Enjoy summer with us and help with small building projects in Limousin, France

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Our summers bring us back to our home in the Limousin, north of Limoges. Lynn is from Boston and Brij is from Manchester and our adventures have had us teaching in Egypt, Germany, India, the US and most recently Qatar. Along with our children (15 and 18) we enjoy spending our time with both our visiting friends and workaway guests.

    Our barn renovation allowed us to move in 2014. We love it and are looking forward to sharing it with workaway guests during the summer of 2023 not that travel has opened back up. Brij began the final renovation of a 1840 outbuilding room that now has working bread oven needing tested for pizzas and bread. More work still to do on the inside of the building.

    It has been a few years since our last workaway visitors and we thoroughly enjoyed the positive energy they have brought to our summer holiday. They have been easy going, hard working and willing to dive into our summer life as much as we have been willing to learn from and get to know them.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are global citizens, with two wonderful children who who like to feel connected to the world around them. Having lived and worked overseas we relish our interactions with people from around the globe, knowing that it helps shape our view of the world. Brij loves having a project and group of people working together to get it done . . . and the pizza will be tasty!

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    Continuing renovation of the bread oven. A small room that needs a lot of work but it's going to be a wonderful addition.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    French: Intermediate
    Punjabi (Eastern): Intermediate
    Spanish: Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Accommodation would be in the renovated barn in one of the two ground floor bedrooms. This floor has a bathroom of it's own and we live upstairs. Own or shared bathroom depending on how many people are staying.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We live in a rural part of central West France. Our nearest town is La Souterraine and then Limoges. Both are accessible by train from Paris. We will have a car and for us this is also our vacation, so there is plenty of down time to be tourists! We have bikes!

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Space to park for sure.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

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    Hours expected

    4 to 5 most days.

Host ref number: 2164647884a7

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