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Host rating
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Last replied
5 Oct 2021
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5
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Description
Transforming an old bakery into a lovely home and bodywork centre.
So, with enough space to share, i would love to meet nice travelers who know their way with crafting, decorating or painting. And i'd be glad to show you around our village.
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travelers come into a warm-hearted family who are open for sharing experiences. in your spare time you are free to make excursions on your own or stay in the house, our town has good connection with other cities as we have a bus station and a train station nearby. in summertime we make excursions regularly, in wintertime a bit less, but happy to show you around and do some fun things.
Help
things to do:
- paint a room. paint and material is already available
or
- making a stepping 'stone' to enter the roof terras. preferably in natural material, still seeking out how to and which material.
or
- taking out a parquet floor or if you have knowledge about parquet, replacing some bad parquet lines.
or
- crafting beds for the sleeping attic. all material is already available. decorating the sleeping attic.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
a big house (in renovation) and your own comfortable room
What else ...
Acros the street is a forest where people walk, run, mountain bike, do horse riding..
acros the street is a bus stop and in our village is a train station. Cities like hasselt, Antwerpen, Brussel, etc are within reach.
The netherlands and germany are 1 hour drive and the sea is a 2 hour drive.
Just tell me what you would like to explore and we'll find some nice things to do, by yourself or together.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Our house has good wifi and is spacy.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Louise
Meet Django 🐶 from Portugal, in the pic with my family. He has a soft character
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Feedback (3)
By hosting me Mayke has put Beverlo and Leopoldsburg on my mental map of Belgium.
She's one of those hosts understanding what cultural exchange is. Seen from my point of view it has more to do with meeting neighbors and other locals in their natural environment, than with visiting famous castles :-).
She was realistic in estimating time… read more
Besides the work, Kris is pleasant to share our home with. talking, sharing food, going for walks...
Sean does an amazing job. He is good at his skills and that was just what we needed, because i have to learn a lot when it comes to computer and internet.
Working… read more
Wow!
What an amazing experience, right from the first moment I pulled up outside the house and the whole family was there to meet me. The host family are amazing people, very friendly. Mayke is the one who speaks most English (which is a God send as I don’t speak any Dutch, well a little now.) But, still Mutlu,… read more
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By hosting me Mayke has put Beverlo and Leopoldsburg on my mental map of Belgium.
She's one of those hosts understanding what cultural exchange is. Seen from my point of view it has more to do with meeting neighbors and other locals in their natural environment, than with visiting famous castles :-).
She was realistic in estimating time… read more
Besides the work, Kris is pleasant to share our home with. talking, sharing food, going for walks...
Sean does an amazing job. He is good at his skills and that was just what we needed, because i have to learn a lot when it comes to computer and internet.
Working… read more
Wow!
What an amazing experience, right from the first moment I pulled up outside the house and the whole family was there to meet me. The host family are amazing people, very friendly. Mayke is the one who speaks most English (which is a God send as I don’t speak any Dutch, well a little now.) But, still Mutlu,… read more
