Profile information
Host rating
100 %
Last replied
13 Dec 2024
Feedback
30
Facebook verified
ID verified
Email verified
Badges (5)
Details
Description
We are available for visitors from February to April 2025 and then October November 2025.
Please contact us any time to make visit plans for the year ahead.
We are an English couple seeking a little help with developing our garden and some renovation projects around our home.
We are Chris and Chrissie husband and wife, living near llocnau in the Valencia region on the Costa Blanca in Spain.
This area is very pretty with lots of Oranges groves and the local people are warm and welcoming too.
In return for your help we offer good food and wine, an enjoyable experience and fun and friendship.
The chores are not too hard and tasks are varied with something to suit all. We would love to hear from people with decorating building or gardening experience but this is not essential. We are more interested in those who are willing and helpful who mix in well and want to make the most of the experience.
We have had workawayers from all over the world who came to participate and help us and we have stayed friends with many.
We will have a single room or twin room for you and space when you need it and good company when you don’t.
We are seeking a couple or single persons for a mutually beneficial arrangement where everybody is content.
Valencia region is a truly lovely area with pretty towns to visit, amazing beaches at Gandia a 20 minute drive away, and lush countryside with many orange trees.
There are also plenty of nice walks or bicycle rides in any direction from the house.
The town is a 7 minute walk or 2 minutes on bikes with a cheap cafe bar, across the river is another small town with amenities (Cafe Bars, Shop, Bakery, Hairdresser, Chemist, Post office, Cash Point)
We are very easy going couple who enjoy other people's company and want you to enjoy yourself and have fun, as well as help us out. It's not all help and no play. We hope to help you by sharing our skills and experience.
We are in woodland with nature and privacy yet also close to all ammeneties, there is a garden with swimming pool too.
There will be lots of free time for you to enjoy exploring the local area or just chilling out. Please be aware this is a rural location with no party nightlife. Just one bar locally and another in next village There is a once daily bus from the village to Gandia, city and beach.
We are both quite experienced cooks and and still enjoy cooking various types of food, if you want to take a turn in making a meal perhaps your favourite dish or the speciality of your country you will be more than welcome. We cook indoors and outdoors in a summer kitchen.
There is good wifi, and smoking is only outside the house.
With work away, we have had visitors from UK, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia,Ireland, Wales, Canada, Chile, USA, The Czech Republic, Brazil, Scotland Hungary and most recently Argentina. All are made very welcome...so be bold, share the dream and send us a message ..... find out more !
Please contact us by email with any questions you may have and we will be happy to call or message you to take things forward. Thank You for reading this......finally we are sure you will enjoy staying here and will make happy memories as well as learning new skills and making new friends.
We hope to see you soon? 🤗
Chris and Chrissie
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Beach
Books
Sustainability
Pets
Movies & TV
Plant care
Music
History
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Animals
Water sports
Nature
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn / improve your English language. We can help with basic Spanish language and culture.
You will learn about house maintenance and become skilled in minor house renovation tasks. We want you to help us restore this house so you will learn how to work with wood and stone.
You will learn how to grow vegetables from seed.
You can learn how to cook a large range of foods.
You will have fun and laugh a lot, eat well and make good friendships and memories to treasure.
Help
We need help with some decorative and restoration in parts of the house. Anyone with any sort of building experience most welcome. Things like painting and more adventurous d.i.y tasks if you want such as wood tasks. Just looking for friendly people with helping hands. Quite a bit has already been completed but there is plenty still to do.
Furniture up-cycling experience would be useful to us.
There are also some garden projects as we try to become more and more self sufficient.
Setting us up with a desktop computer.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner
Accommodation
A choice of a bedroom from 2 in the main house. 1 double and 1 twin, we are working on separate fully independent accommodation on the first floor.
What else ...
Thank you for reading
We are happy to drop you off on your days off and collect you later.
We will also collect you and drop you at Gandia Train Station. Trains run to and from Valencia.
From Valencia trains travel to Madrid, Alicante and many destinations.
We are flexible on work arrangements so if you help more days, you can collect your days off and spend 3 or 4 days away if you wanted to, such as in Madrid or other cities within reach of Valencia.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have Star Link for Wi-Fi & Internet. A workspace with desk and Chair.
