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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
30 Oct 2025
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Description
We’re a creative German/English family moving to Greece, our daughters are 9 and 6 and have had amazing workaway exchanges and formed lasting friendships. We are looking for people who would like to stay and enjoy meals and live and work together, we bought a very old house in Crete and are doing everything ourselves so there is a lot of different things happening all at once like woodworking/cleaning/cooking and we'd love to share this experience..
The beach is 15 minutes away and its a very peace full village 45 minutes from Chania airport.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Culture
Photography
Gardening
Art & design
Architecture
Yoga / Wellness
Mountain
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Crete is full of history and we would love to show you some areas to explore. The greek cooking, the language, the beaches, the white mountains..
Help
Please send us a message with the time you are looking to come so we can give you an idea what we do together. The garden will need some digging and landscaping and in the house there is always stuff to do as well like cleaning/cooking.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Greek: Beginner
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I speak German and English and would love to work on my Spanish and Italian and Greek..
Accommodation
You will stay in your own room with a shared bathroom. The house is in a small village called Pemonia at the edge of the white mountains close to Kalives. There is a bus from the next village (20 min walk away).
What else ...
We are looking for open communication, people who love to be active, work with their hands, swim, love kids and nature and are happy to be part of our journey of creating a beautifull home here. There is a bus that takes you to Chania and Rethymno and we are happy to also do some excursions together. We enjoy having a group of people from different backgrounds around and a lot of the time there is 4-6 workawayers with us which has been great fun.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
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The work was varied and interesting. We built a pergola, and there was plenty of plastering to do. Besides that, there’s always something to do in the… read more
During their stay, they helped with gardening, weeding, and even laying a patio — all done with care and enthusiasm. They also… read more
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The work was varied and interesting. We built a pergola, and there was plenty of plastering to do. Besides that, there’s always something to do in the… read more
During their stay, they helped with gardening, weeding, and even laying a patio — all done with care and enthusiasm. They also… read more
The family is truly welcoming. Julia, the construction manager, sees to everything with calm and gentleness. Calum, with his sense of humor and his unique way of telling… read more
We, that is, my husband, my 4-year-old son, and I.
Together with other Workawayers, we sweated, laughed, and learned a lot, including things like plastering. Our son played with their two creative daughters, just as we had hoped. We took turns preparing delicious… read more
Abby even took some amazing family pictures of us. We hope to see them again sometime!
It's been years since I volunteered and I'd forgotten how much perspective can be gained by jumping into the unknown. And I couldn't have asked for a more comfortable landing 🙂
I really enjoyed the physical work and learning new skills, and equally loved the interpersonal aspect of being with people (Julia, Callum and the girls,… read more
One of the highlights for me was learning… read more
I loved to… read more
he has a lot of enthusiasm and was so nice with the kids as well. He got on with all the different jobs we had to do on the building site and was always fun and full of energy. We would highly recommend him!
and what can I say? It was great. I came with the thought of staying some days, a week maybe. It ended in three weeks and the save plan to return :).
This family is warm-hearted, open and welcoming.… read more
My days went like this, I would wake up around 7.30 and eat breakfast, then begin work at around 8, which consisted of sanding wooden beams, removing paint from a set of stairs and building a natural staircase in the back garden. I would work until around 13:00 and would then eat lunch with the family.
But… read more
After work they always suggested trips we could explore together and showed us… read more
