Help in an old Mexican town house and garden in Guanajuato, Mexico

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28/12/2020
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We are a young and open-minded German-Mexican-Polish family with two little boys. With the help of a dozen amazing Workawayers, we finished renovating a beautiful villa in the old town of Guanajuato, Mexico. We now have someone administrating the rent longterm and could need some help with ongoing work in the house such as gardening and cleaning.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We want this project to be a win-win situation! In addition to free accommodation, you´ll live in a beautiful city with sparkling cultural life and get close to local Mexican culture.
Help
During the last couple of months, we renovated a beautiful house in the historic down-town of Guanajuato. It's set in a small alley with a big garden and a breathtaking view of the city center. We now have 4 bedrooms to rent.
If you always wanted to live in a beautiful colonial city and would like to help taking care of the house and garden- Bienvenido!
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
This host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
Please contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
You will have a fully equipped private room. The bathrooms, kitchen, living room, patio and the garden are shared. Free Wifi is available.

Our house is very close to the local market and a main hub for urban buses which will take you anywhere around town. We are located in the city center, you´ll just love it!
What else ...
In your time off there are plenty of possibilities:
The city of Guanajuato is an UNESCO cultural world heritage site with sights like the colorful colonial city center, old silver mines and delicous Mexican food.
The city is renowned of its wide range of cultural activities like concerts, theater, artistic and musical workshops, cooking classes and Spanish language courses.
You can also do a variety of sports like rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, Capoeira, Taekwondo, swimming, dancing, etc.
Guanajuato is also close to the cities of San Miguel Allende, Dolores Hidalgo and mountain towns.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
About 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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This is us

The kitchen

The patio

A view of the garden from above

The staircase leading to the rooms in the 1st floor

Feedback left by and about host (13)

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07/12/2020

Left by Workawayer (Joel) for host

Wow! What a great experience. Guanajuato is such a lovely town and the home is centrally located. Communication with Sibylle was easy and always quick. The home is wonderful and I was happy to help out where I could. Thank you for a delightful experience and sharing your space as a landing pad when I arrived in Mexico.

(Excellent )

08/05/2020

Left by Workawayer (Franziska) for host

We stayed for 4 weeks as a volunteer in the house of the lovely and amazing family with Sybille, Damian, Maruan and Elian.
We have had a great time with them. They always tried to give us the feeling that the house is also our home and we have had good conservations. The kids from them are amazing- we really miss them. They were full of positive… read more

(Excellent )

28/04/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Franziska)

Franziska and Nurga stayed with us for 4 weeks helping us in pretty much every corner of our old house and garden. They did a lot of hard work: building a compost and wooden furniture, painting furniture and walls, cleaning the house, planting plants, repairing bathroom sinks, installing lamps, hanging pictures, repairing old windows and doors,… read more

(Excellent )

12/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Julie)

Julie is a very friendly and easy-going person. She stayed with us for more than a week during the most stressful period of our project. She was extremely flexible and never lost patience with us, staying in different rooms of our home and our kids regularly disturbing her privacy. She enriched our lives with her optimistic attitude and… read more

(Excellent )

12/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Teena)

Teena is one of the most exceptional personalities we have met. She is full of passions, ideas and drive, she has great values and interesting stories to share. She is traveling with her down syndrome daughter Charlee. Charlee used to hang out in our living room (or at any other place in our chaotic home) watching movies or playing with dolls… read more

(Excellent )

12/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Juan)

Juan is a friendly, calm and interesting person. He is passionate about culture, music and travelling. He is an exceptional singer and even gave us private concerts on his guitar. He has helped us with renovating our home, cleaning, renovating and painting furniture, cutting wood and many more. He has been wonderful with our kids.We are very glad… read more

(Excellent )

07/03/2020

Left by Workawayer (Juan) for host

Beautiful family with beautiful values. I stayed two weeks with them and i felt like home. The two kids are adorable, and the working experience was easy and relaxed. It was a good chance to live the local life sharing with the other workers. Thanks for everything, hope to see you around! Love.

(Excellent )

28/02/2020

Left by Workawayer (armando) for host

son personas muy dedicadas.
Me sentí parte de la familia tanto así que me quede mas días de lo planeado y planeo encontrarlos en un futuro.
compartimos cultura, platicas, aventuras, música entre otras cosas.
y hablar de la vista de Guanajuato es otra historia.., muchas cosas.

(Excellent )

24/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (armando)

Armando is a fantastic guy! He is kind and calm - and passionate about dancing, music, hiking and exploring the world. He was just lovely with our kids. We and them enjoyed co-living with him a lot. He stayed with us for 3 weeks and helped us renovating a house. He supported us scrubbing and cleaning rooms and floors, sanding and painting wood… read more

(Excellent )

27/02/2020

Left by Workawayer (Robert) for host

Sybille and Damian are simply really cool people, fun to be around and with interesting stories to tell. I helped them out a bit with the renovation of their soon-to-be amazing Guanajuato house and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute I spent there. The work was fun, lunches delicious and conversations enriching (some more than others, but definitely… read more

(Excellent )

27/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Robert)

Robert is a great guy! He supported us with our house renovation project in his free time while he was staying and working with a different workaway project. He helped us gutting back and cleaning the garden, scrubbing dirty floors and renovating old wood furniture. He is kind, humorous and interesting to talk to. He is passionate about helping,… read more

(Excellent )

26/02/2020

Left by Workawayer (Kristina) for host

Sybille, Damian, Maruan, and Elian are an amazingly lovely family!! I had such a fun time working with them, they were super flexible, I learned a lot, their house is really amazing, and it’s great seeing the progress in renovation! Guanajuato is also my favourite city in Mexico!!!

(Excellent )

24/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Kristina)

Kristina is great! She is a curious, open-minded and optimistic person. Kristina stayed with us for about 2 weeks and we always found her in a good mood - even though there was no hot water and our home pure chaos. Kristina was helping us with the sanding and painting wood furniture, doors and windows and scrubbing an old greasy stove. She also… read more

(Excellent )

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