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We are a group of friends and moved into this place four years ago. Our ideal is to create a place where people can feel good and enjoy the space. We as a team are welcoming people here to stay, because we thought it would be a lovely way to invite different people to experience this place and us, and also help us with our building / garden, hosting, cleaning the house and property. We want to create a welcoming environment and therefore we will have the volunteers' best interest at heart. Our ideal is to receive some help with our space.
We live here in a little community.
We all are open and warmhearted. We try to make space for all the guests that arrive. Annette who initiated this project, has a daughter (Eva) .
Eva has done many workaways abroad and therefore had the idea of inviting workawayers. Because she has personal experiences with all different kinds of workaway hosts, she will take care of making sure it is a good experience for each side.
We have the sweetest dog Lea. See pic.
Our intention is to give workshops, and events, in the form of a well-being centre. We don't have a big budget, and try to do everything in a sustainable way. We get almost all our furniture and stuff needed second-hand. Step by step, we are trying to make our vision into a reality. We are still not making any profit and we are not generating an income from it, hopefully in the future we can get enough income from hosting workshops or retreats in this beautiful place to cover all our expenses. For now, we need some help with maintenance, hosting , cooking, cleaning and gardening.
Our home is divided in two parts, on the one side is the 'living' part where we live in a community. Here is also our kitchen and living room. The other side of the building is the well being center. And there is a huge garden and vegetable garden.
What we are looking for is some practical help, as well as some help around the house/garden. The building is quite big and we need to clean, paint, and fix up some of it. We also need to re-decorate (second-handly) (this is a fun job) and have some garden-work done. Mostly we would like easy-going, open minded and concious people that could help us get some work done, and that would like to stay in this wonderful place to help us out with all the things that still need to be done.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can enjoy the beautiful surroundings and towns that are closeby (by bike!) such as Zutphen. Of course you can profit from great spaces to practice yoga or meditation.
Help
We look for team members older than 30 years, due to our experience, no exception to that.
We mainly need help with odd tasks and projects around the house. This means some light construction, cleaning the rooms, painting, etc . We would appreciate people that are physically capable/strong, and handy people that are willing to learn will also be greatly appreciated. There is also room for more artistic painting outside, and helping in the garden or on the land outside.
We would ask you to help 5 days a week to help out for 5 hours a day, but we want to give our workawayers some space to help in their own pace. We would like to do the tasks together, if you are an early riser we can see what is working for the whole. Our idea is to get tasks done from 10 - 1, have lunch, and then again from 2 to 4. We are always up for communicating and adjusting.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Accommodation
A nice private room.
What else ...
We will provide enough food for 3 balanced meals. We have a vegetarian household so there will not be any meat or fish, we also do not allow any hard drugs or regular use of cannabis!! If you do use soft drugs without letting us know it is considered as a deal breaker.
We love cooking and mainly have food like oatmeal, fruits, bread, cheese, beans, rice, pasta, etc. We want to make lunch-time a common activity when we are together. Since the evenings are hectic many times, this means it could happen that for the other nights, you will eat with the other workawayers or by yourself. We have a vision, but we will figure out along the way how everything with meals will work out.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Can possibly accept pets
Lets discuss if your pet fits here. Depends on how well it gets along with our cat and dog.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (2)
He is a good cook and takes his work seriously, and works like a professional. We had good times toghether!
Elly was togehter with her friend Lucas, they worked soo good as a team! We had mostly painting job but they really delivered some stunning white walls ;-)!
Nice and social in the group and so kind to the children! We loved having her and Lucas.
Always welcome back!
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He is a good cook and takes his work seriously, and works like a professional. We had good times toghether!
Elly was togehter with her friend Lucas, they worked soo good as a team! We had mostly painting job but they really delivered some stunning white walls ;-)!
Nice and social in the group and so kind to the children! We loved having her and Lucas.
Always welcome back!
We all enjoyed him being around,
Thank you Annette, Merijn and Eva for making it a wonderful experience for travelers and for creating such a place. All the best!
