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31 Oct 2026
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Description
Hi! We’re Jamie and Harriet – an outdoorsy, animal-loving couple living in beautiful Castalla, Spain. We share our little slice of paradise with our cats, horses, and dogs, we’re always up for good company, good food, and a bit of hard work in the sunshine!
I’m originally from Italy and love to cook (so you’ll be well-fed!), while Harriet works with horses and spends as much time as possible outdoors. We’re friendly, relaxed people who enjoy meeting others from around the world, sharing stories, and learning new things.
Our Place
We live on a lovely, spacious 5-bedroom private property set on around 2 acres of land filled with fruit and olive trees. The land keeps us busy — there’s always something to do, from tending the garden to general maintenance and other projects.
We are looking for a single host at the moment due to our Annex being occupied by family and less space available.
Your accommodation will be a private room with your own bathroom and shower in our home. The toilet is shared, but there is plenty of space to relax both inside and outside the property
This is a private homestead with no business activity. -
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Light maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House & pet sitting
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UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We provide free accommodation, home-cooked meals, and a welcoming atmosphere. You’ll be part of the family while you’re here.
In your free time, there’s plenty to enjoy – hiking and cycling trails, local castles, and the lovely town of Castalla just a short walk away, with plenty of bars, cafés, and restaurants. The mountain views are stunning too!
We’ve got lots of exciting projects planned over the next couple of years, so if you’re easygoing, hands-on, and love the outdoors, we’d love to have you join us! -
Help
The Help We Need
The house needs a lot of help that we are happy to chip away at. There are a variety of projects that I have in mind, all with different scales of priority, and I would like to think that different workawayers could assist on a project to suit them and be a general helping hand and good company.
We would also be happy to help with learning, whether thats language, or local attractions, we have lots to offer. There is a fantastic history of castles nearby and you would love to see them.
Some of the examples of help that a workawayer could contribute with:
Garden/yard activities: Weeding, watering, Olive tree pruning, A Plasterer or Painter Decorator would be extremely helpful to us.
Households chores like: help move some household items, cook a meal, get the shopping in, clean up.
Light activities: fetch a tool, hold a ladder, help mount furniture, help to clear up. -
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
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Accommodation
Our Place
We live on a lovely, spacious 5-bedroom property set on around 2 acres of land filled with fruit and olive trees. -
A little more information
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Internet access
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Limited internet access
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We have pets
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We are smokers
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Can host families
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Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
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Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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My animals / pets
Trigga
Joey
Tilly
Jasper
Rocky (1 year)
New Puppy
Ricky (1 year)
British Ex Race horse
Sabria (17 years)
Beautiful calm spanish horse
Phoebe (7 years)
Ragdoll
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There was such a warm, relaxed and friendly atmosphere. I never felt like I was simply there to help — I felt more like a friend of the family.
I was also very happy to meet John and Sue, Jamie’s parents. They were … read more
I stayed in the annex on my own, and had full use of the kitchen and was given plenty of money to buy my own food for breakfast and evening meals. I was offered … read more
He’s an easy going guy who was willing to give anything a go. A pleasure to be around too :)
He also looked after my pets while I had to work which was much appreciated.
A … read more
Helpful, hard working, on the ball and not afraid to get their hands dirty! There’s always a variety of things to do at our place and they both can turn their hand to anything, even if they haven’t done it before they’ll give things a go. They also did some research to help us on our little projects and shared … read more
During our … read more
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There was such a warm, relaxed and friendly atmosphere. I never felt like I was simply there to help — I felt more like a friend of the family.
I was also very happy to meet John and Sue, Jamie’s parents. They were … read more
I stayed in the annex on my own, and had full use of the kitchen and was given plenty of money to buy my own food for breakfast and evening meals. I was offered … read more
He’s an easy going guy who was willing to give anything a go. A pleasure to be around too :)
He also looked after my pets while I had to work which was much appreciated.
A … read more
Helpful, hard working, on the ball and not afraid to get their hands dirty! There’s always a variety of things to do at our place and they both can turn their hand to anything, even if they haven’t done it before they’ll give things a go. They also did some research to help us on our little projects and shared … read more
During our … read more
We got a lot of jobs done on our property, there was quite a wide variety of things we wanted to get done and both Luis and Edwige were keen to take anything on. We certainly learnt quite a bit from them as newbie country … read more
Our accommodation was "the annex", located on the northern side (therefore quite cold in winter and difficult to heat), basic for cooking but independent and with a lot of space. Fine for … read more
She helped us a lot with chores and was very gentle and kind with our beloved pets, she took great care of our horses while one of us were away … read more
