other WorkAwayers they digged ditches to contain the rain we hopefully will get this winter, put branches and leaves in it to improve the soil with plant material.
We experienced Miguel as a very kind, modest and patient person, very well mannered and interested in a lot of subjects which makes him a very nice guest at the table during our meals and coffeebreaks. Miguel was always offering his help for cooking or preparing the table and several times he cooked us a lovely dinner. I can recommend very much to host Miguel!
Left by Workawayer (Yfke) for host
I stayed at Jan and Will's little paradise for three weeks and it was a wonderful time! I was received with a warm welcome and this warm atmosphere continued throughout my stay. The work was full of variety and was interrupted every day by a nice coffee break. Fun and interesting conversations were had during every meal and we always found an
… read more opportunity to make Dutch jokes or share experiences of the Netherlands, which gave me a nostalgic feeling since I have been traveling for seven months. I am grateful to Will for the wonderful conversations we had and Jan for the great motorcycle ride together and his help with my motorcycle. I would definitely recommend accompanying and helping Jan and Will!You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Yfke)
Yfke joined our team of WorkAwayers at the recommendation of a friend that stayed with us as well. And we were very happy Yfke joined! She fluently blended in with the others as a very social and easy-going personality. Not only that, also in her work, Yfke was very hard working and noticed next steps herself. She arrived after the harvesting of
… read more the olives but lugged the branches to select and stack the firewood for next winter. Other works were sanding, painting and cleaning of our lodges, planting trees, digging ditches for the infrastructure of the starting Permaculture on our property, taking care of the small kitten the WorkAwayers found on the street. The little one is doing perfect now and will stay with us :-)
And last but not least, together with the other WarkAwayers she cooked for us all several times an excellent dinner.
We can recommend very much to host Yfke!Feedback
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It was my first Workaway experience ever. I was a bit anxious until i met Will and Jan!
To start with: I should leave it as this experience, because it can hardly get better!
They are great people in all aspects. Perfect hospitality, kind, humorous, knowledgeable and their place in a beautiful area.
I had my own private space separated from the
… read more main-house. Will was feeding me with top notch dishes. She would make a great chef in any restaurant. Jan is most of the time busy in his well equipped workshop or with constructions. My main task was the facelift of their boat and a bit of garden work.
Thank you very much Will and Jan!
I can only say thank you for the wonderful time I spent there! Will and Jan have a beautiful project filled with great energy. They make you feel at home from the moment you arrive.
The work is enjoyable and varied, so it’s never boring. Plus, Will is an amazing chef, so the food is always delicious, and the conversations are very interesting.
… read more Jan is a skilled carpenter, and you can see the incredible work he has done in the lodges. He’s always willing to explain the tasks and share his knowledge.
The accommodation is one of the best I’ve ever had on Workaway, making this host a special experience. The place is full of love and beautiful energy.
So, I highly recommend it!
It was a great experience to host Miguel. He stayed with us a little over a month and worked on a lot of tasks like harvesting the olives, cleaning the land from all the branches, selecting the firewoods, cut and stack them. Planting trees. Sanding, painting and cleaning on our lodges. He even started the infrastructure for Permaculture on our
… read more premises! It was very interesting to discuss about it, how to implement this since our summers are incredibly dry the last years. Together with the other WorkAwayers they digged ditches to contain the rain we hopefully will get this winter, put branches and leaves in it to improve the soil with plant material.
We experienced Miguel as a very kind, modest and patient person, very well mannered and interested in a lot of subjects which makes him a very nice guest at the table during our meals and coffeebreaks. Miguel was always offering his help for cooking or preparing the table and several times he cooked us a lovely dinner. I can recommend very much to host Miguel!
Left by Workawayer (Yfke) for host
I stayed at Jan and Will's little paradise for three weeks and it was a wonderful time! I was received with a warm welcome and this warm atmosphere continued throughout my stay. The work was full of variety and was interrupted every day by a nice coffee break. Fun and interesting conversations were had during every meal and we always found an
… read more opportunity to make Dutch jokes or share experiences of the Netherlands, which gave me a nostalgic feeling since I have been traveling for seven months. I am grateful to Will for the wonderful conversations we had and Jan for the great motorcycle ride together and his help with my motorcycle. I would definitely recommend accompanying and helping Jan and Will!You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Yfke)
Yfke joined our team of WorkAwayers at the recommendation of a friend that stayed with us as well. And we were very happy Yfke joined! She fluently blended in with the others as a very social and easy-going personality. Not only that, also in her work, Yfke was very hard working and noticed next steps herself. She arrived after the harvesting of
… read more the olives but lugged the branches to select and stack the firewood for next winter. Other works were sanding, painting and cleaning of our lodges, planting trees, digging ditches for the infrastructure of the starting Permaculture on our property, taking care of the small kitten the WorkAwayers found on the street. The little one is doing perfect now and will stay with us :-)
And last but not least, together with the other WarkAwayers she cooked for us all several times an excellent dinner.