Space for parking camper vans
There is a lay-by next to the house and electric for hook up can be rigged for Motorhome.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Sandy (10 years)
A really cute friendly dog rescued from a refuge. She just wants love and affection
Chat with Workawayers who've visited this host
Feedback (14)
We were welcomed in the best possible way and adopted as their family. We… read more
They are both very motivated and set themselves high standards of workmanship. If they are not happy about a particular finish they will re-do it until they are.
They worked generally unsupervised but always consulted us with the more important… read more
Two great individuals who together as a team are dynamic.
They come with a vast array of practical and management experiences and this was evident in how they went about their tasks.
Aside from the practical skills they have an artistic approach too, best demonstrated by the stunning… read more
They made us so welcome it was something else, just exceptional. Chris and Christine are an easy going couple and we got along brilliantly. We had an excellent time over the 5 weeks we spent with them. What a lovely couple. Nothing seemed to be too… read more
Lea has a great work ethic and a great attitude to life in general.
When it came to her approach was always the task must be completed and done to my best ability. A good example would be when painting, the preparation of taping up, preparing the work area, doing the… read more
Photos
Chat with Workawayers who've visited this host
Feedback
These are extra optional ratings when members leave feedback. The average rating left for each option is displayed.
Accuracy of profile:
(5.0)
Cultural exchange:
(5.0)
Communication:
(5.0)
We were welcomed in the best possible way and adopted as their family. We… read more
They are both very motivated and set themselves high standards of workmanship. If they are not happy about a particular finish they will re-do it until they are.
They worked generally unsupervised but always consulted us with the more important… read more
Two great individuals who together as a team are dynamic.
They come with a vast array of practical and management experiences and this was evident in how they went about their tasks.
Aside from the practical skills they have an artistic approach too, best demonstrated by the stunning… read more
They made us so welcome it was something else, just exceptional. Chris and Christine are an easy going couple and we got along brilliantly. We had an excellent time over the 5 weeks we spent with them. What a lovely couple. Nothing seemed to be too… read more
Lea has a great work ethic and a great attitude to life in general.
When it came to her approach was always the task must be completed and done to my best ability. A good example would be when painting, the preparation of taping up, preparing the work area, doing the… read more
She arrived punctually and was well prepared and organised.
A little reserved to begin with Carolin soon settled in and her confidence grew and grew.
She is a hard worker and diligent and saw each job through to the end, and took pride in her work.
Together we painted a very large wall ( I called it the… read more
We all got to know each other very well and the humour just flowed.
Both girls are very hard workers and demonstrated skill and determination in all of their tasks. Some of the work was repetitive but this just drove them on to get the jobs done.
When… read more
They are nice, open people with good humor and we spent most of… read more
This was my first volunteering experience and it couldn't have started better.
Since our first contact, Chris has always been very polite and honest in his words. After we agreed on the period of our volunteering, Chris was always very concerned about letting me know the next steps… read more
She made a great impact on us and we really really enjoyed hosting her.
Marion has a great work ethic, is very talented and so hard working.....what a combination. Marion is very fast and efficient doing whatever she was asked to do and will make a great asset to any future employer. Marion… read more
Both in the garden and in the house, I learned a load of things. For example, I was exciting about sowing pea seeds in the garden. But when I was told that my peas need a framework to grow up, I was quite disappointed. But after a whole day spent on its building, I thought that it… read more
I’ve also had the pleasure of meeting Chris on numerous occasions. They're wonderfully relaxed and engaging people, so whether or… read more
A mere THANK YOU doesent seem to be enough words to express our gratitude.
These two stong and willing young men are a credit to themselves and their families.
The work at our house was varied, challenging and sometimes… read more
Craig is intelligent, very hard working ,amusing, sensitive and sympathetic to others views and feelings and these are just a few of his attributes.
Craig has had a varied range of past work experiences but was very open to learning new skills and took pride in his work.
Craig is… read more
Hard working , enthusiastic, practical and willing to learn.... an absolute breath of fresh air.
She participated with a real and general interest in the work and helped with everything we had to cope with on a very busy… read more
During the stay she contributed by helping obviously but also with stimulating ideas and conversation. Although we are much older we felt very much at ease and relaxed in her company.
Annika is a very intelligent and a very strong person and will we home be welcomed here again… read more
