Join our family home "A casa rosa" - near Lugo, Galicia, Spain

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  Description

  From June 28th to July 6th!
  
  House-sitting opportunity! We are currently looking for someone to look after our animals (except Sally) and our veggie garden while staying at our house and enjoying our outdoor swimming pool.
  
  ¡Hola Workawayers!
  
  We moved to paradise (= Galicia) last summer to settle here, found our little spot on earth, and started working on it in March 2026. Our (so far) little red house has 2 bedrooms upstairs and, downstairs, a living room, a kitchen, and a little office. We’re in the process of refurbishing the house and bringing the surrounding garden and land back to life. There is also a piece of land where we have set up a veggie garden (kind of an experiment this first year) and a chicken coop (it's nearly finished, so our 3 hens can move in).
  
  We are both self-employed (as a translator and an engineer in renewable energy), working in the morning when our children are at the nearby Waldorf school, and then moving on to tasks around the house and garden in the afternoon. We love a good chat, have travelled a fair bit around the world, and have lived in different corners of it. Our two boys (ages 5 and 8) love playing outside and exploring the area on their bikes.
  
  We need you to help us around the garden and land, and with two kittens that we will adopt in June. They will still be quite tiny by then, so it's a question of letting them settle in the family smoothly. In summer, it might happen that your stay falls during our absence, as we'll have to travel sometime in July or August to visit our families. Then we would appreciate a house-sitting arrangement to look after the cats, the chicken, and the veggies.
  
  There is also Sally, our puppy, who joined us recently and is just delightful, but we'd rather bring her along when travelling, as we usually move around in our van.
  
  WHAT WE CAN OFFER: A private room upstairs and three meals a day, if you'd like to join our family meals. They can either be traditional Spanish (prepared by Nacho) or vegetarian. We can also provide bikes (or even a car) for shopping or discovering the beautiful surroundings.
  
  WHAT WE NEED: Help in the garden and around the house. I'd rather enjoy some free time with my children if you can help me with some daily tasks. Based on your profile and expectations, we can discuss this upfront and work out an arrangement we're all happy with.
  
  
  Although we’re new to Workaway (we’ve hosted once before in our cave house in southern Spain, though not through this platform), we’re experienced couchsurfers and passionate travellers. We speak several languages and truly enjoy connecting with people, exchanging ideas, and learning from different perspectives. If you’re interested, please tell us about yourself and your availability. Let's love to arrange a video call to get to know each other and see if our ideas for co-living align.
  
  Looking forward to hearing from you!
  
  Magda and Nacho

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Books

  

  Hitchhiking

  

  Art & design

  

  Gardening

  

  Music

  

  Languages

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Performing arts

  

  Culture

  

  Van life

  

  Movies & TV

  

  Sustainability

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Hiking

  

  Nature

  

  Winter sports

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Beach

  

  Mountain

  

  Camping
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We're happy to speak with you and teach you Spanish, English, French, German, or Polish. Our kids are raised in Spanish and Polish, but they're also curious to learn new languages.
  We've lived in various places around the world and would be happy to share our experiences and contact information. We love to cook, especially for guests, and we also spend time with fellow travellers.
  We're currently immersing ourselves in alternative educational ideas for our children, so we're very happy to exchange information and ideas here.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We are looking for someone who can help us with work around the house - gardening, maintenance, or small construction projects (setting up the veggie garden or the chicken coop).

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Polish: Fluent
  French: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  Magda likes to practice (French and English) or learn some more Italian. We can teach you our mother tongues - German, Spanish and Polish.
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  Accommodation

  You will stay with us in the house in your own room. There's a bathroom with a toilet and a shower, and a kitchen.

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  What else ...

  The closest larger city is Lugo, which is 20 minutes away. Friol is only 5 km away, and you can reach it easily by bike. We can share a car or bikes with you if you need to do some shopping or move around the area.

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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

  We are both working remotely, and the place has a reliable internet connection.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  There is enough space for your van here :)

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Only calm child-, dog- and cat-friendly pets.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  Albertyna 1, 2 & 3 (8 months)

  Out 3 hens

  

  Sally

  

  Mruczek & Puszek (2 months)

  We will adopt a baby cat and its sibling within a couple of months.

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