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A couple of miles of the Wild Atlantic Way, and 10 mins from beaches, surf, cafes, the beautiful historic town of Kinsale, with great walks, fishing, sailing and an host of interesting sights, we are a small family unit of 3 living on a 1 area plot of land in the countryside. She runs a local artisan bakery and low waste refills shop, he does small property construction and maintenance projects and together we are turning this place into a self sustaining home. Both of us have travelled extensively all over the world and love meeting new people and new cultures. (Just back from central America!). Our current home projects include, creating a vegetable garden, building the main house, tending to our flock of chickens, restoring a 24ft caravan, tending to our flowers, small orchard, small greenhouse and regular building maintenance. With sweeping valley views, stunning sunsets and a private caravan for our guests we are hoping to share our small holding with a couple or single person in exchange for a little help with our projects.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Things you can learn and teach us: gardening skills, building skills, chicken rearing skills. etc
Experiencing rural Ireland 10mins away from stunning natural amenities.
Help
Anything from low to high skilled help in and around the home. Organic gardening, Painting, weeding, planting, house building, trimming, raking, cutting, tending to chickens, grass cutting, etc.
Lots of outdoor projects so familiarity with Irish climate a necessity.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis 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
24ft Caravan that comes with gas stove, small kitchen, proper toilet facilities, outdoor hot shower or in the house. Queen size double bed , and single bed, Tv, wifi, Barbecue, private patio. Caravan will be regularly stocked with locally roasted coffee, tea and herbal teas, our own organic eggs, bread, milk butter and jam , fruit and muesli and anything from the garden. Twice a week we offer a delicious family meal.
What else ...
Our guest can enjoy the use of bicycles to get around . The is also a nearby local link bus that connects to various parts of the area and west cork and we are always driving in and out of the local village Ballinspittle and town Kinsale and can offer lifts.
Things to do in our locality:
Surfing, fishing, swimming, cycling, kayaking, walking, golfing, buckets of famous historical sites to visit and explore. a vibrant pub and and restaurant scene in Kinsale. The area is a melting pot of foreign travellers and tourists and it is very easy to meet and make friends.
We are both busy hard working people but love our down time too. Our days are normally spent working hard when necessary but also taking advantage of good weather and hitting the beach. Love having friends over for drinks and chats but have a good social life in the local area as well. However, we also sometimes need a slice of private quiet time, so have set up the caravan as separate self contained accommodation so that both we, and our guests can enjoy a nice level privacy when needed.
Space to park a car and or Campervan too.
Our location would ideally suit a couple with their own transportation as the nearest villages (with a shops and pub) is a 20min cycle away (10mins drive). We do regularly drive in and out and it is not a problem with lifts as long as volunteers don't mind being flexible if they are without their own transportation.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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I was able to do painting, gardening, or go clean in Shannen's bakery, on bad weather days.
The place is calm and… read more
While she was here, her English improved greatly..
We really enjoyed having Coline stay with us..
She is a great little worker and takes pride in her work and has attention to detail…
She painted our house, did some weeding and clearing.. as well as helped in the bakery for a few days.. she came to work prepared… read more
She’s super chatty, very friendly and fit in well with our family…
Audrey is a great worker, and help us paint our house, plus a little bit of weeding..
She observed our house rules, left everything clean.. and was a genuine pleasure to host… we would welcome her back with open arms. 🌟🌟
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I was able to do painting, gardening, or go clean in Shannen's bakery, on bad weather days.
The place is calm and… read more
While she was here, her English improved greatly..
We really enjoyed having Coline stay with us..
She is a great little worker and takes pride in her work and has attention to detail…
She painted our house, did some weeding and clearing.. as well as helped in the bakery for a few days.. she came to work prepared… read more
She’s super chatty, very friendly and fit in well with our family…
Audrey is a great worker, and help us paint our house, plus a little bit of weeding..
She observed our house rules, left everything clean.. and was a genuine pleasure to host… we would welcome her back with open arms. 🌟🌟
Anna and I stayed with them for almost 3 weeks and we really enjoyed our time there...
