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2025
May
5th - 17th
18th-26th
September
Some days in October
Couples (brother-sister , friends) if possible
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Hello,
Welcome from everywhere in the world to the wonderful Atlantic Coast with Ocean, surfing and walking in the forest near to the sea - hearing only the the sound of the birds, the waves and the wind in the pine trees...
I like to meet workawayers from everywhere in the world, to discuss with them about their interest and life planning... It's everytime a new adventure
I'm French, spent 47 years in Germany and live now on the Atlantic Coast, at seaside. The weather there is warm till End of October.
I enjoy living at the seaside. You can hear the waves in the garden... Wonderful!
I have welcomed 118 Workawayers from September 2017 to September 2024Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I offer you to stay 1 week till 1 month.
You can surf and visit Bordeaux (60 km) there is a good connection by bus with internet on board to Bordeaux.Help
I have a lot to do in garden and house.
The ocean is 750 meters awayLanguages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Polish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.Accommodation
2 bedrooms (each for 2 p), sofa bed in the living room (for 2 p)
Private bathroomWhat else ...
No smoking, no animals.
No internet at home, but at the community house - 500 meters and everywhere in Lacanau
4G connection sharing possible in urgent cases
Non smoking, no animals. No internet at home, but at the community house - 500 metersA little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I don't have internet at home. Only 4G on my smartphone. But workawayers can have internet everywhere in Lacanau for free 500 meters from here. At home I can give internet per mobile hotspot but only for a short time because I've a limited access.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (27)
Easy to communicate with and enthusiastic, she always worked conscientiously, sometimes going beyond the scheduled time to finish the work she had started.
work:
You need to work for exactly 3h and after that you have the whole day for yourself. In my opinion the 3 hours pass by quickly and the exercise aren't really hard, they just need some time.
the stay and host:
when you have any… read more
Communication and sharing were excellent
Nina is a cheerful, humble and responsible person who loves to learn and discover new things.
She helped empty and clean a pond, rebuild a fence and vegetable beds
I really appreciated her flexibility and her joie de vivre.
Nina, you can come back whenever you… read more
A very well-educated, helpful young man with whom you can discuss anything and everything you want to
A real pleasure
He has helped clean the pond, rebuild a fence with pine trunks, remove rust from a bike and repaint it, etc....
Gregor will always be welcome back if he wants to 😉
The work was straightforward - I painted bikes, gardened, and helped to fix a pond. I really could not recommend this Workaway… read more
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Communication:
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Easy to communicate with and enthusiastic, she always worked conscientiously, sometimes going beyond the scheduled time to finish the work she had started.
work:
You need to work for exactly 3h and after that you have the whole day for yourself. In my opinion the 3 hours pass by quickly and the exercise aren't really hard, they just need some time.
the stay and host:
when you have any… read more
Communication and sharing were excellent
Nina is a cheerful, humble and responsible person who loves to learn and discover new things.
She helped empty and clean a pond, rebuild a fence and vegetable beds
I really appreciated her flexibility and her joie de vivre.
Nina, you can come back whenever you… read more
A very well-educated, helpful young man with whom you can discuss anything and everything you want to
A real pleasure
He has helped clean the pond, rebuild a fence with pine trunks, remove rust from a bike and repaint it, etc....
Gregor will always be welcome back if he wants to 😉
The work was straightforward - I painted bikes, gardened, and helped to fix a pond. I really could not recommend this Workaway… read more
Daniele has a large garden (as you may see on her pictures) and there is a lot to do, but not too much to be overwhelming. She is good to find projects for you to do that you are good at, and if it gets too much there is always… read more
Even if it was said on her profile she's not available this year anymore we could came spontaneous because we had to change our first host. That was really nice and deserves much of gratitude.
You can communicate fluent in French, German and English. For me as a German there was rather… read more
Le travail était très versatile. Nous avons coupé de bois et des arbre, peint un mur et aidé Danièle avec differentes choses dans son jardin.
Danièle est très très sympa et nous avions beaucoup de conversations marrant et… read more
Sie war mir eine kostbare Unterstüzung insbesondere bei der Renovierung der Küche. Sie harr gespachtelt, gestrichen, usw. Alles mit viel Präzision.
Samira hat eine angenehme Persönlichkeit, in sich selbst ruhend, sicher, freundlich und humorvoll.
Sie hat sich sehr schnell angeeignet, was sie noch nicht… read more
Leila is very pleasant, cultivated, cheerful, honest. A real pleasure.
She worked without looking at the time spent, both in the garden and in the house.
Leila, if you want to come back, you're at home here in Lacanau. Just… read more
I stayed in Lacanau for almost 5 weeks and I got to know so many people, toughts, places and skills. I worked a lot in Danièles beautiful garden and helped her with other… read more
He repainted the bathroom, remade the floor, cut firewood, helped transplant trees into the garden. He knew how to modify the electrical… read more
Karolina worked with great commitment and undertook a lot of different activities.
She is an artist who searched and found the beautiful side in everything and made life brighter.
We had wonderful discussions about art, politics… read more
She is a very good leader, clear in communicating her needs, which makes working with her very effective and satisfying. Apart of that, she is always open to suggestions of how to make her house and garden more beautiful, which gives a good feeling of… read more
Elle a beaucoup aidé à tailler et soigner les arbres, s'est rendue utile partout où elle voyait un besoin dans la maison et le jardin.
Très agréable, cultivée (elle parle 5 langues couramment) mais modeste, sa présence a été non seulement utile au… read more
Danièle is a lovely host - you can see she is such an intelligent and experienced person and she is always one with an interesting topic at hand for you to discuss. She was also… read more
Es hat viel Spass gemacht, diese Woche gemeinsam mit ihnen zu verbringen. Ich habe Jonas und Anke sehr geschätzt und kann sie ohne zu zögern empfehlen. "Good luck" auf… read more
Danke!
Manuel blieb zwei Wochen hier, die sehr schnell vergingen. Er arbeitete vornehmlich an der Renovierung von zwei Türen: beizen, schleifen, spachteln, streichen. Die alten Türen sehen fast wie neu aus. Ich glaube, Manuel hat das "Basteln" hier mit viel Engagement und Spaß fürs Leben gelernt :wink:
Im Garten… read more
Die Wohnung ist super, mit eigenem Zimmer inkl. Doppelbett, eigener Küche und der Strand ist 3 Minuten fußläufig entfernt.
Daniele ist ein interessanter Mensch und so sind die Mittag essen nicht nur von köstlichem… read more
Jan ist sehr hilfreich und kompetent.
Er half sowohl im Haus als auch im Garten. Seine Vielseitigkeit und seine Freundlichkeit sind für Hosts sehr wertvoll.
Ich empehle ihn ohne zu zögern weiter und würde mich freuen, wenn er nächstes… read more
Auch an Plänen zur Weiterentwicklung von Haus und Garten mangelte es nie, sodass… read more
They did a lot in house and garden. For example:
- oiled doors and furniture
- painted table and garden material
- tiled kitchen corner (very good!)
- tightened awning
- worked in the garden
- cut trees
etc...
They worked with great dedication and… read more
We spent four weeks with Daniele, working in her beautiful garden and on her typical french holiday house. The work is very varied and we really liked to have a list with all the tasks so that we could decide what to do when. We… read more
Thank you ! I enjoyed your… read more