Help our around our bungalow in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia

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  Description

  **To Apply, tell us how you are a good fit for this opportunity** :)
  
  Start your time in Melbourne with new friends as we assist each other!
  
  We are a long time share house recently turned young family home. We are looking for a couple to join us in a private well equipped room for a minimum of 2-4 weeks, in exchange for help around the house and garden, there is possibility of some childcare support for the right fit.
  
  We are open to longer stays if you have needed skills. You will enjoy staying with young Melbourne locals, experienced hosts and busy young family and sharing cultural exchange. You will help with the house and garden and if agreed some basic childcare. We will help with local advice on jobs, travel, discussion over dinner, etc.
  
  You will work 20 hours a week each, in exchange for accommodation/board in a private room in our home, in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. We first experienced help exchange while travelling and enjoyed the cultural exchange, getting to know locals and helping out on interesting projects. We have been hosting in our home since 2019 and enjoy getting to know our helpers over dinner 3+ nights a week. We will work together on projects around the property, looking at a range of projects and finding those that best fit your skills and interests.
  
  The kinds of tasks you may work on, based on your skills and comfort, may include:
  - Basic garden maintenance (pulling weeds, trimming back plants, adding mulch.)
  - Landscaping: Researching natives to plant, planning garden beds, building garden areas, etc.
  - Household repairs: fixing bits and pieces around the house, repairs involving basic tools and handy skills.
  - Household cleaning and management, deep cleaning, and routine daily tasks, unloading dishwasher etc.
  - Painting internal or external of house - This is quite extensive and we would be open to a longer stay for a couple with professional painting experience.
  - Cooking meals, If agreeable we are open to providing groceries for 3+ shared dinners each week, which you will prepare.
  - Some baking if you enjoy/are skilled!
  - Project management, helping arrange quotes for a few projects around the house, writing shopping lists for household projects, cleaning out shed, researching plants, etc.
  - Digital project management skills, ability to collaborate using online tools and complete tasks assigned. this might look like measuring a space in the garden and creating a shortlist of suitable native plants, or measuring a window and finding 2-3 curtain options.
  - Using youtube to research projects, helping plan which plants etc, with guidance
  
  
  - Childcare, supporting a busy mum with childcare, while not essential, any experience with young babies and will be highly regarded. Please let us know if you're an active older sibling, or have other experience with young children!
  
  Childcare help will only be for the right fit and would range from helping to feed a bottle, to holding baby for 15 minutes so mum can have a shower, or accompanying us on a trip to the shops to push a trolley while mum has a pram!
  Mum will be in the house and you will be in a 'mother's helper' role, not independently caring for any children. You will support mum with an extra pair of hands to hold the baby while she needs some time working on her laptop on the next couch, or taking measurements in the next room for another project!
  
  
  You will stay in a private furnished room with double bed & wardrobe. The room is located away from the main house, and does not usually hear the family. This room has beautiful views of our lovely green backyard. The space has wifi, a desk and TV. You will share access to the backyard, which we will be updating during your stay!
  
  
  We are just one block from local shops where we have a large supermarket, pharmacy, post office 30+ Shops. We are walking distance to several large shopping areas and major retailers.
  
  We are 40 minutes Public transport to Melbourne City, or 30 minutes drive.
  
  We live in a fixer upper home in the suburbs, which we have lived in as a sharehouse for more than 10 years sharing with friends. Over the years we have shared with long term housemates, AirBnb and Help exchange. We get along well with couples and women and like to get to know each other over meals and teamwork on projects. We are open to couples, female friends or single women.
  
  We are flexible around scheduling, and have lived with couples from NZ, US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, Czech, Italy; we are open to hosting new people. We have found Help Exchange to be a good experience for all involved. I enjoyed participating as a helper during my international travels and loved the experience, We enjoy hosting and meeting travellers.
  
  Please get in contact with any questions. We will arrange a whatsapp video call to discuss.
  
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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Technology

  

  Sustainability

  

  Self development

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Movies & TV

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Events & social

  

  Culture

  

  Performing arts

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Books

  

  Camping

  

  Beach
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are 20-40 minutes from the City, in the Leafy Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
  
  We are busy young family and enjoy the chance to have a chat over dinner, we like to get to know our helpers and enjoy working on projects together.
  
  We are one street from the grocery store, and bus to Blackburn station. You will share our home and learn how local people your age are living.
  
  I have spent time travelling in Europe, Asia, South and Central America. I have done some help exchange, the best memories are the people I got to know and spend time with. We hope to be a nice part of your memories of Australia :)

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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

  You will work 20 hours a week each, in exchange for accommodation/board in the bungalow of our shared home, in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. We have been hosting since 2019 and have enjoyed the cultural exchange, We get along well with couples and like to get to know each other over 3+ meals a week and teamwork on projects.
  
  The kinds of tasks you may work on, based on your skills and comfort, may include:
  - Basic garden maintenance (pulling weeds, trimming back plants, adding mulch.)
  - Landscaping: Researching natives to plant, planning garden beds, building garden areas, etc.
  - Household repairs: fixing bits and pieces around the house, repairs involving basic tools and handy skills.
  - Household cleaning and management, deep cleaning, and routine daily tasks, unloading dishwasher etc.
  - Painting internal or external of house - This is quite extensive and we would be open to a longer stay for a couple with professional painting experience.
  - Cooking meals, If agreeable we are open to providing groceries for 3+ shared dinners each week, which you will prepare.
  - Some baking if you enjoy/are skilled!
  - Project management, helping arrange quotes for a few projects around the house, writing shopping lists for household projects, cleaning out shed, researching plants, etc.
  - Digital project management skills, ability to collaborate using online tools and complete tasks assigned. this might look like measuring a space in the garden and creating a shortlist of suitable native plants, or measuring a window and finding 2-3 curtain options.
  - Using youtube to research projects, helping plan which plants etc, with guidance
  
  
  - Childcare, supporting a busy mum with childcare, while not essential, any experience with young babies and will be highly regarded. Please let us know if you're an active older sibling, or have other experience with young children!
  
  Childcare help will only be for the right fit and would range from helping to feed a bottle, to holding baby for 15 minutes so mum can have a shower, or accompanying us on a trip to the shops to push a trolley while mum has a pram!
  
  Mum will be in the house and you will be in a 'mother's helper' role, not independently caring for any children. You will support mum with an extra pair of hands to hold the baby while she needs some time working on her laptop on the next couch, or taking measurements in the next room for another project!
  
  I am here to provide guidance, and need you to follow through and ask questions, watch you tube videos etc, We have lots of small jobs and like to do a walk through and discuss which best suit you, as well as identify projects requiring research.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  You will stay in a private furnished room with double bed & wardrobe. The room is located away from the main house, and does not usually hear the family. This room has beautiful views of our lovely green backyard. The space has wifi, a desk and TV. You will share access to the backyard, which we will be updating during your stay!
  
  You will have access to our shared kitchen and laundry
  
  We are just one block from local shops where we have a large supermarket, pharmacy, post office, Maccas, etc.
  
  We are 40 minutes Public transport to Melbourne City, or 30 minutes drive.

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  What else ...

  We are located near Blackburn Station and a quick 40 minutes to Flinders st station. We are easily accessible to eastern Melbourne and the city.
  We are centrally located with many amazing day trips and can share tips on many nearby day trips, visiting the Dandenongs, great Ocean road etc.
  
  We are one street from the bus and it is easy to get around.
  We are experienced workaway hosts and have had some great experiences, we want you to have a nice stay. We enjoy meeting new people and need some help around the house.

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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 have NBN internet (Best available in Australia.) Have had several people WFH at once.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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