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I am a professional photographer (British, resident in Italy 30 + years) living in a renovated farmhouse divided into two separate houses in the beautiful area of the Monferrato region which is part of a UNESCO site, in Piedmont. It is an eco project, powered by photovoltaic panels and wood-fired central-heating. It is on a hill, with a fantastic panoramic view, surrounded by woods and vineyards.
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
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The area is wonderful for walking, running, cycling, horse-riding, photography, creative painting, meditation etc. The towns often have festivals, concerts etc from spring through to late autumn, the area is renowned for its wines and gastronomy- especially truffles! having recently become a UNESCO Heritage Site there is lots to explore around.
Help
I'm looking for help with the garden, about 1/4 hectres, which requires constant attention. There are flowerbeds to weed, vegetable garden to attend to, a wooded area to clear and wood to cut.
In the immediate term I need some help with redecorating, cleaning and sprucing up the older part of the house.
More long-term tasks include drystone walls to mend.
I could also do with some IT help with making another website, and other online activities, also scanning transparencies to digital and helping with my photo archive.
I am vegetarian. Meals are shared, but if you want to eat meat you can prepare it yourselves, no problem.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
A room in the house
What else ...
The house is less than 2kms from the village, 10 min walk from bus route, 25kms from nearest large towns of Asti and Casale Monferrato, where there are train stations. Nearest airports are Genoa (120 km), Turin (90 km) and Malpensa (Milan) (125 km).
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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.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Host ref number: 317534541533
Feedback (15)
8 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Maayan & Ram)
Maayan and Ram are a fantastic couple - high energy, larger-than-life characters. They stayed for just a week, but we seemed to get a huge amount done, including all sorts of jobs that needed finishing off for a while. Maayan worked mostly outside, weeding, clearing steps, planting the vegetable garden, but also window-cleaning and dusting, while… read more
(Excellent
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5 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (Maayan & Ram) for host
We stayed at Anne's for a week, working mainly in the garden and doing some repairs and cleaning at home. The area where the house is located is very beautiful. The house is a large farmhouse that Ann is renovating by herself in a very beautiful way. The house is very cozy and spacious. Ann hosted us and shared her home with us, along with us was… read more
4 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Ekaterina)
Katya is delightful: delightful company, and a wonderful workawayer. She is fun-loving and energetic, full of enthusiasm and has an infectious zest for life. She stayed for just a week, but in that time she tackled various tasks with gusto, mostly outside in the garden, such as weeding, and clipping a long box hedge, which she made a great job of.… read more
(Excellent
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1 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (Ekaterina) for host
We arranged my week stay with Anne very suddenly: someone cancelled their stay, and I was able to come instead.
Anne has a beautiful personality, brilliant traveling experience and skills, she’s been renovating her house on her own for some years now and it’s a really nice place in rural area of Piemonte. Anna has lots of interesting topics to… read more
Anne has a beautiful personality, brilliant traveling experience and skills, she’s been renovating her house on her own for some years now and it’s a really nice place in rural area of Piemonte. Anna has lots of interesting topics to… read more
13 Nov 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Urio)
Urio stayed for a week and in that time he mostly chopped and stacked wood, and cleared and cleaned in the garden. He is a willing and enthusiastic worker, conscientious and happy to work alone. Quiet and discreet, he is very tidy and always helped with the washing up and cleaning. A great help and pleasure to host!
