Enjoy the nature while helping around my country house in Loire Valley, France

Details

• 

  Description

  I bought a country house just after COVID-19 after feeling trapped during lockdown in my small parisian apartment.
  It's located 10mn by car from the train station of La Charité sur Loire (city listed on UNESCO world heritage), also close to Pouilly sur Loire and Sancerre where you can fine great wines and goat cheese. Along the house there is a canal with a lock and you can watch the boats passing by just looking by the windows. Also a garden with many kind of trees and fruits and where I grow some vegetables.
  The house had been empty for more than 10 years when I bought it and some rooms were stucked in the 70s. That's why I still need some help to renovate it and work in the garden.

• 

  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
• 

  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  I can help you learning French
  We can cook together and I can share my recipes of French cuisine and my knowledge on French wine and cheese
  I travelled more than 50 countries and I'm still happy to share travelling experience and tips
  there are markets on Friday in Pouilly and Saturday in La Charité with local products and delicious goat cheese

• 

  Help

  help in the garden : trim tree branches, chopping wood, weed, clean, mow the lawn, restore a fence...
  or in renovating the house : painting (shutters, doors, walls...), some little works with plaster, filler, lime mortar...

• 

  Languages

  Languages spoken
  French: Fluent
  English: Intermediate
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
• 

  Accommodation

  you will sleep in a newly renovated bedroom with a confortable double bed and a view on the canal and the village. Some others parts of the house still need to be improved.
  I will provide food and I'd be happy to cook for you and share meals, but any help in the kitchen is welcome. I have a kitchenaid robot which I mainly use to bake sourdough bread and sometimes some pastries and an espresso grinder for coffee lovers.
  wifi on fiber internet access

• 

  What else ...

  The Loire is one of the wildest big rivers in France, you can enjoy it by foot, bicycle or kayaking.
  There are different types of bicycle i can share to explore the surroundings : in 5mn you can join the cycle road "La Loire à Vélo" (Eurovelo 6) and there are also some nice little roads without too many cars.
  By bicycle, you can easily reach the touristic villages of Sancerre, Pouilly sur Loire and La charité sur Loire and even a beautiful forest (la forêt des Bertranges)
  Many possibilities of walking too with path starting close to the house. Lots of birds to observe and others wild animals (hare, coypu, squirrel, deer, fox, boar are the most common, people say there are otters in the natural reserve you can reach by foot from the house but i haven't seen them yet). I can lend you binoculars for your explorations.
  There is also a bakery in the village (3mn by foot) where you can find delicious french pastries

• 

  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