Busy family offering a comfortable peaceful space for some garden help in in Galway, Ireland

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  Description

  We are a family of four, Niamh a librarian, Wayne a lecturer, Isaac (12) and Eolann (15). We have a comfy home 15km from Galway city. Our home has a large garden that requires regular maintenance. We would like to develop it more to use it as a social space.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We can offer conversational English. Wayne is a lecturer and Niamh is a librarian and we both enjoy talking about books, music, Irish history and culture. Eolann (15) is learning Italian and would love the opportunity for Italian conversation and culture. Isaac enjoys playing board games and chatting about gaming.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We have a large garden that requires maintenance before Winter begins. Help includes cutting back shrubs and hedges, cutting back saplings and over growth. Spreading bark mulch and weed control. Workaways must be accustomed to physical tasks and using battery operated garden tools.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Irish: Intermediate
  Italian: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  Our son (15) is learning Italian in school and would love to improve through language exchange.
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  Accommodation

  You will sleep in a ground floor guest suite with a king size bed, en suite bathroom and a small kitchen. Suitable for one person or two people who don’t mind sharing a bed. Workaways are welcome to eat with us in the evenings, or make use of the kitchen to prepare their own meals. Often we don’t have time to cook. There will be plenty of food and essentials for laundry etc. in exchange for gardening work. We have some indoor work dismantling a fitted wardrobe if the weather is not good.

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  What else ...

  We are 15km from Galway city where there is plenty of culture and night life. We can recommend good places to go for hikes and Swims. There is a bus stop 1km from our home that is part of the route to Galway city. Buses stop there once per hour. We can arrange lifts to the bus or the city if given enough notice. We are a busy house with our time occupied by our children and working full time. We work from home some days. We need workaways to be independent and able to work with instructions.

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  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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  Can host digital nomads

  We have high speed broadband and a desk for work in the bedroom.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have space for a small camper van to park up. We also own one ourselves. We are happy to provide electricity and water.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Small pets ok. We have two cats and a small dog. Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times when outside.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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