Nice person with building and gardening skills wanted in a beautiful Reykjavik, Iceland

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23/03/2022
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We are a couple with one 18 year old daughter and two chihuahuas.
I am a beauty therapist and my husband is a fisherman. We have two boats, beauty salon.
We live in a house in Reykjavik close to the city center, sport center, the largest swimming pool in Iceland and the botanical garden
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Animal Care
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Reykjavik is a very cultural city and the country is so beautiful and clean.
There are lots of day tours to the country side and only a bus ride to great hiking places.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need someone to help us with heavy tasks in my garden and to put up a fence, to secure my dogs. I also need someone who can do handy work inside of the house.
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
English: Fluent
Faroese: Fluent
Icelandic: Fluent
Accommodation
Private room in my house
What else ...
It is really easy to get around from my house to the excursion tours and the city bus stops only 2 minutes walk away. We have bikes that you can use
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Accuracy of profile:
(4.9)

Cultural exchange:
(5.0)

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(5.0)

30/10/2021

Left by Workawayer (Stefan & Sabrina) for host

We stayed 8 weeks in the family of Rosa, Petur, Elin Rose and their two lovely dogs. We lived in a appartment and later in their house in a separate room. They have a hostel and we helped there to clean the rooms, kitchen, bathrooms and washed the sheets. Sometimes we also helped at home with cleaning, take out the dogs, renovating at the house or… read more

(Excellent )

06/09/2021

Left by Workawayer (Alexandra) for host

I had the absolute pleasure to stay with Rosa, Petur and Elin for one month, in his time they made me feel like family! I was helping out with cleaning at guest house and their home, as well as laundry, walking the dogs and some grocery shopping. The work is manageable once you set up your own cleaning system/ cycle and washing machines frequency.… read more

(Excellent )

14/07/2021

Left by Workawayer (Ziv & Dima) for host

it was great to stay with the family, the jon is satifsing and everything is such comfortable and close to the city. rosa her husband and her daughter are very kind people and we really enjoy to work for them

(Excellent )

30/04/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Lenka & Honza)

Lenka and Honza staid at my house for 3 weeks while I was away. I was there for their first days and really enjoyed their company. They are both really nice, helpful and did everything I asked them to do. While I was away they kept the house clean and cooked for my family. They did also grocery shopping.
My family were really happy to have them… read more

(Excellent )

04/04/2020

Left by Workawayer (Lenka & Honza) for host

We spend in Rosa's house three weeks. She just left to vacation So we was caring for household.
Elín and Pétur are nice and friendly. We are happy they welcome us like part of they family. Work wasn't hard and we enjoyed a lot of fun. We had enough free time and Pétur lend us car Everytime we want. They live in peacefull part of Reykjavik so… read more

(Excellent )

09/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Sarthak) for host

Rosa, ellin and petur are really a great host. I felt like home while I was residing in their home. They allowed me to take their bike and roam around for exploration which was really a superb experience for a traveller like me. Rosa is really a good cook, ellin is really a smart girl, petur is a awesome and a sweet person and the dogs, o God… read more

(Excellent )

11/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Samuel) for host

Rosa, pjotr and Elin are such lovely and generous people who welcomed me into their home. The work was satisfying and i enjoyed it, and it was a pleasure to spend time here!

(Excellent )

18/06/2019

Left by Workawayer (Raul) for host

Rosa is amazing!
She was very quick to respond to my inquiry of coming to help. They are in an excellent location in Reykjavik, I could ride one of their bicycles anywhere in the city. I was able to go and connect with other locals and other workawayers and couchsurfers. The work building a fence was tough, but incredibly worth it for the… read more

(Excellent )

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