Come and share our tranquil life with us in Heusse, France

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05/07/2020
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2020

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We are Pete and Susie, a retired couple living in a tranquil, secluded backwater of rural Lower Normandy, with no close neighbours. Our home is a renovated farmhouse dating back to WW1, about 2km from the nearest village. We have a dog, 4 cats, and an elderly pygmy goat. Pete writes a food and travel blog : chocolatehunters which you can check out for more background information. Please note, we don't accept helpers who smoke.

Now looking for workawayers who do not require a 14 day self quarantine period. If you are intending to travel from the UK, we believe this applies from the 4th of July, but please check before you contact us re availability and further information.
Type of help
Gardening
General Maintenance
Other
Help in the house
Animal care
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are widely travelled and have lived in France for over 17 years. Pete speaks rudimentary French and English with a few choice Geordie words thrown in. Susie speaks French, Italian, German and some Spanish. She worked and lived in India for a time and we both have lots of tales to tell. We can willingly share our life experiences.
Help
Help with gardening, building maintenance, animal care and some renovation work. N.B. during the Winter months, when outside work may not be practical, we'd prefer to host one helper, rather than two. Our current project involves clearing up and making good the garden after tree surgery work. Some of the felled trees need cutting to length, splitting and storing to season
Languages spoken
English, French, some Italian, German and Spanish
Accommodation
Workawayers have their own private bedroom with a double bed. There is a shared bathroom on the first floor. We have wifi which is quite speedy, UK tv, an extensive DVD and Bluray collection and lots of books. We provide all the meals and are quite happy to take workawayers along with us when we go out to eat.
What else ...
We in live the vicinity of Mont St Michel and the D Day beaches. There are fascinating Medieval towns close by and lots of rolling, peaceful countryside. There are no clubs, discos or local public transport. We like to treat visitors as part of the family and include them in our everyday life.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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(5.0)

Cultural exchange:
(5.0)

Communication:
(5.0)

11/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Jenny & Benjamin)

Ben and Jenny are an amiable, down to earth couple. They work well together with a minimum of supervision and are quite proactive. We had long chats over meals and got along with them both well. They are both clean, tidy and punctual and fitted in with our rural (and slightly quirky) lifestyle very quickly. We'd recommend them to any future host.

(Excellent )

11/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Jenny & Benjamin) for host

Thank you both for a lovely couple of weeks at your wonderful home in the country, quite the opposite of the city life we are used to. Pete and Susie made us feel very welcome from our arrival along with lovely Podge the dog and their five cats! Not forgetting Magnuss the goat, and their two very chatty geese!

We both enjoyed sharing our travel… read more

(Excellent )

06/09/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Monika)

Moni is a very proactive and thorough helper. She is friendly, warm and thoughtful. During her time here. she helped with household chores (our windows sparkled), tidied up the front flower bed and cut back the trees and bushes that line our access road. She is a hard worker. We exchanged many stories over enjoyable meals and altogether Moni is a… read more

(Excellent )

05/09/2019

Left by Workawayer (Monika) for host

I was 2 weeks with Pete and Susie, the reception was very warm and the animals, especially Podge were very nice and open.I was spoiled culinary and for me it was very helpful that Susie also spoke very good German, so I could improve my English too.
Peter and Susi have been very careful that I did not work so much. We talked very intensively about… read more

(Excellent )

24/08/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Cheryl)

Cheryl is a very warm and kind individual. Her time with us went by very quickly and was really enjoyable. She will undertake any task with the minimum of instruction and subsequent supervision. She is interesting to chat to and was respectful, neat and tidy around the house. We would recommend her highly to other hosts...oh, her pancakes are… read more

(Excellent )

24/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Valentina) for host

I stayed one month with Pete and Susie and it was an amazing experience! Pete is really funny and he always makes you laugh and Susie is just fantastic, she has an exquisite taste for everything, from art to literature and food! What an amazing foodie experience was this one! I ate amazing dishes, difficulty you can eat better, it was simply… read more

(Excellent )

19/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Valentina)

Valentina is a tranquil, easy going helper. She's intelligent, communicates well, has a great sense of humour and can work unsupervised with the minimum of instruction. She was pleasure to host and we'd have her back anytime. We can reccommend her to any future host.

(Excellent )

12/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Charlotte & Tiago) for host

We stayed with Pete and Susie for 10 days and were made to feel at home as soon as we arrived. Both Pete and Susie are very interesting people who love sharing and listening to stories- they have definitely inspired our list of places to travel. They treated us as members of their family and we had a great time. The work was enjoyable and they… read more

(Excellent )

07/03/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Charlotte & Tiago)

Charlotte and Tiago are a lovely, friendly, warm couple. They can be left to complete a task with the minimum of instruction and supervision. During their time with us they helped with moving furniture prior to building work and painted and stained all the exterior woodwork, which now looks magnificent. They are wonderful company, good humoured… read more

(Excellent )

13/02/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Oracio)

Roscoe is a very friendly, personable and well mannered young man. He can enthusiastically complete any task with a little direction and the minimum of supervision. We enjoyed hosting him for two weeks and recommend him to other hosts.

(Excellent )

03/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Trey) for host

If you want to have some peace and quiet off the beaten track
then this is the place to come .Pete and Susie are fabulous hosts ,
with endless stories of there travels from over the years !
i stayed over Christmas and the new year and definitely felt at
home and part of the family , lazy evenings watching detective series
fantastic .
They have… read more

(Excellent )

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