(Excellent
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8 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Maayan & Ram)
Maayan and Ram are a fantastic couple - high energy, larger-than-life characters. They stayed for just a week, but we seemed to get a huge amount done, including all sorts of jobs that needed finishing off for a while. Maayan worked mostly outside, weeding, clearing steps, planting the vegetable garden, but also window-cleaning and dusting, while… read more
(Excellent)
5 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (Maayan & Ram) for host
We stayed at Anne's for a week, working mainly in the garden and doing some repairs and cleaning at home. The area where the house is located is very beautiful. The house is a large farmhouse that Ann is renovating by herself in a very beautiful way. The house is very cozy and spacious. Ann hosted us and shared her home with us, along with us was… read more
4 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Ekaterina)
Katya is delightful: delightful company, and a wonderful workawayer. She is fun-loving and energetic, full of enthusiasm and has an infectious zest for life. She stayed for just a week, but in that time she tackled various tasks with gusto, mostly outside in the garden, such as weeding, and clipping a long box hedge, which she made a great job of.… read more
(Excellent)
1 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (Ekaterina) for host
We arranged my week stay with Anne very suddenly: someone cancelled their stay, and I was able to come instead.
Anne has a beautiful personality, brilliant traveling experience and skills, she’s been renovating her house on her own for some years now and it’s a really nice place in rural area of Piemonte. Anna has lots of interesting topics to… read more
Anne has a beautiful personality, brilliant traveling experience and skills, she’s been renovating her house on her own for some years now and it’s a really nice place in rural area of Piemonte. Anna has lots of interesting topics to… read more
13 Nov 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Urio)
Urio stayed for a week and in that time he mostly chopped and stacked wood, and cleared and cleaned in the garden. He is a willing and enthusiastic worker, conscientious and happy to work alone. Quiet and discreet, he is very tidy and always helped with the washing up and cleaning. A great help and pleasure to host!
(Excellent)
1 Jul 2022
Left by Workawayer (Workaway member) for host
This was my first workaway and it couldn't have been better! Anne welcomed me right away and I felt at ease from the start.
As mentioned in her workaway offer, Anne owns a large property and I was able to help her build a stone wall! The work could sometimes be difficult (heat, mosquitoes...) but it was a pleasure to see it progress day by day! I… read more
As mentioned in her workaway offer, Anne owns a large property and I was able to help her build a stone wall! The work could sometimes be difficult (heat, mosquitoes...) but it was a pleasure to see it progress day by day! I… read more
23 Jun 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Workaway member)
Martin stayed just a week but he was a delight to host, he helped me with some challenging tasks, such as building a wall in the garden, mixing the cement and carrying heavy stones, all in very hot weather and fighting off the mosquitos who were determined to win the day! He never complained and was happy to help in whatever way he could. He is… read more
(Excellent)
25 Jan 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Juan Manuel )
It was a real pleasure to host Juan for 3 weeks, he is bursting with enthusiasm and optimism, eager to help and be busy, to the point where he wanted to work even on his days off. He was a great help in the garden, clearing overgrown areas, cutting and chopping wood, digging over some of the vegetable garden, cleaning and mending steps and a… read more
(Excellent)
24 Jan 2022
Left by Workawayer (Juan Manuel ) for host
I spent three weeks with Anne, it was a wonderful experience, I learned a lot about gardening and I felt at home, we were also able to share our experiences as photographers in life, Anne is very sweet and cares about you, making you feel comfortable and calm.
