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Hard working happily married couple Brendan and Kellie looking for help to manage our truly unique place in Kildare, Ireland. We are both well educated professionals while in our 50's and 60's are young at heart and are full of enthusiasm.
We live in a lovely old house with big gardens. We need help to maintain these gardens. The gardens contain orchard trees, grapes, hops and a poly tunnel.
We have 2 small dogs who need company, attention and playtime. Our workaway guest must really adore animals and especially dogs. They will stay with you as their friend when we cant be home so you must love to be around these two lovely characters and engage with them as real family members.
We have a brewery onsite and produce world class beers as one of our professions is brewing but we have many hobbies and skills that we can pass on.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Main features of our place are
Food & Nutrition including growing and cooking. Nutrition and health food.
Brewing & food science with pilot brewery onsite.
Renewable energy projects solar, heat pump and automation
Gardening and Growing Including grapes hops and orchard
Historic town with cathedral and 1000 year old round tower
Convenient to explore Dublin city. We can take you on trips to City, mountains, lakes and rivers all withing 1 hour commute.
The house over 100 years old and was built by the British army after 1900's
Kildare is the heart of Irish horse racing and breeding.
rivers and historic canals 10km, lakes and mountains nearby 30-40km.
Public transport bus & Rail in Kildare town 1-2km
Help
Help includes Gardening, general maintenance, and helping out with our two small dogs who don't like to be left alone at home. You must be a dog lover and you would be expected to engage and socialise with our two well-trained and well-mannered small dogs. It is anticipated that at least one hour formal play time each day split in two sessions morning and evening.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Choice of accommodation:
Room in main house
Luxury Caravan embedded in garden (Weather dependent)
Apartment, Summer months only
All accommodation is comfortable and well equipped.
Wifi Internet is available and the download speed is restricted to about 5 Mbs which is fine for surfing, video calling and general internet tasks. It is Not super-fast and is not unlimited.
Food will include a generous and healthy family breakfast and evening meal usually at a set time.
The showers and toilets are clean and well equipped.
Guests can enjoy a sociable beer with us as we brew the finest beer onsite. Its important to note that we cannot tolerate any drink related mis-behaviour and we only accept drinking of alcohol in a sensible and safe manner in and around our home.
We will do everything possible to make your stay friendly, comfortable and a great memorable experience.
What else ...
Lots for workaways to do. Excellent local transport, Lots of local history. Dublin less than 1 hour on bus and 30 minute on train.
On weekends we can take you to local interesting places.
Walking distance from house to town to access transport, shops, pubs.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Our yard can accommodate camper van up to about 8 metres long. Water, waster disposal, level dry ground and beautiful garden are available. Electricity would be limited to and 220 volts and 5 amps as our whole property runs on solar and battery we do not have and unlimited supply of electricity in the yard.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Thank you for all your help, you certainly rolled up your sleeves and mucked in. The amount of tasks that Brendan and yourself got through was great, your some woman with the loppers, no tree was safe!
Missy and Eddie are missing you for sure… read more
Where to begin ? I stayed 7 wonderful weeks with you all in Kildare and I can say that it was one of my best Workaway experience. I felt home from the moment I arrived. Kellie and Brendan are very human people. I had a lot of paperwork to do for my new job and they were very supportive when I needed… read more
Joaquin was great help to Brendan in the garden, pruning trees, mulching branches, chopping firewood.
They also made wooden gates together for the front of the house, our dogs now… read more
The cultural exchange was great as their were always open to watch Mexican movies and listen to the music I… read more
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Thank you for all your help, you certainly rolled up your sleeves and mucked in. The amount of tasks that Brendan and yourself got through was great, your some woman with the loppers, no tree was safe!
Missy and Eddie are missing you for sure… read more
Where to begin ? I stayed 7 wonderful weeks with you all in Kildare and I can say that it was one of my best Workaway experience. I felt home from the moment I arrived. Kellie and Brendan are very human people. I had a lot of paperwork to do for my new job and they were very supportive when I needed… read more
Joaquin was great help to Brendan in the garden, pruning trees, mulching branches, chopping firewood.
They also made wooden gates together for the front of the house, our dogs now… read more
The cultural exchange was great as their were always open to watch Mexican movies and listen to the music I… read more
