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My name is Leah. I fell in love with Puglia 16 years ago and recently purchased a charming house in the historical center of the small town of Oria, a medieval hamlet in central Puglia. The home has super comfortable living spaces, an ultra-panoramic terrace, wellness corner with yoga mats, and an equipped kitchen perfect for home chefs. Vaulted ceilings, colorful tiled floors, and unique accents create a distinctive Mediterranean environment ideal for short or long stays.
I am looking to find Workaways (preferably with their own car) who want to come and spend one week to one month in Oria. Sometimes I am in town and sometimes I am not there and you would have the place to yourself. For this reason it might be nice to come as a pair so you have someone to enjoy the experience with :-)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Oria is an amazing slice of small town life in Puglia. There are very few tourists so you would have the chance to practice Italian at every exchange. It is not a beach town but an all-year-round-town so there is good energy and a fun cultural calendar even in the winter months. The food is out of this world and Oria would be a great place to practice your seasonal Italian cooking! Great base to explore more of the region.
Help
I would be thrilled to find a Workaway or a pair of Workawayers who would like to come and spend one to two beautiful weeks in Oria doing some light maintenance around the house (cleaning, organizing, furniture painting, etc.). Fall is a spectacular time here with all the vegetables in season and the sky clear and all so green! I can promise a lovely experience for the right person/people! :)
I am interested in Workaways with unique and specific skills who would like to bring their professional expertise to my house in Oria and the myriad business projects I have on at any given time: I would be pleased to connect with designers, gardeners, sustainability experts, entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, architects, engineers, botanists, fine artists, house painters, SketchUp experts, travel writers, graphic designers, chefs, plumbers, social media strategists, photographers, cartographers, seamstresses, attorneys, electricians, plumbers, historians, and more.
Aside from putting your unique professional skills to use, the terrace and balconies will need some tender loving care, gardening and potting of plants, etc. In addition to this there could be some interior painting and general maintenance needed along with light housesitting responsibilities. I am also looking for an experienced 3D designer, architect, or interior designer who has the technical skills to help design the kitchen I am looking to update.
We are also designing a restaurant/bistro/pub/brewery and I would love to find someone with restaurant planning experience to help with this exciting project! A fluent Italian speaker with research and project planning experience who would be able to help prepare the business plan for the restaurant would also be helpful!
I would also love to find a photographer with the right equipment to do some beautiful home/interiors photography :)
I get a lot of messages and I appreciate all the interest! But I don't have time to respond to messages that are not relevant to the above so please, kindly, with love in my heart - no time wasters :) Thanks
Languages spoken
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
A sunny house in the historical center of Oria. The living room has vaulted ceilings, comfortable furnishings, and a sunny balcony overlooking a tiny piazza. Spacious dining room that accommodates four. The Pugliese know that good food is everything and the well stocked kitchen has all the tools a home chef requires to prepare, present, and enjoy it all. Featuring a stovetop and oven, full sized refrigerator, dishwasher, electric kettle and toaster plus thoughtful details such as pie pans, high quality knives, Southern Mediterranean cookbooks, and more, this is a kitchen designed for cooking and you will be responsible for cooking for yourself. The petite bedroom features exceptionally high ceilings, a queen sized bed with cotton bedding, two nightstands, and easy-open window for a gentle evening breeze. An internal whitewashed stone staircase leads up to the panoramic terrace. On a clear day the terrace provides views of both the Adriatic and Ionian seas while ancient groves of olives stretch out as far as the eye can see.
There is an ample kitchen and you will be in charge of preparing your own meals.
New in winter 2023: Underfloor heating! Sustainable and luxurious for winter stays
What else ...
Oria is right in the center of the best of Puglia so a great base for exploration! Boats leave from Bari and Brindisi to Greece, Croatia and Albania and the two nearby international airports connect you to the rest of the world easily!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Absolutely! I have the fastest internet available in the area
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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