Her house is wonderful, the place offers magical moments and a lot of time to meditate… read more
Her house is wonderful, the place offers magical moments and a lot of time to meditate… read more
8 Nov 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (AngieCharly)
Angie and Charly stayed for two weeks, and during that time managed to do all sorts of jobs, both inside and outside. Angie sanded chairs, weeded in the garden, papered the inside of a wardrobe, among other things, while Charley helped clearing ditches, cutting wood, repairing and stacking the wood pile and making a new outhouse roof, and also did… read more
(Excellent)
2 Nov 2019
Left by Workawayer ((Noki) Ponpassorn) for host
I had a wonderful time staying at Anne's place for a week in October 2019. I really enjoyed our time together with other two workawayers doing gardening, repairing ditch, cooking, and having 3 meals a day together (delicious vegan food). I really miss our time on the table having meals while discussing random stuff in life. The activities I did… read more
25 Oct 2019
Left by host for Workawayer ((Noki) Ponpassorn)
It was a delight to host Noki, she is always smiling and laughing, full of enthusiasm and eager to help. It was her first workaway experience, and she stayed for a week. Unfortunately it rained most of the time, but she did manage to spend a day outside gardening. Most of her time was taken up with sewing curtains and making draft excluders, and… read more
(Excellent)
25 Oct 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (stuartandteresa)
Teresa and Stuart are hardworking and efficient. They like to finish any job they start, and give it their best attention. They worked diligently both inside the house and outside, weeding and clearing, painting and cleaning, among other things (see their list). It was their first workaway experience, which got off to a rather rocky start, as they… read more
(Good)
17 Sep 2019
Left by Workawayer (stuartandteresa) for host
Anne was our first workaway experience, and a pretty authentic one! We stayed with Anne and Balu for 2 weeks back in April. Anne is a genuine, good hearted and kind woman. We helped her clear some rather overgrown areas of her borders, and vegetable garden, reclaimed the strawberry bed, gave a large, old and caterpillar infested box hedge a severe… read more
26 Nov 2018
Left by Workawayer (Elaine & Sereno) for host
Anne is a lovely, intelligent, complex, kind, fun woman. You can spend hours talking with her about the most varied subjects and it was a pleasure to know a little bit her brilliant work as a photographer. The place is lovely and the accommodations are very comfortable. Not to mention the incredible views! We also learned a lot about country life… read more
26 Nov 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Elaine & Sereno)
Elaine and Sereno are a wonderful couple, great fun, and great helpers! Elaine is very knowledgeable on IT matters, and so was a real help with the computer, helping on the website. She also helped Sereno outside with clearing some of the garden, and cleaning. Sereno cut and chopped wood for the winter as well as mending outhouses and generally… read more
(Excellent)
26 Aug 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Jessica)
It was a delight to have Jessica to stay, she is great company, has a great sense of humour and is willing and enthusiastic to work. She did some work outside helping me in the garden, but for the most part it was so hot that she helped me in the office in creating my website - a challenge to both of us! I can highly recommend Jessica in putting… read more
(Excellent)
18 Jan 2018
Left by Workawayer (Marc) for host
My first workaway. I had a greath days with Anne. The expierence couldn't be better. I Enjoy my time there, Also the cook was excelent. The atmosphere was great. The zone is very beautiful. I recommend 100% the place and the host !!
16 Jan 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Marc)
There are some workawayers who are truly wonderful to host, and Marc is definitely in that category. Independent, hard-working, conscientious, easy-going, positive, always with a smile... Marc worked outside, chopping down and trimming trees, cutting and stacking wood, digging over much of the garden with the rotocultivator, preparing the… read more
(Excellent)
27 Jul 2017
Left by Workawayer (kenmariemcallan) for host
What a hidden gem. We never tired of the magical view from our bedroom window. The June weather was glorious. Anne and Bahloo are open, friendly, and great company. It was very satisfying to assist Anne with finer details of renovation and the ongoing maintenance of a property. We had a hire car to explore this enchanting region during the… read more
12 Jul 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (kenmariemcallan)
It was a great pleasure to host Ken and Marie for two weeks, such a lovely couple, with great experiences and stories to share. Ken is a man of many talents, who put his hand to making old doors fit in new places, helped me grout the last of the terracotta floor, hang curtain rails, and worked patiently polishing the concrete kitchen work surface… read more
(Excellent)
2 Jul 2017
Left by Workawayer (Nicholas) for host
It was a pleasure to work with Anne, unfortunately i got called away after a week. Would have loved to of stayed for the summer helping her achieve her goals on some of the projects. Beautiful area. Balu the dog was good company as were Ken and Marie follow workawayers.
