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100 %
Last replied
27 May 2025
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Hi! We have been Workaway hosts for 4 years now and have had many successful experiences. We are a family of three (Roddy and Claire) and our 19 year old daughter Evie (away at University in Valencia during the week). We also have three dogs and four cats, and are living in a small villa with a private pool and sun terrace on the side of a mountain in the Spanish countryside. We are British (we speak English and Spanish) and have lived in the area for the last twenty years. The nearest village is a short walk away, and three larger towns (including a lovely beach) within a fifteen minute drive.
As a family, we enjoy good food, films, music and travelling. We love meeting new people, getting to know about other cultures and learning about life around the world.
We have multiple jobs, and the summers are especially busy for us (our work trebles in the summer) so we are looking for an extra pair of hands to help out with various tasks. In return, we can offer you a friendly, family environment and plenty of entertainment with our large collection of pets.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Pets
Movies & TV
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Art & design
Animals
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are offering a chance to stay at our mountainside villa, use of our private pool and sun terrace and an opportunity to explore the local countryside.
We can introduce you to the British or Spanish culture, depending on your preference or a mix of the two. We speak English at home and have a reasonable level of Spanish.
We are happy to help you practice English and have had plenty of practice with this, having hosted Spanish students during the holidays for the last fourteen years.
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Help
We work several jobs between us (pool maintenance business, magazine advertising sales & marketing and graphic design work) as we live by the mantra of ‘work hard and play hard’. We are out of the house for the majority of the day.
This is why we would welcome some extra help around the house.
As you can see from out past reviews, we treat our volunteers as family, taking you out and introducing you to local events, sightseeing and friends and family gatherings. We eat together in the evenings and enjoy long conversations and playing games.
We are ideally looking for a couple (partners/friends) preferably with own transport or over 25 with a license so you can explore by yourselves.
We love meeting new people and welcoming them into our house.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
We have a double bedroom where we can host 2 Workawayers with a shared bathroom.
We are happy to provide breakfasts (for example toast, cereal, fruit, eggs, yogurt) and simple lunches (for example various types of bread and sandwich fillings, Spanish omelette, salad, pizza, pasta, jacket potato and fillings) and evening meals all together.
What else ...
If you have your own transport then this is a wonderful area to explore. Sadly public transport is very basic, there is a bus service to the bigger towns though. If you are over 25 with a full driving licence then you can use one of our cars in the afternoon or evening when its not needed, on the condition that if you damage the car then you pay the excess (sadly I have to be upfront about this due to an incident last year). However we don't want you to feel you have to leave the house, during your time off you are welcome to use the house as your home and enjoy the pool etc.
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 fibre internet connection which is usually around 200-300Mbps
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Buffy
Feedback (21)
My visit was quite last minute, but I was well taking care of.
I travel with my dog Nox; Claire and Roddy also made sure he had the time of his life...we made morning and evening walks with the pack and Nox even got to know the cats...nice to see how they all interacted.
Whenever I'm in the… read more
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My visit was quite last minute, but I was well taking care of.
I travel with my dog Nox; Claire and Roddy also made sure he had the time of his life...we made morning and evening walks with the pack and Nox even got to know the cats...nice to see how they all interacted.
Whenever I'm in the… read more
Dear Claire, Roddy, Chris, Evie, Corinne and so many others I met, thank you from the bottom of my heart for welcoming me into your home and family.
You will never know how grateful I am for the time I spent with you.
Meeting your mother and spending time with her every day was inexplicable. In so many… read more
High level of heat tolerance and physical strength. Fast learner.
Great conversations and silly jokes.
He’s been happy to do everything we asked to. We would definitely welcome him back again.
Sasha is lovely, very sweet, caring and happy to help.
They made me feel like home from day one and I had my own room with AC.
We hit it off immediately and went down to business. They would stop me when my time has ended but I enjoyed what we were doing so I would go on longer. I learned very important skills… read more
Thank you guys again for everything!
I hope, we will see us soon..
They will… read more
