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Hamish and I (Alastair) live on a lifestyle property in rural Wairarapa on land that has been in my family for over 40 years. We both work full time and in the weekends enjoy our friends and family nearby, our garden, and our pets. We have a large flower and ornamental garden, as well as a productive vegetable garden and orchard. We have 6 hectares of farmland, though we currently lease it to a local farmer to run his cattle.
We are seeking help with a jobs in the garden and around the house, including planting, pruning, weeding, mulching, wood chopping, painting, and small construction.
Long-term living arrangement possible
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers will be able to spend time with me and Hamish and my family and friends who live nearby. New skills include gardening (including fruit and vegetables), planting, basic farming and building skills like painting. Practice English.
Help
We are seeking help with a jobs in the garden and around the house, including planting, pruning, weeding, mulching, wood chopping, painting, and small construction.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
The accommodation is in a separate guest house that is new, modern and sunny with views of the surrounding countryside. At this time of year we are willing to consider longer-term accommodation arrangements.
The guest house has a self-contained bedroom, dining and living room, kitchenette and bathroom. The bedroom has a queen size bed and a day bed. The dining and living room has a dining table, a couch and TV. The kitchenette allows basic cooking and there's a 4-burner BBQ available along with outdoor areas for relaxing and eating.
Hamish works from another room in the guest house on weekdays and will share the kitchen and bathroom. Guests will have the space to themselves outside work hours and on the weekends.
What else ...
Our house is on the outskirts of Carterton with rural outlook and atmosphere, but close to the shops and transport links. Our place is 10 minutes from the railway station with trains to Wellington that take 90 minutes.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a very strong and reliable internet connection, and there are comfortable spaces to work.
Space for parking camper vans
We can accommodate vans of most sizes.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Their architecturally stunning house and garden provided a beautiful backdrop to our stay. We mainly helped with gardening tasks and had the pleasure to share delicious meal with them.
Hamish and Alastair are not just hosts; they are genuine, kind-hearted and… read more
Aside from the wonderfully comfortable guesthouse, the company of Hamish and Alastair was delightful. Engaging… read more
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Their architecturally stunning house and garden provided a beautiful backdrop to our stay. We mainly helped with gardening tasks and had the pleasure to share delicious meal with them.
Hamish and Alastair are not just hosts; they are genuine, kind-hearted and… read more
Aside from the wonderfully comfortable guesthouse, the company of Hamish and Alastair was delightful. Engaging… read more
Media and Filip are very socialiable and open; happy to spend time with us and share information about their lives and experiences. At the same time they were happy to respect boundaries at the times when we asked them to fend… read more
The work that we got gave us a lot of satisfaction.
We liked that our working time was well organized - every morning we were given a specific list of tasks to do. Our tasks were, for example, to stack the wood, clean windows, cut the grass, help in the kitchen, water the plants, make a… read more
Asia and Darek were easy company with lots of interesting things to talk about, in terms of where they’re from… read more
Guillaume did a range of jobs for us, but mostly gardening and landscaping-type activities. He dug several large holes for trees to be planted in, including some very difficult holes where he had to dig through tree roots… read more
They made a wonderful home of the family property
I learned a lot about proper gardening with these 2 who have a green thumb.
Except that i didn’t know chokes and rabbits were good natural fertilizers.
Their garden is already looking great and is gonna get better… read more
Eduardo is a really interesting and engaging guy, and very easy to get along with. We spent quite a bit of time together working or sharing meals and it was great to get to know Eduardo more. We found him willing to share things about his own country and… read more
I stayed 10 days there during the winter, which was my first experience on Workaway. Activities were quite varied, so a good opportunity to… read more
- The work consisted mostly of gardening which was varied to keep it interesting. Alistair and Hamish were very flexible and trusting over the hours- we could pretty much work around the weather and work more hours in a day to work less… read more
One job consisted of double-digging a big new garden bed - no mean feat and tackled with gusto. They also showed their carpentry skills by building us some awesome new shelves, and their culinary… read more
From I wrote them to arrange the stay, they were very helpful and friendly with us.
They understood our personal situation (Ivan can works just from midday)… read more
Marina and Ivan were very willing workers who worked hard and achieved a lot in their two weeks with us. Marina has existing plant knowledge and they both had gardening and landscaping skills, so they were a real asset outside. They also… read more
She was enthusiastic, did all the job we asked he to do willingly, and was interested to learn about us and our families.
She was great with the kids in our extended family and… read more
The flat they provided was brilliant, it had a nice large bedroom with a kitchen unit. The work was very varied, physical at times but rewarding and we were given clear easy to follow instructions. They also have two adorable friendly cats which you can't help but fall in love… read more
Bert and Yentl are interesting and pleasant, forthcoming with details about their own country and background, and interested in us and New Zealand in general. They were very thoughtful guests and kept the accommodation very clean and tidy. We had a good balance… read more
There was a big variety of jobs for us to do (building bridge, gardening, cutting gorse ...), so the work never bored us.
The room we got was amazing. Very clean and spacious. We also got our own seperate kitchen… read more
