Share life experiences and experience rural life in Beaumarchés, France

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  Description

  Hi from Fred and Amanda. We are a retired Australian couple (73 & 66) who live in rural SW France and need some help during Spring with gardening and small maintenance chores around the property. We have a fully self contained (all linen included) and furnished 1 bedroom Gite which has its own entrance, is private and very quiet. Please note, meals are NOT included but the kitchen is very well equipped for self catering. We would expect a few hours/day over 4 days a week. Previous experience with mowers, strimmers, hedge trimmers, handyman chores is a must. Part of the work will be getting rid of a lot of junk from the barn (we have access to a trailer). We're 10 mins from Marciac in Dept 32, the Gers, famous for its produce, Madiran wines and Armagnac. Perfect for day trips, an easy drive to Bordeaux, Toulouse, Biarritz, Albi and Spain. Very flexible with the length of stay from Mid March 2027. Car essential.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Light gardening

  Farmstay help

  Light maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Marciac hosts one of the largest Jazz festivals in Europe so is very musically orientated. We speak English most of the time but you can improve your French with our neighbours. Many years ago in Brisbane (Australia) we used to host young homestay University students for 9 months at a time, at our house from China, Japan or South Korea.
  
  Our kids were still quite young but we all thoroughly enjoyed the experiences. One or two still keep in contact on FaceBook.
  We hope to be able to share our life experiences and showcase our property. In turn we can teach gardening techniques, maintenance of equipment and plant identification/suitability. Apart from your work input it offers us a chance to learn and gain a perspective about other countries and culture for possible visits.

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  Help

  You'll need to have some prior gardening/DIY experience and get on with things unsupervised. Couples welcome. Sometimes we'll be sharing tasks, other times not. We're very easy going and flexible with the projects and hours of work. Barn junk clean out, repaving, work around our pond, small tree trimming, digging out brambles in the field, mowing, weeding hedge trimming and strimming.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  The Gite is about 80 meters from our main house and is very well equipped and fully furnished. It has its own private entry and garage and comprises: one large bedroom, fully equipped kitchen, lounge room, bathroom and outdoor (covered) studio. All our friends and guests love the serenity it provides. Fast internet, washing machine and all linen is provided but you will have to self cater, buy/cook your own food etc. The kitchen is fully equipped and we have a large chest freezer in the garage as well. Gas BBQ.

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  What else ...

  Car essential. You can explore the vineyards and local produce farms and/or push out further. Toulouse, Bordeaux, Biarritz, Spain are all less than 2 hours drive away. We can help with lots of scenic choices. If you smoke, please use the studio but prefer non smokers. Tarbes is 50 minutes away with excellent airport and train links if you want to have a few days away.

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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

  The Gite shares fast Broadband access with the main house.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  Tippi (4 years)

  Tippi is very much a house cat but comes from a long line of barn cats. She loves helping in the garden and is great company.

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