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We are a Danish gay couple looking for general help in our wonderful paradis. We have been married for 15 years and are very openminded.
Both of us have been working on the international scene and speak several languages. Looking for help/sparing with the daily mainteanece of our wonderful place - we like to call paradise
We are currently looking for help with general maintenence of our houses and lands.
If you are keen on sanding and repainting the shutters of our entire house - you might even be a perfect match.
We are also looking for a person that can help us in the garden and are able/willing to cut grass, prune trees, weeding, cutting grass, weeding and cutting gras after weeding, moving pebbles for the new part of the garden.....
DID WE MENTION WEEDING AND CUTTING GRASS? ;-)
We have a lot of loggs for the fire that are chopped up, but need to be moved nearer to our house.. maybe you are up for some free work out in the "real world"?
HANDYMEN ARE VERY WELCOME - we have loads of smaller projects that need a helping hand.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR HELP TO COOK, CLEAN; TAKE CARE OF GUESTS ETC!!!
We do not have pets or any animals nor kids to take care of!
We are looking for people that can stay for at least one month.
You must be over 20 and have a valid international driving licens.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will be a part of our small "family" and you will learn not only about Italian culture but also northern European cultures as we both were born and raised in Denmark.
You will have an unpredictable stay with two guys that had an international worklife and are not affraid of changes.
Help
You will have a once in a liftime chance to get to learn about life on an Italian country house.
We expect you to take part of the daily tasks, it being laundry, weeding, taking care of the garden or simply just to do what ever the day ask of you.
We expect you to help even during the weekends when needed.
Handymen/women are more than welcome.
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
We offer you a very nice room with ensuite bathroom in a separete building and all meals that will be enjoyed in each others company every evening - we are NOT fast eaters, so expect that the evening will be spend having a good time together eating and chatting.
What else ...
Why would you like to leave paradise? But... Rome is only one hour away in train... Orvieto 20 min by train and Florence 2 1/2 hours in train.......
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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We really enjoyed all the help they gave us to get the “to-do-list” shortened.
Anders is not only hard working and he really puts a huge effort into finishing any task given to him without any hesitations and always with a smile. Anders… read more
Emma and Kevin have been here for a month and we are happy for all the work they have done for us no matter if its gardening, tiling, painting, doing heavy… read more
They received me with open arms, always willing to help with everything. Making us, workawayers, welcome in their home and into their… read more
Rosi is the kind of person that you only have to tell things once – if at all. She sees, acts and does – all the small… read more
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We really enjoyed all the help they gave us to get the “to-do-list” shortened.
Anders is not only hard working and he really puts a huge effort into finishing any task given to him without any hesitations and always with a smile. Anders… read more
Emma and Kevin have been here for a month and we are happy for all the work they have done for us no matter if its gardening, tiling, painting, doing heavy… read more
They received me with open arms, always willing to help with everything. Making us, workawayers, welcome in their home and into their… read more
Rosi is the kind of person that you only have to tell things once – if at all. She sees, acts and does – all the small… read more
We had one of the best time of our life staying there in Alviano. We first planned to stay at their place for a month but we ended up staying 2 months because we enjoyed… read more
Apart from having wonderful and charming personalities, they were also delivering the work they promised and much, much more. Often… read more
Sorcha is the kind of person that approach a job or a task with an analytic and research kind of attitude to fulfill the final result in the best possible way. You don’t need to explain her twice what to do – she understands the tasks in… read more
Since the first day, Michael and Jens welcomed us into their home with open arms. It's a perfect place for people who not only want to travel and work but also to meet people from another part of the world, exchange cultures, and experience everyday life in a small town in… read more
A clever man once said: the smile is the shortest distance between two persons. And there has been loads of smiles and laughters but we… read more
During her stay Jette performed different jobs such as weeding, making new filling for the cochins, stacking logs and cutting grass. When she is given jobs to do, she would… read more
We had agreed on him staying with us for a month or so as we do with all workawayers including the two couples that were here at the same time and they… read more
From the very first moment Ellen arrived, she just blended in and soon became a part of us
Ellen stayed with us alongside another Workawayer and she really was very social and did anything to make both of them a… read more
Brian blended in with our little family and fulfilled the tasks he was given. We had a great wish of getting a part of our garden made… read more
