A smiling older couple sits at an outdoor table, enjoying a meal amidst lush green foliage, tropical plants, and trees, both wearing colorful striped sweaters.
A dimly lit bedroom features a bed with a pink polka dot cover and a white pillow. There are dressers, lamps, and a green wall.
A white building with a tin roof sits on a grassy slope, surrounded by dense green trees, beside a calm river, in a lush, hilly landscape.
Two people work on the upper part of a wooden-framed house under construction, using scaffolding and ladders, surrounded by trees and greenery under a cloudy sky.
A man with gray hair, wearing a long-sleeve shirt and work pants, kneels on the ground, tying straw bales inside a partially constructed building.
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Share our eco-living dream near Lac de Pannecière, France

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    24 Feb 2026

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Availability

  2026 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    My husband and I live just near Lac de Pannecière in Parc du Morvan in Bourgogne/France. We have renovated a old farmhouse and now we are building our strawbale house. We started also a forest garden and we have our own vegetables and fruits. We live offgrid on a quiet beautiful place.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Help around the house
  • Interests

    Interests

    Sustainability
    Self development
    Cooking & food
    Books
    Gardening
    Nature
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    There are local markets, beautiful nature, posiblility for kayak, trails, and a lake where you can swim. We can share our experience of gardening and building up the strawbale house. (greb-method)
    we are living in France but we are from Belgium.

  • Help

    Help

    We need some help to finish the strawbale house , this includes helping with the timber frame , placing the straw bales and loam the walls. Building the roof with strawbales and covering it. Meantenance of the garden, weeding, planting and harvesting. We do this all together.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent
    French: Intermediate

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    There is the option to sleep in a camper or inside the house where we have two bedrooms. I prepare three maels a day and we are flexitarian, but most of the time we eat vegetarian.

  • 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

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    A dog or cat who is used to live inside.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

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A dimly lit bedroom features a bed with a pink polka dot cover and a white pillow. There are dressers, lamps, and a green wall.
A smiling older couple sits at an outdoor table, enjoying a meal amidst lush green foliage, tropical plants, and trees, both wearing colorful striped sweaters.
A white building with a tin roof sits on a grassy slope, surrounded by dense green trees, beside a calm river, in a lush, hilly landscape.
Two people work on the upper part of a wooden-framed house under construction, using scaffolding and ladders, surrounded by trees and greenery under a cloudy sky.
A man with gray hair, wearing a long-sleeve shirt and work pants, kneels on the ground, tying straw bales inside a partially constructed building.

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