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Help with gardening and other projects in Hillegom, the Netherlands

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  • Description

    Description

    We are Sander and Lisa. Sander his daily job is electrical engineering, Lisa is an entrepreneur in physiotherapy. Together with Lisa her sister she run's a breeding company, fully biological. We purchased a house and property in 2023. At first we renovated the front house where we live. We completely felt in love with the historical bulbwarehouse, we're renovating this into our dreamhouse the next couple of years. Recently we have been bussy converting the 6000m2 property into a fully biological dahlia breeding facility.

    We work really hard but also enjoy life at it's fullest. We love sponteous visits of many of our friends, play spike ball at our property or throw barbecues and late night bunfires.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    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
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are living a very social life, lots of friends are spontenous visiting. You can tag along and participate in our family. We love going to a party every once in a while, feel free to join.

    We spend sunny sundays at the boat at our island at the Westeinderplassen (Aalsmeer), you can take the sup or sailboat for a drive.

    Sander has a lot of technical and electric knowledge, he is very patient to share with others. Lisa knows about physiotherapy and have plant knowledge.

  • Help

    Help

    There are many different things you could help us with.

    During spring 2026 we would like to repaint the outside of the house, so lot's of sanding and painting. We have a large garden, so gardening will definetly be a huge task, I've creating a small food forest which needs some attention. We have a big and a small boat, the small boat needs some love (sanding, painting).

    Cooking a meal 2 times a week and some basic help in the house is appreciated.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    You will have a private room in our house. There is a bed and a spot for you to chill. You share the toilet and bathroom with us. The property is very large, lot's of quiet spots for you to chill.

    Anytime of the year there is enough place if you decided to bring your own mobile home/camper.

    Mostly Lisa is prepping a healthy meal, you can eat with us. Help in the kitchen at tuesdays and thursdays would be wonderfull! If you prefer to use the kitchen and prepare your own meal , be our guest. The fridge is always full of food for you, you can take whatever you like during the day.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We live very close to the dunes and beaches (15 minutes cycle), you can cycle to Haarlem in 20 minutes. The train station is only 5 minutes away, you will reach the city centre of Amsterdam in 30 minutes by train. You can always use the mountainbikes, there is also a MTB track next door.

    We live in the centre of the flower bulb district, the fields are flowering in march-april-may.

    The cleaning lady visit us every two weeks, but it would be nice if you help us keep the house tidy in between.

  • 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

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Lots of room to place your camper

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    We have two cats Basil& Ginger, she stay mostly at home. You can bring your pet, but your Pet has to stay outside or on the barn.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Basil

    Ginger

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