7 Jan 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (BarbaraHallo)
Barbara arrived as a workawayer and left as a good friend. She is great company, and a great help - positive, cheerful, optimistic and dynamic. Always ready to lend a hand, Barbara worked inside and out, cleaning, tidying, creating order where there was chaos! Outside she weeded flowerbeds and battled with a patch of ivy-covered woodland, inside… read more
(Excellent)
6 Jan 2017
Left by Workawayer (BarbaraHallo) for host
Cara Anne, dear Anne!
i miss so much staying with you and Balu in beautiful Grazzano.
I spent with Anne 2 months, gooing from autumn landscape, into snow and a very sunny winter!
My tasks were varied, from gardening, to vegetable patch, then into the bush and helping in cutting wood from the forest in the nearby.
Also in the house the… read more
i miss so much staying with you and Balu in beautiful Grazzano.
I spent with Anne 2 months, gooing from autumn landscape, into snow and a very sunny winter!
My tasks were varied, from gardening, to vegetable patch, then into the bush and helping in cutting wood from the forest in the nearby.
Also in the house the… read more
6 Mar 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Arthur & Antonella)
Arthur and Antonella are a delightful couple, great fun and brimming with enthusiasm. They arrived in the rain but left in the sun, they were happy to work outside, even in bad weather, working long hours and determined to finish what they started. Arthur was so happy to be outside in the garden, and Antonella was great in the kitchen, making… read more
(Excellent)
4 Mar 2016
Left by Workawayer (Arthur & Antonella) for host
We enjoyed a lot staying at Anne's house ! ;) We didn't have much time for this experience, but we would have been happy to stay more ! It was a pleasure to help in the garden and for some little works in the new renovated farm. She made us know her region, bringing us by car into different towns around. Jaco Pastorious and great local wine made… read more
6 Jan 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Naïma)
Naima is quiet and gentle, she is eager to learn, and gets on with whatever task is at hand, taking the work seriously and quite happy to work on her own or with others, as required. She worked mostly out in the garden, despite the fact that it was often cold and foggy, weeding flower-beds and preparing the vegetable patch for the winter. She also… read more
(Excellent)
6 Dec 2015
Left by Workawayer (Juan Francisco) for host
I stayed 3 weeks at anne's house and It was a very nice experience. I helped to sort things out before the winter doing different work like chopping wood, gardening, maintaining and so on. She is an easy going person you can share ideas with, rich in culture and stories as she did travel a lot working as a professional photographer (great one by… read more
6 Dec 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Juan Francisco)
It was a real pleasure to host Juan, he stayed for 3 weeks and in that time he helped enormously, mostly outside while the weather was good, chopping and stacking wood, making a roof for the woodpile, clearing and landscaping in the garden, preparing the outhouse for the winter. He is hardworking, determined, and gets on with whatever needs doing… read more
(Excellent)
3 Nov 2015
Left by Workawayer (Sarah) for host
Staying with Anne was an absolute treat - she was wonderful and helpful from day one and very much tried to make me feel at home. And Balu is a great big sweetheart who will happily be your new best friend. My only regret is not getting a chance to help with the archiving that needs to be done and seeing more of Anne's beautiful photography work.
30 Oct 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Sarah)
It was a pleasure to have Sarah to stay, she was a little shy at first, always very discreet, and always offered to help with whatever might need doing, with a smile and a song. She worked hard both inside and out and was quite prepared to put in long hours. In three weeks we made great progress on the house, painting the ground floor area and… read more
(Excellent)
10 Apr 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Michelle & Stephen)
Stephen and Michelle are a unified, harmonious couple, quiet and discreet, who fit in quickly and get on with whatever work needs doing. Stephen set to making doors and door frames from onsite material, using his initiative and skills and happily working alone, while Michelle painted and did some work in the garden, as well as cooking and… read more
(Excellent)
7 Apr 2015
Left by Workawayer (Michelle & Stephen) for host
We stayed with Anne for two weeks. From the start she made us feel at home, and both her and her big hairy dog, Balu, were great company. She was very hospitable: helping us with our visas, feeding us well and showing us around the area. We look forward to seeing her again; either in Italy or back in our home country of New Zealand.