We can recommend very much to host Yfke!
Left by host for Workawayer (Jette)
Jette stayed with us for about 3 weeks. She, and the other WorkAwayers helped us tremendiously with a lot of works at our olive grove. When Jette arrived, the olive harvest was just finished but obviously there was a lot of work to select the branches for firewoods, cut them and put them on stacks. These weeks we started some infrastructure for
… read more Permaculture and Jette worked very well to this tough work of digging ditches and filling them with branches and leaves. Next to that there was the maintainence works to the lodges such as sanding, painting and cleaning. At the table when we had lunch, coffee and diner together Jette usually was a lively participant to talks and discussions. She went well with the other WorkAwayers, they cooked for us all once every week. It was a real pleasure to host Jette!
Left by Workawayer (Jette) for host
I stayed with Will and Jan for about three weeks and it was absolutely amazing.
From the first day on I truly felt welcome and enjoyed the time spend together at lunch and dinner and the stories they had to tell.
The work was interesting and varied so there was barely a day that felt like the other and on the time off there is so much to see and
… read more do such as visiting near towns or beaches or simply enjoying the beautiful nature and peace.
Will and Jan's hospitality and kindness was much appreciated and it was a perfect choice to stay there.
best wishes
Left by host for Workawayer (Dimitra)
Dimitra stayed at our place for 2 weeks and we enjoyed her company very much! She is a hard working young woman, ready to do any job that is required. She is independent, takes initiative and responsibility. She is modest and respectful. Sometimes she needs some time and space for herself (which is completly fine of course!), Dimitra will inform
… read more you in time. We thank her from the bottom of our hearts for all the jobs she has done. Among them were: cleaning, mounting insulation, harvesting olives, cooking and assisting in maintenance tasks. Next to that it was a big pleasure to have Dimitra at our table for nice and meaningful talks with us and the other WaorAwayers.
Left by Workawayer (Dimitra) for host
Will and Jan was my first workaway and i couldn't have done a better choice so lovely and special people they really cared about us and treated us like family the location is a peaceful paradise the projects creative and easy to complete the food that Will cook's is a 10/10 .The guest house that they offer completely comfortable and clean .Such a
… read more wonderful experience.i highly recommend it you will love the place and its so satisfying helping such wonderful people 💘
Teije and Angelina stayed at our place almost 2 weeks and we enjoyed their presence very much. With the other WorkAwayers they did so many jobs, like painting, harvesting the olives, cleaning the olive grove from all the branches that stayed behind and cooking. And they were fantastic peolple to have at our table for nice talks about interesting
… read more subjects. Teije and Angelina are very social and sensitive people; a real pleasure to work with. And very capable to fulfill the tasks without supervision, taking responsibility and initiative. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts for the good jobs they've done! We can really recommend them to other WorkAway hosts and would love to see them back, even for only a chat and a drink!
Jan and Will are such lovely people. We are highly recommending this host.
We had a lovely time there also with the other Workawayers. Will is an excellent cook the food was lovely. We will miss them and the 2 dogs Kees and Rhea a lot.
Will and Jan were such amazing hosts! Riyadh and I were so happy with our workway with them in Foiniki. We spent two weeks working around their beautiful property doing various jobs, painting sanding, gardening and more! ☀️
During our time together, we had very interesting conversations about life, and loved learning more about Greek and Dutch
… read more culture!! They were kind enough to invite us to dinner with their friends as we celebrated a local event in a nearby town. 🎆
We absolutely loved this workaway and would highly recommend it to anyone looking to discover this beautiful part of Greece and meet some wondeful people!
We will miss Will, Jan and all their animals very much! ❤️❤️
This morning Lucie and Riyadh left our place. Already we and the dogs & cats miss them very much! Lucie and Riyadh were our very first WorkAwayers and they did such a good job helping us out with so many different jobs! It will be very difficult for new people to equal that ;-) They are a very happy and eager-to-learn couple and did a lot of
… read more sanding, cleaning and painting outside objects, gardening as pruning trees, cutting grass and weeding, sawing and stacking our wood for the fireplace. We are so grateful for them doing all those jobs for us. Next to all the hardwork they are such a friendly and communicative couple, we had great conversations learning how their life back home looks like.Small organic farm on the beautiful Island of Rhodes in Greece
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