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We are a family of four, our son is a 16 years old boy and our daughter is 14 years old. We live in the nice little city of Gouda in a beautiful old water tower. Surrounding the water tower is a large garden which is the domain of our cat.
I'm a creative photographer with my own studio in the tower. My husband is a hardware and software developer and is always building and automating stuff. Most of the time we are working from home.
Living in an old building with a large garden means there are always a lot of things to do. We have more plans than time for all our projects and ideas. We built a greenhouse and are harvesting strawberries and tomatoes.
In spite of all the projects, we are easygoing people and we like to watch movies in the evening (we are curious about your favorite movie and like to watch it!) or playing jeu des boules in the garden with the whole family or the guests.
We don't drink or smoke.
We are always very involved with our workawayers and truly welcome them as part of the family. Over time, we’ve discovered that a stay of around 10 days works best for us. For that reason, we are not looking for someone to stay for a very long period, but rather for shorter, more meaningful exchanges.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Languages
Yoga / Wellness
Team sports
Nature
Camping
Outdoor activities
Cycling
Technology
Sustainability
Culture
Movies & TV
Photography
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Plant care
Music
Art & design
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We see Workaway first and foremost as a way to share cultures and learn from each other. We love welcoming people from many different countries, discovering their traditions and everyday habits, and exchanging ideas.
Some of our guests have come especially to learn the Dutch language and culture, and it’s been wonderful to help them on their way – while learning a lot from them in return!
For our children, it’s important too: growing up with people from different backgrounds teaches them that everyone has their own customs and ways of thinking, which is something to value and celebrate.
As our guest, you’ll have a unique chance to be part of daily life in a Dutch family with two teenagers – with all the fun, energy and occasional chaos that brings. We enjoy sharing meals, stories and experiences, and for us Workaway is all about making real connections.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are looking for a motivated workawayer who enjoys giving us a hand with different kinds of tasks. Most of the time this means helping out around the house and in our large garden. Typical tasks could include mowing the lawn, weeding, cleaning the windows of the house or the greenhouse, helping to build a wood storage, or painting the fence.
The help is not too difficult, and we usually like to join in as well – for us it’s also a nice way to spend time together, chat, and learn from each other while getting things done. Inside the house we sometimes need a hand with general maintenance and keeping things tidy.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We can help you learning Dutch and English.
Accommodation
You can stay in our caravan in the back of the garden so you will have privacy. Bathroom and toilet are in the house and shared. We eat three times a day and it would be nice if you will join us.
What else ...
There will be a bike to explore Gouda and the nature around Gouda. If you like to use the canoe, that's also a possibility. The train station is only a 15 minutes drive away (by bike) so it's easy to visit the other highlights of Holland. Gouda is situated very central. With easy connections to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague or Utrecht. We can tell you all about it when you are here.
If you are interested to share your world with us, please tell us more about your intentions, experience and your personality. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. We like to do a whatapp videocall first to see if we connect well.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a good internet connection
Space for parking camper vans
Yes, there is enough space for a campervan
Can possibly accept pets
It depends on what pets...We have a cat.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Flynn
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L'attrezzatura non mancava e Kenn seeeempre disponibile al dialogo ed ad aiutarti. Iris che dire semplicemente dolcissima e un piacere averla attorno.
Per quanto riguarda i ragazzi, devo… read more
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L'attrezzatura non mancava e Kenn seeeempre disponibile al dialogo ed ad aiutarti. Iris che dire semplicemente dolcissima e un piacere averla attorno.
Per quanto riguarda i ragazzi, devo… read more
I loved discuss with kenny and Iris. I wanted to improve my english, Irsi, kenny and children helped me a lot.
Not forgetting… read more
In addition, she is a sociable and enthusiastic girl and she… read more
He did various chores, but the highlight was definitely the path he laid out so precisely. We are very happy with it! Thank you Cody, for your company and inspiration for new funky and vegan dishes! Good luck with learning the Dutch… read more
I felt very welcome and I highly recommend to workaway here as there is always a worthwile project happening in… read more
Never felt overloaded with work on the other hand it felt more like lending a hand to one of my family members.
I hope that I was as helpful as they expected me to be.
If you come across my feedback while in doubt of whether you should apply to workaway with them… read more
Imogene is a very kind, calm and relaxed Workawayer. Her flexibility suits us very much and her relaxed attitude made us feel comfortable in her presence. Her main goal was to learn Dutch and learn more about the Dutch culture. So we… read more
They helped us prepare for a big festival at our place, Kata and Nandi cleaned up our garden and finished our large wood-stack. And after that Kata made a delicious chocolate banana cake for our daughter's birthday! It was nice seeing them… read more
