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Hallo! We are a family living just outside of Ghent (Belgium) who are looking for some extra hands to help out in the garden, the house and Brams Bronze atelier. We are still working on our over 150 yers old house and trying to tame our bewildered garden :) The Bronze atelier consists of working with wood, wax and bronze. Anna works in Ghent as social worker, Bram is an artist and working in his atelier in the garden. Our kids are 12 and 10 years old. And we have a cat, a dog and chicken. We like to welkom open-minded people who like to share with us their skills and stories.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a family who likes traveling too. We travelled India, Thailand, South & Central-America, Morocco and Europe and we would love to welcome now the world in our cosy home. As we have 2 children we like to welcome people who want to enjoy family-life. We live close to Ghent, a beautiful city in Belgium with a lot of culture, music, cafés, musea...
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Help
This spring we want to get the garden ready after the winter. Cutting trees, weeding, little construction work for wood etc. Also helping out Bram with his artworks for upcoming exhibitions and depending on your skills helping in Brams atelier is also an option. It is also nice if you can join the housekeeping by cooking or cleaning or ... And of course depending on your interests and abilities. We have some working clothes available if necessary. Bram is most of the time around the house and will be working together with you when possible, from Monday till Thursday. In the weekends we enjoy family time and gardening. For you a good moment to get to know the surroundings or do a trip to Ghent or another close by city. Anna works and studies and will be around for a talk and some work in the garden. We will not always be at home. We try to organise it so that at least one of us is home, but there may be days where none of us is home for a few hours. We do not count the hours we work ourselves and prefer not to count yours either, unless you prefer that. We are quite flexible and we believe in open communication where we can all listen to the needs of everyone and act accordingly.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Accommodation
We have a Yurt (Mongolian tent) in the garden as accommodation, with a fire stove, outside toilet. You can use the bathroom inside the house that we share. We offer food: morning, lunch & dinner. You can also use your own kitchen close to the yurt.
What else ...
You can reach our house with public transport (train & bus). We live about 20km from Ghent, a wonderful city to vist and enjoy. And of course, as Belgium is tiny, you can travel easily to Brussels/Antwerp/Brugge in no time (half an our to 1 our by train) from our house. In the surroundings of the house there are many walking-possibilities and cycling tours.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The work was easy and it is super to see results..removing nettles, weeding, sanding and oiling the wooden doors. Also accompanying… read more
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The work was easy and it is super to see results..removing nettles, weeding, sanding and oiling the wooden doors. Also accompanying… read more
This family is a reminder of generosity, a warm heart, and openness.
I stayed at their beautiful and incredible home; which they are renovating, stayed there for 3 weeks, the first one
I helped with painting the front, that was fun!!
Then, in the very last minute, they allowed me to stay… read more
Working here was a pleasure. And I enjoyed my stay in the yurt very much. And the food was always tasty tasty.
I am hoping to come back, hopefully soon :)
j'ai aimé tous les petits travaux réalisé à vos cotés, des petits travaux qui donnent de grand… read more
The Yurt in your garden is an amazing place to live and I loved to discover the countryside with one of your bikes. I enjoyed the variety of tasks (feed the crazy chickens, re-work the chicken run,… read more