We were able to explore other towns and villages, go hiking, try surfing and taste delicious food from the bakery.
We mostly helped them with painting and weeding, but we were also able to work in the… read more
Her communication was excellent and she fit in well with our family..
Mila is polite, chatty and easy to be around..her English is very good
The jobs that she was given(painting, weeding, helping at the bakery) were all done well without complaint.
Mila is a lovely young woman and would be welcomed back… read more
I spent 2 weeks with them and It was a wonderderful workaway and human experience.
They welcomed me very well and they took care that I lack nothing.
I helped Richard to build the main house and make jobs around the house. He took the time to teach me and show me his skills and share me his knowledge.… read more
He was such a pleasure to be around.
His communication was excellent- even though English is his second language, he really tried to have long conversations with us, he has a great standard of English..
Armel is a great worker and helped with whatever tasks we had lined up
For the day. He is super polite and… read more
Her communication was excellent and she fit right in with our family.. and has a very good work ethic..
Cecilia is a really interesting person and just great to be around!
She left the caravan is perfect condition.. and was helpful around the house.. if Cecilia is looking to stay with you do not pass her up.. you will… read more
We had great conversations with them about all kinds of things over our dinners together..
They respected our house rules and got along great with us.
We would welcome them back anytime, and I would recommend them wholeheartedly if they send a… read more
We stayed in the caravan which was super nice, and we helped them out with different things outside, such as gardening, weeding, painting the deck, and of course, playing with Charlie (the cutest dog in the world, we miss her so much!).
They included us… read more
They were great to work with and got on with any of the tasks we had lined up for them.. mostly gardening, painting and some cleaning/organising tasks…
They traveled around on their time off and when we brought them out to… read more
It is a beautiful, peaceful place where they live. The Caravan I stayed in was super comfortable! A large bed, a well-equipped kitchen,… read more
She is very friendly and communication was excellent with her..she was super independent and explored the area on her time off..
She did a fantastic job, and was able to do everything we had asked.
She got on well with the pets and ourselves.. Carina is a hard worker and easy to be around.. she stayed with us… read more
they are good hosts!
The caravan is well maintained and they are careful to give the volunteer everything he needs. The work was well distributed in the days, I helped both in the bakery, with some space in the house (given my passion for cleaning) and… read more
She spent 1.5 months with us and we would welcome her back at anytime.
She is super clean(she loves organising) and helped with meals as well as cleaning up.
If Selena is looking to stay with you, don’t turn her down. ⭐️
J'ai séjourné dans la caravane, qui est très bien équipée et toujours approvisionnée pour les petits déjeuners, la caravane est chauffée vous n'aurez donc pas froid.
Shannen et Richard sont très accueillants et vous feront sentir comme chez vous. Ils… read more
She helped in my bakery and with odd jobs around the house.
Marie-Amélie was a pleasure to be around and fit right in with our family.
She is super nice and considerate and didn’t have any problems with any of the work she was asked to do. ⭐️
thank you so much 🙏
I wish you a good continuation and I hope to see you again one day
She has a friendly personality and is very easy to be around.
I’d definitely recommend Tiphaine to anyone who is looking for a workawayer. She is a great addition to have in any community ❤️
We would welcome her… read more
She has a great attitude and an excellent worker.
She fit right in with our family as well as our two other workaway guests.
She was a great help around the house and observed all of our house rules and was a pleasure to be around..
We would welcome her back at anytime- ❤️
Definitely accept her request to stay… read more
They were the perfect workaway hosts.
The work was fair and flexible, they took me along to barbecues and beach trips and treated me like family!
We even made bigger outings to ballymaloe and Mizen head and Shannen recommended many great things to do in the area.
The food was… read more
She is a really hard worker, has a positive attitude, no job is too difficult for her.
She has a gorgeous way about her and got on really well with our family
A true gem! 😁
Nicole was with us for 3 weeks and we would happily take her back with open arms.
