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Description
- minimum of 2 workawayers!
We are an active family with a sustainable mindset, with 2 daughters aged 10 and 12 (the youngest has special needs) living in the countryside in the village of Kortenhoef (Amsterdam lakes area) in the Netherlands.
We prefer hosting workawayers travelling together, as we have our own jobs and duties we are not working along you as workawayers. Also our family dynamics does not allow having regular dinners together. This is also why our hosting is not your best fit for learning English!
We keep some chickens and have a land where we host sheep (in summer) and have a cat. So please let us know if your interested and how you would like to support our place and family in the country side between Amsterdam and Utrecht.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are an active family with lots of space around the house, including a field with sheep as well as a few chickens, children to play with (and care for) a greenhouse where we just started a vegetable garden etc etc. You can go with our bikes and canoe to explore the beautiful surroundings and enjoy the cows and birds in the fields around you or visit places incl Amsterdam nearby (appr 20 km). We like cooking and love nice food and we can share meals sometimes (cooked by us or you), but also need structure and rest for our youngest daughter with special needs.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
The tasks can be pretty diverse; e.g. we have gardening and maintenance projects around on the property. We are starting up our vegetable garden and growing in the greenhouse and appreciate your contributions, as we don't have specific bio/agricultural knowledge, but we a lot of enthusiasm and lovely facilities. Also if you like gardening and weeding of flowers/plants and trees (starting early summer), there are always things to do for you and if you're handy we always have some nice maintenance/construction projects.
We would like you to stay with us if you love gardening, including continouos removal of weeds (preferably with some knowledge of what are the weeds) and/or if you're handy and like to do running some errands (creating and maintenance) in the barn, guesthouse, greenhouse, chicken coop etc. We appreciate a proactive attitude and welcome your initiatives for any improvements around the house.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Beginner
Accommodation
You will stay in your own bedroom in the separate guesthouse at our property, and share kitchen, shower and toilet with 1 other male. with wired/wifi internet connection. In the kitchen you can prepare your daily meals for which we provide your (mainly vegetarian) groceries.
We don’t have dinner together often, since that’s difficult with our special needs daughter and busy schedule.
Note we keep our property absolutely smoking-free. because the place is not well insulated, we don't host during winter time.
What else ...
We live in the village Kortenhoef with lots of space and nature to go walking, biking, fishing or boating. The closest city is Hilversum to go to in 20 min by bike or bus. By bus or train you can visit any places you like. Busstop is only 300 m away. We have 2 bikes available for you to use.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
no, our experience is that the voluntary/waw work is not to be combined with another (digital ) job
Space for parking camper vans
Campervan can be parked, water and electricity is available. Shower, toilet and kitchen in the guesthouse.
Can possibly accept pets
no, our experience is that bringing pets does not work with the chickens, sheep and cat we have.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (5)
The accomodation in the guest house is in many ways superior to a lot of other typical workaway stays - you have… read more
It was our first Workaway experience and it was a great one.
They are a very kind and generous family. We had everything we needed and more. They always considered us and made us feel very comfortable and at home.
The area and surroundings are great as well and very fun to explore by foot, bike or canoe.… read more
During sunny days, we built a new run for the chickens and did some… read more
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The accomodation in the guest house is in many ways superior to a lot of other typical workaway stays - you have… read more
It was our first Workaway experience and it was a great one.
They are a very kind and generous family. We had everything we needed and more. They always considered us and made us feel very comfortable and at home.
The area and surroundings are great as well and very fun to explore by foot, bike or canoe.… read more
During sunny days, we built a new run for the chickens and did some… read more
We helped with the garden (a very gorgeous garden, in which we practiced a lot of yoga), greenhouse (the vegetables were delicious),… read more
They were great with communication right from the start and were so friendly, generous and hospitable to me. They also regularly checked and asked if I was okay and if I needed anything which made me feel really comfortable and… read more
