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Last replied
15 Apr 2024
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Description
Jac is a cyberartist, Internet pioneer and European entrepreneur. I'm a former TV journalist and I'm currently writing a series of novels. We love it here because it's such a wonderful and inspirational environment, bathed in sunshine, looking out to the sea. We're renovating our charming Andalucian villa - we're refurbishing it inside and out, and we love sharing the space with new workawayers. If you have a creative project you are working on it could be a good space for you to develop your ideas. We're happy to give you any help we can - or feel free to take space to do your own thing, enjoying the inspiration of the environment.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our home is within walking distance of the beach and Marbella town and it's fairly easy to get around Andalucia from here. Seville, Granada, Cadiz and Malaga are all well worth visiting. The weather is wonderful and the people are extremely welcoming and warm. If you want to explore Southern Spain, taste the laid back Spanish lifestyle, and improve your language skills you're in a great location to go out and explore. I'm a writer and Jac is a cyberartist and we are both happy to help you with any creative projects you harbour - Jac also runs an internet company he can help you with your web presence. For language practice - Jac speaks fluent Spanish, French, English and Polish, I was trained as a BBC Newsreader some years ago and people still love practicing English with me! I'm learning Spanish. If you prefer to do your own thing, that's good too - feel free to take some space and do your own creative work, be it writing, painting, writing music or whatever - we find the environment is conducive to creativity.
Help
Hello, my partner Jac and I need help renovating our beautiful villa in the hills of Marbella in Andalusia, it's a traditional Andalucian-style Finca and it's quite run down and in need of lots of loving care.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
Accommodation
Our home has a garden, you can see both mountains and the sea, the garden looks out to Gibraltar. You can pick lemons and tangerines from the garden and there's plenty of space to relax with three terraces and we have a private swimming pool to enjoy. You will have your own room, we're happy to accommodate a couple. We are both vegetarian and you're welcome to help yourself to food in the house, we will cook for you when we're cooking and we're happy for you to cook too.
What else ...
Andalucia is a wonderful region and Marbella is well located on the Costa-del-Sol as it's within easy reach of Malaga to the east and to the west you have some wonderful natural beaches - Tarifa, Cadiz, Seville and Granada are all well worth visiting. The town itself is easy to navigate and you have everything you need, there are loads of cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs while it's also popular for health and wellbeing. You can run, or cycle along the coast and there are plenty of yoga and fitness groups. The neighbouring town, Porto Banus is famed for it's designer shops and luxury living. Marbella is renowned for its sunny climate as it's surrounded by mountains and has a micro-climate, nature here is wonderful, the sunsets are often stunning, the trees and plants are quite tropical and it's a really interesting natural environment. There's a vibrant international community and it's easy to meet people.
Our home is in East Marbella, about two-thirds of the way up a small mountain. I use a push bike to get around as well as local buses, or I walk many places. The local buses go into Marbella (about half an hour walk) and from there coaches run regularly to locations all over Spain.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (5)
We helped him renovate his house and clean his pool. We did not have any experience before coming to Jac’s house. He helped us and learned us a lot! We plastered walls and painted a lot, both inside and outside the house. We mostly started working late since Jac introduced… read more
both cook good and healthy food - vegan, Maika is a great baker - she can make tasty bread (with carrot), cinnamon snails and many other things, she also makes woolly hats!… read more
at such a young age they already had a good idea to buy a car together and go exploring the world - Spain is a perfect place to start - and - what better way to do it than helping others!
Edgar showed ability for construction and solving… read more
In this three weeks we’ve learned a lot from Jac.
Plastering, building but also something about IT or wisdom of the world.
Starting the day at 9/10 was a relaxed work-balance.
The place is beautiful, a lot of sun, the ocean and bars to eat tapas.
The accommodation was beautiful with much privacy and always with… read more
speaks good English and has a positive attitude.
also, runs very fast -- he will go far :-)
thanks for everything, Johnny!
Marbella with those two was an unforgettable experience for me and definitely one of my highlights in 2021!
Jac is never tired and always able to find some work for you,just communicate and talk about everything. It was fair to work 5 hours/5 days a week and have loads of freetime for all the… read more
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We helped him renovate his house and clean his pool. We did not have any experience before coming to Jac’s house. He helped us and learned us a lot! We plastered walls and painted a lot, both inside and outside the house. We mostly started working late since Jac introduced… read more
both cook good and healthy food - vegan, Maika is a great baker - she can make tasty bread (with carrot), cinnamon snails and many other things, she also makes woolly hats!… read more
at such a young age they already had a good idea to buy a car together and go exploring the world - Spain is a perfect place to start - and - what better way to do it than helping others!
Edgar showed ability for construction and solving… read more
In this three weeks we’ve learned a lot from Jac.
Plastering, building but also something about IT or wisdom of the world.
Starting the day at 9/10 was a relaxed work-balance.
The place is beautiful, a lot of sun, the ocean and bars to eat tapas.
The accommodation was beautiful with much privacy and always with… read more
speaks good English and has a positive attitude.
also, runs very fast -- he will go far :-)
thanks for everything, Johnny!
Marbella with those two was an unforgettable experience for me and definitely one of my highlights in 2021!
Jac is never tired and always able to find some work for you,just communicate and talk about everything. It was fair to work 5 hours/5 days a week and have loads of freetime for all the… read more
very attentive, educated and very close people, always attentive to my
needs. Jac is a tireless worker, but he respects the hours you want
to work, and also you learn a lot from him, both professionally and
personally. He is a very methodical man and he always tells you what
to do,… read more
he can also paint well, in fact, that is his favourite kind of work.
he is a nice guy, trustworthy, very tidy and polite, in good physical shape - has traveled through the world on… read more
strong -- ripped through heavy digging work in no time.
knowledgeable in many fields, we enjoyed many interesting conversations on diverse topics - from Leonardo da Vinci and Marconi, to Musk, Homo Deus and Deep Cheques.
comes from Sardinia, one of the best places to live on this planet.
likes to drink coffee, preferably with walnut… read more
in addition to being a good electrician, he does plumbing, building, seems he can repair anything, including cars and, as such, many hosts will find him invaluable.
no problems at all communicating in English.
a nice guy searching for his way in life -- gracias y buena suerte,… read more
interesting individuals - hard working, polite, tidy and - importantly for us - very economical to feed, they even made healthy and tasty food on their own - including hand-made, wood-fire baked pizza.
when not working Maxi is… read more
Marbella es una ciudad preciosa, algo cara, pero muy bella para recorrer. La casa de Jac y Ali es hermosa, desde su patio se ve el mar y Gibraltar. Está en una… read more
