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1 Nov 2023
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Description
Help with daily life in a German/British family living in France. We also have a dog (rescue, currently 14 weeks old, not sure of her breed but medium sized) and 3 chickens!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our family with 2 home languages and living in a third language country is always an amusing mix!
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Help
We require general daily life assistance as my husband works very long hours, is often at the office in Paris and I would love to be able to delegate simple tasks such as picking up the eldest boy (4yrs old) from school, taking him to the park, dropping off at his gym session on Fridays etc as on my own with the 1year old this is quite a lot of going to and from. The school and gym are a 10minute walk from our house, albeit its downhill on the way there and therefore uphill on the way back! Activities with the children, especially on a Wednesday as there is no school on a Wednesday here in France. Accompanying me with both of them to somewhere like the pool where usually I am unable to take them alone for safety reasons!
A language boost with a German would be a great advantage as my husband is German! French also useful as my eldest gets this at school but the youngest has so far had to real introduction to the language.
Dog walks (with or without the kids), and simple home tasks like cleaning out the chickens, tidying and cleaning.
A workawayer who drives would be an advantage if ever needed but not essentiel. Also nicer for the person to be able to move around a bit and travel. We have a bus link to the train station for access to Versailles, Paris but its not super reliable, doesn't run late etc. Personally we use our electric bikes a lot (because of the hill!) to get to and from the town centre. The town we live in is very large with multiple shopping malls (Auchan, Primark, Action, Pimkie, NafNaf, Starbucks, Cinema).
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We are interested in our two boys having more exposure to German and French. We as the parents can give exposure to English and German plus the daily exposure out of the house to French.
Accommodation
A small room (double bed, lots of storage underneath) in our ground floor/half basement (there's a window!) with its own bathroom. Access is through the garage and a corridor (where the work office is for when my husband works from home) so fairly independant from the main house.
What else ...
We are a short bus ride away from a train station where there are regularly fast trains into Paris (25minutes) via Versailles (15minutes). If workawayer wishes to come with their own car there is planty of parking.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Good wifi connection in all areas of the house.
Space for parking camper vans
Large driveway (gated).
Can possibly accept pets
We may need to discuss more specifics, we have a 14 week old (femaile, not yet steralised but soon will be) rescue puppy who is just settling into her life here with us. We have a large enclosed backgarden (with chickens in their own enclosure) which is also fenced off away from the driveway, front door access etc which is again a large space enclosed with a car gate and pedestrian gate.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
