Come join our family and help us around our home in Poitou Charentes, France

Description

Hello,
We are a French family speaking very little English. We are 4 sometimes 6, from 4 different generations. We created a big welcoming house and we have still some little house work and landscape design/gardening so it would great to welcome you for a few days to a few weeks.
We are nice and open-minded people with an ecological conscience. Our home is comfortable (with wifi, tv) a little dog, 9 hens that give us good eggs and you would have your own room. We live in the center of a little village situated in Charente with a bakery, grocery shop, kindergarten school, pharmacy, bar and post-office (12km from the closest train station and 30km from Angouleme, the biggest city in the area).
We need people who have handy-man skills in exchange for lodging, food and cloths washing. We had the help of a friend to write this text, so it would be great if you have some notions of French to comunicate.

Don't hesitate if you have any question
Bonne journée
Rachel

Types of help and learning opportunities

Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Help around the house

Projects involving children

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

Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

French, intergenerational exchanges, cultural, environmental, philosophical discovery.

Le français, les échanges inter-générationnels, de la découverte culturelle, environnementale, philosophique.

Help

We still have some interior renovation works (paintings, tiling, etc.) and implementations in the garden, as well as maintenance of the outdoor spaces. From time to time, we also need a little help with the maintenance of the house, when we are doing a big cleaning.

Nous avons encore quelques travaux de rénovation intérieure (peintures, carrelage..) et des mises en oeuvre dans le jardin, ainsi qie de l'entretien des espaces extérieurs. De temps-en-temps, il nous faut aussi un peu d'aide pour l'entretien de la maison, quand nous faisons du grand ménage.

Languages spoken

French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
English: Beginner

Accommodation

single room with sink, tv and wifi in a large town house with garden. Homemade meals with eggs from our hens and taken in common. Linen maintenance supported.

chambre individuelle avec lavabo, tv et wifi dans une grande maison de bourg avec jardin. Repas faits maison avec les oeufs de nos poules et pris en communs. Entretien du linge pris en charge.

What else ...

activités nature : cayak, vélo, training,... visites de sites : châteaux, sites gallo romains,... toutes activités culturelles

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

How many Workawayers can stay?

More than two

Hours expected

2 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.