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Last replied
29 Dec 2024
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Description
Hello! We are Lou and Jeremy, a city-dwelling couple living in a big old home with rambling gardens in Sydney's inner western suburbs. We are looking for some help in the home and garden as we try and turn this suburban block in to an abundant wonderland.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are arts and music enthusiasts and would love to share this with you during your stay. We regularly attend local music nights and love to go out to see friends gigs, art openings and more. We can help you discover some underground gems of Sydney's music scene.
We are also beach-lovers and ocean swimmers and can take you to some great spots for a dip or a walk. We think Sydney has the best city beaches in the world so you're in for a treat!
We are interested in social justice, activism, history and Indigenous rights. We have plenty of knowledge about Australia's Aboriginal history and contemporary political struggles that we can share with you. We live on the land of the Bidgigal people and the local river Goolyari (terribly re-named the Cooks River) has many significant hunting, gathering and ceremonial sites of the local Bidgigal and Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation.
Help
We are interested in permaculture design and are looking to redesign our garden and retrofit our home to make it a sustainable and abundant paradise. We would love to host people with handyman or gardening and food-growing skills, but anyone who's willing to have a go and get your hands dirty in our house and garden on whatever projects we have going will be welcome :)
As we live on a big property, there are always maintenance tasks we need help with such as weeding, pruning, clearing gutters, cleaning windows, sweeping, painting, sanding, oiling and the like. From time to time we also have special projects going. If you have any special skills or interests we are happy to find tasks that best match your preference.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We love the opportunity to practice our french with anyone patient enough to give us some time!
Accommodation
Own bedroom with queen bed, own bathroom and own balcony on upper level. Shared kitchen and communal areas.
What else ...
Our home has great public transport and you can be in the city in less than half an hour on the train, or in the vibrant hot-spots of Marrickville and Newtown on a short bus ride. We have bikes which you are welcome to use and beautiful cycle paths near our house - go for a ride along the river or to the beach!
Currently we are sharing our home with our good friend Jess (37) and her adorable dog Thisbe. Thisbe is a delight who greets visitors very enthusiastically, but most of the time is happy chilling in her bed. Any guests will need to be comfortable sharing space with a beloved house pet and we would love it if you are happy to share the dog walking form time to time!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have good wi-fi at our home and the guest room has plenty of space for a desk set up.
Space for parking camper vans
There's plenty of place to park your campervan at our place - under a big old gum tree for summer shade!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (6)
Our gratefulness for these two wonderful people is difficult to summarize with words. Due to various circumstances, we stayed with Lou and Jeremy for 5 months, doing garden and landscaping work with the occasional job around the house. They were extremely welcoming from the start, making us feel at home and introducing us to their… read more
They made feel us like In our home and helped us when we arrived to Australia.
They are the best workawayer.
Thank you for everything 🫶🏼🫶🏼.
we send you a big hug.
we hope see you soon.
Mía and Marcos
I worked mostly as a paint.
It was a new experience and a very good one.
Their house is close to the city so several times I went to see the sights!
It was great experience, thank you very much!
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Our gratefulness for these two wonderful people is difficult to summarize with words. Due to various circumstances, we stayed with Lou and Jeremy for 5 months, doing garden and landscaping work with the occasional job around the house. They were extremely welcoming from the start, making us feel at home and introducing us to their… read more
They made feel us like In our home and helped us when we arrived to Australia.
They are the best workawayer.
Thank you for everything 🫶🏼🫶🏼.
we send you a big hug.
we hope see you soon.
Mía and Marcos
I worked mostly as a paint.
It was a new experience and a very good one.
Their house is close to the city so several times I went to see the sights!
It was great experience, thank you very much!
They are both very calm and insightful people and we really enjoyed spending evenings with them getting to know more about Australian cultural touchpoints. They… read more
They worked hard and very diligently at our house, helping out with weeding, cleaning, garden maintenance and sanding and patching a bedroom to get it ready for painting. They took great care and did an excellent job of all these tasks.
They were also excellent company, cooking us delicious… read more
They have a nice house well located for visiting Sydney.
We had a very nice room with bathroom and the whole house to feel at home.
We have carried out work outside in order to arrange the garden so that they can enjoy it.
We were able to talk in French and they gave good advice for our visit.
We… read more
From the minute we arrived until we left we felt welcomed and were even sad to leave. We got our own bed- and bathroom and could use the rest of the house like we wanted. It is a very beautiful house!
The communication was great and the work was easy to manage.
In the evenings we spent some good times… read more
