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We are a married couple. My husbands son is staying with us 2 to 3 days every other week and we have a loving dog that loves pets more than anything else.
Have you heard of DIY? That's what we do with most things. We are building pretty much everything ourselves. We will most likely provide a private room and basic food to prepare your meal or cook it together.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
In March Bill & Fabienne visit Fabienne's family in Switzerland. Jasper is eager to lead the start of our new property Homestead.
Background:
Five years ago, Fabienne introduced Bill to Workaway and since then we have hosted almost 40 travelers (Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Italy, Namibia, Canada, Argentina, Lebanon, England, and the United States).
We built a pool, a koi pond, a minigolf course, art projects, landscaping, gardening, flooring, tiling, roofing! If you're a DIY person, this is your place.
We build international friendships, create amazing memories, and we learn and grow together.
What it will be in 5 years, we can only dream! Let's create ideas to make a magical new place that we can all share in.
Our friend Jasper is an experienced Workawayer. There's just so much to say, all of it good and wonderfully unique. His genuine energy and intentions shine through in everything he does, making him a joy to be around.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
A few things to save your time and ours:
- We can only accept single or couple travelers (no kids, no pets)
Homestead is our newest project. For Phase 1: we need help transforming the big, 1.5 acre lakefront yard. That means landscaping and creating infrastructure for irigation. There are no alligators to bother you while clearing out the vegetation in the lake, we promise.
You will be staying on our lakefront property with our tiny volunteer team headed by Jasper. You'll be staying close to downtown Orlando but it feels like far away from the default world.
Requirements:
- Intermediate English level (We need to be able to teach/explain you things you don't know yet)
- Follow instructions
- Be proactive and handyness is a plus
- Put in 20 h/a week
In return
- A house, yard and lake to play around
- Basic foods and staples (while we love meat and cheese, we prefer volunteers to supply their own)
- Anything we make in our veggie garden
- Young energy and friendships
Do you want to come to help us be creative and build awesome things?
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
House or your RV / Camper / Van
What else ...
The time we are not working we go paddle boarding, swimming, volleyball, spend time with friends, go to concerts or any sports event in the area. We do have a bus station close to the house if you want to go on an adventure yourself.
Alain from Spain called it: "Dad Bootcamp"
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
You can hook up your RV to the electricity.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (7)
They welcome you with open arms and make you share their exciting lives
They are always very attentive so that you… read more
Was Phenomenal!! hahaha
Always things to do and always fun to be had.
What amazing hosts Bill and Fabienne were or sorry.... ARE!!! ;) the amount of projects that was happening and being done where limitless and exciting. Making plans, putting things together, meeting fantastic people, going… read more
Bill and Fabiene became my best US-Swiss friends, and I became their flying Dutchman.
I wish anyone that may visit them a crazy good time. I hope you'll find as much friends, fun and productivity as I did!
I could elaborate on details.... but let's sum it all up with 5/5 - would do… read more
Jasper effortlessly fits into any situation, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge, humor, and kindness. His genuine energy and intentions shine through in everything he does, making him a joy to be around. Whether it's lending a helping hand,… read more
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They welcome you with open arms and make you share their exciting lives
They are always very attentive so that you… read more
Was Phenomenal!! hahaha
Always things to do and always fun to be had.
What amazing hosts Bill and Fabienne were or sorry.... ARE!!! ;) the amount of projects that was happening and being done where limitless and exciting. Making plans, putting things together, meeting fantastic people, going… read more
Bill and Fabiene became my best US-Swiss friends, and I became their flying Dutchman.
I wish anyone that may visit them a crazy good time. I hope you'll find as much friends, fun and productivity as I did!
I could elaborate on details.... but let's sum it all up with 5/5 - would do… read more
Jasper effortlessly fits into any situation, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge, humor, and kindness. His genuine energy and intentions shine through in everything he does, making him a joy to be around. Whether it's lending a helping hand,… read more
We spent a month with Fab and Bill. It was an interesting adventure to share time with them.
They are easy going, hard working and sociable humans. They are inspiring as well as their awesome friends and neighbors. It was an excellent experience to practice assertiveness, listening skills and be part of a… read more
Staying with Fabienne and Bill was great and after 2 months I know what I’m talking about.
There is always some Life in the place and you get to know all their friends and people from around. I loved the Place and I’m sure there are some worse places you can do workaway.
Work was definitely not easy but when you… read more
It was my first time traveling with Workaway and I could not be better.
I texted them and got an answer from Fabienne 20 minutes later, she invited me to a video call. She showed me their whole house and described everything in detail, without any questions from my side, during the call.
It was very uncomplicated. Fabienne… read more
orlando ... i contacted fabienne and got the answer almost immediately then we exchanged numbers and had decent video conversation 🤷🏻♂️ showed me around and decision was made to move in for couple of weeks.
house was amazing 😍 big house .. right at the lake .. swimming pool .. volleyball sand court and full of small and… read more
