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Ciao!
My partner (Peter,CH, 1966) and I (Emanuela, italy, 1970) on july 2019 become owner of a cosy stone house 150 years old!
The house is in Piedmont (North Italy) very close to Alps Mountain and the border with Swiss.
We moved in the house on January 2021.
There are still some things to do in the house, but especially in the garden.
I (Emanuela) have been travelling some years thanks workaway. And also Peter did some workawaying with me. We had very nice experiences, we could see nice places, met nice people, we could live the local culture.
After this nice experiences, it has been easy to decide to open and share our place with other people!
We wish you can have your wonderful life experience, too 😉.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you like, you Will have some opportunity to express your fantasy and creativity.
You can explore our fantastic village landscape!
You can lern Italiano (Peter wants lern italiano, too! ) or Deutsche (I want lern deutsche, too). If you like, we can cook togheter some special Italian dishes.
😊.
Help
We Expect 4/5 hours help per 5 days. You dont need special skills, but if you have good manuality or you have artistic or garden skills will be really appreciate 😄.
Cleaning, plastering, sending, painting, gardening, watering. building etc.
Languages spoken
Italian: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Accommodation
1 or 2 single beds (better for a couple) in a small room. We share the bathroon.
What else ...
Our place is 12 minutes by car from Domodossola train station (we Will come to take you up at your arrivai).
Domodossola station is 1h40 by train from Milano (Italy) and 1h40 by train from Bern (CH).
Malpensa airport is about 1h by train or bus.
What to see: our village!! (Montecrestese).
Some small cities like Domodossola, Vogogna, Baveno and Stresa (on lago Maggiore).
The train tour of Val Vigezzo (100Valli).
Waterfall in Val Formazza.
Lakes: lago Orta,lago Maggiore, lago Antrona.
The Alps
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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
4/5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Mia did: a nice drow over our entrance Door, carefully painting a stairway, cut plants in the garden, prepared and describted… read more
I help in the house with painting and in the garden. It is a really beautiful house and i can just recommend for everyone. ;)
She worked hard with Joy and Power. And We had a lot of Fun with her and Sigrid (the other helper) both during the jobs and the evening games.
She was Always available to help also with houswork and could very good cooperate toghter with Sigrid.
It has been a… read more
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Mia did: a nice drow over our entrance Door, carefully painting a stairway, cut plants in the garden, prepared and describted… read more
I help in the house with painting and in the garden. It is a really beautiful house and i can just recommend for everyone. ;)
She worked hard with Joy and Power. And We had a lot of Fun with her and Sigrid (the other helper) both during the jobs and the evening games.
She was Always available to help also with houswork and could very good cooperate toghter with Sigrid.
It has been a… read more
he is a open mind, social and respectfull person. You can see that he is used to travel! We appreciated his Company for his humor and knowledge about various things and also his capability to be both social and indipendent.
He has been also able to do special jobs I could not expect from a workawayer!
He did… read more
We thanks her deeply for all the good and different works she did.
She has been flexible and able to manage many different works in the house and in the garden, from artistic painting, to hevy work like moving things, working with soil, stone and, wood. She was always helping for… read more
We spoke about life and our experiences, it's always interesting to have conversations with an open minded person.
The sorroundings were marvelous, with a lot fruit trees and great walks to do.
She was very kind, specially when i wanted to go climbing. She accompanied me with the car to the bottom of… read more
hank you Franco for your help. Have a good life! You are welcome when our house… read more
