Profile information
Host rating
80 %
Last replied
9 Feb 2025
Feedback
6
Email verified
Badges (3)
Details
Description
My name is Susanne and I live in a part of an old Farmhouse restored about 20 years ago in the beautiful Tuscan countryside near Florence with my daughter Laura (18) and my son Filippo (21) who is studying in Bologna. I’m originally german and we are a bilingue german/Italian family.
Our house is isolated in the countryside about 1 km far from the next small village and 7 km far from San Casciano in Val di Pesa near Florence. There is a small guest bed room with bathroom on the first floor for our workawayer. Our livingroom, kitchen and the outside area will be shared with us.
We need help mainly in our garden but also for some house maintenance, like restoring and painting woodbeams. We have a kind dog (Golden Retrevier).
We would like to host an english speaking workawayer for improving our english skills.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are interested in other culture and we would like to have an english speaking workawayer. I can give you some infos how creating meditarian gardens, using plants which are tipical for our region and which are mostly water resistent during the hot summertime. We can also cook together some tipical Tuscan meal. We can provide recommendations if you need about Florence and the area.
Help
We need someone who is available for some days or a week! There is a lot to do in the garden and in and around our house. We need help in trimming the lawn and cutting bushes with the hedge trimmer. We need also help to stack some wood for the winter months and cleaning and painting woodbeams under the roof.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
English: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We would like to host an english speaking workawayer for improving our english skills!
Accommodation
You will stay in the heart of Tuscany with all its beauty and historical villages. But our home is isolated in the countryside, 8km far from the village of San Casciano in Val di Pesa and 20 km far from Florence! You are welcome sharing our cozy house with us on the first floor there is your bedroom with bathroom. We will offer breakfast, lunch and dinner. You can chill outside in our garden if you like, taking a deep breath and let the view spoil you. If you are interested in exploring the area, there are bus connections from San Casciano in Val di Pesa to Florence and from Florence to other towns like Siena and Pisa.
What else ...
Please note that we are isolated in the countryside and it is in a quiet area, anyway there is in 1 km distance a small village with a bar where you can have a drink or you can eat local and genius food (cheap but good!). The village of San Casciano Val di Pesa is 8 km far away, from there you have bus connections to Florence.
Florence is in a distance of 20km from our house.
We have good WiFi connection!
It is a non smoking house, no drugs allowed!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have wifi and normally it is quiet fast.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Feedback (3)
I can highly recommend her to other hosts! She is always… read more
He helped me a lot in the garden, cut all our hedges and bushes, prepared wood for the winter ...and sometimes he also took our dog for a short walk which was well appreciated!
We had a nice stay together and he'll be always welcome anytime! Highly… read more
From relaxing by the neighbours pool to the delicious Tuscan cuisine this stay was a great experience. I was Susanna’s first ever workawayer which was an honour to say the least. She was immediately very kind and hospitable and took great care of me. The help hours were fair and not too hard as I had lots of… read more
Photos
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)
I can highly recommend her to other hosts! She is always… read more
He helped me a lot in the garden, cut all our hedges and bushes, prepared wood for the winter ...and sometimes he also took our dog for a short walk which was well appreciated!
We had a nice stay together and he'll be always welcome anytime! Highly… read more
From relaxing by the neighbours pool to the delicious Tuscan cuisine this stay was a great experience. I was Susanna’s first ever workawayer which was an honour to say the least. She was immediately very kind and hospitable and took great care of me. The help hours were fair and not too hard as I had lots of… read more
