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

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2021

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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 and 4 cats. 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.

Due to the current lockdown restrictions in France, we can only accept applications from Workawayers as the lockdown is slowly lifted.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are widely travelled and have lived in France for nearly 20 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
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
Italian: Intermediate
This host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
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
- Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a large space in front of the house which could accomodate a medium sized campervan.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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20/03/2021

Left by Workawayer (Frederik) for host

Amazing experience right from the start. Sou and Pete are absolutely wonderful people, easygoing, humorous and caring. We had lots of interesting conversations each day, ranging from Sou's travels in India to their love of chocolate, tea, photography and art.
The food was splendid, with good British fish and chips once a week and twice every… read more

(Excellent )

19/03/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Frederik)

Frederik (Nis) is a very personable young man willing to undertake every task given. He has a very positive attitude to work and needs very little direction. He worked very well both in the garden and in the house. He's a very erudite person and our conversations were interesting, informative and a pleasure. He would always be welcome to return… read more

(Excellent )

18/09/2020

Left by Workawayer (Ronald & Arini) for host

Pete and Suzie are fabulous hosts. You can't find any better. They live already a long time in France, and guess what, their English is still perfect. Thank God for that, because our French is worse than that of a new born baby.
Pete had given us perfect instructions on how to find their place. Without those it would have been nearly impossible to… read more

(Excellent )

18/09/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Ronald & Arini)

Arini and Ronald are wonderful. Susie had a health issue during their time here and both were caring, kind, helpful and gave practical advice. Arini is very kind and a lovely person to communicate with. She took on the task of feeding us and doing the houshold cleaning, both brilliantly. Ronald is very practical and a 'doer'. He discovers problems… read more

(Excellent )

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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