General help with our garden and pets in Co. Kildare, Ireland

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: 1 month or more

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a family of 6, including 4 children aged from 13 to 20. We live on a hobby farm in Co. Kildare. We have family ponies, dogs, chickens, goats and children! We are looking for help with gardening & DIY, some general household help, and help on our hobby farm. We are ideally looking for someone for a minimum of 3 months at a time. Some of the work is heavy such as splitting wood and cutting hedges.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    A chance to experience life on a hobby farm in beautiful Co. Kildare, spend time with ponies and children! Canoe on liffey, walk the canal, walk the Curragh, walk in the Wicklow mountains nearby, explore Dublin (20 mins by train).

  • Au pair

    Au Pair Help

    This host has let us know they’ll be complying with Irish regulations for au pair stays.here

  • Help

    Help

    We would like to meet a kind animal lover who is organised & enjoys country life. Gardening, cutting grass, cutting wood, cutting hedges, weeding. Feeding animals. Basic Housekeeping such as filling and emptying dishwasher, basic cooking, using washing machine. Driver would be an advantage.
    Summary: We would like some general help with maintaining the garden, some basic housekeeping and animal care for a few hours a day.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Large private ensuite bedroom, within the family home. Living in the country side in Co. Kildare on property beside the river Liffey and 3km from Naas town. Canoe on liffey, walk the canal, walk the Curragh, walk in the Wicklow mountains nearby, explore Dublin (20 mins by train). All meals included.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Live in country side with easy access to Naas. 3 km from Naas town, 2km from Sallins train station. 30 Mins by train to Dublin. 20 mins to Blessington. Bike available, if clean drivers licence possibility to use of car.

  • 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

    We have a lot of space so the size of the camper van is no problem

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 281583783185

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