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Hi! I'm Stefan. My wife Julia and I traveled the world for 7 years until we found this charming old villa overlooking the sea in Argeles-Sur-Mer and started a family. Baby Alicia was born in July 2024. It is very quiet here. We are surrounded by several hectars of forest and have only few neighbours. Nonetheless, it's only 10 minutes (by car) to the next town and the beach.
The villa has 3 main bedrooms, extremely spacious living areas, multiple terraces and a big swimming pool. It is fully renovated, except for some small details. At this point we need help with the garden! It needs to be cleaned out, new plants planted, the irrigation system extended and we would like to create a walking path through the forest and potentially create a sitting area. But first things first!
There is also plenty of carpentry work: We need fences and gates constructed and have some wooden shutters which need replacing.
We are able to host during winter, but are less than 50% of the time at the house ourselves. Workawayers staying over the winter months therefore need to be reliable, respectful and tidy. Also, we will only host people with strong gardening or carpentry experiences.
The minimum stay is two weeks.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are very active people. We'd be happy to explore the nature around us together or can do some yoga in the morning.
Help
We need help with cleaning up the forest, watering the garden, light renovation tasks such as painting.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We are very interested in improving our French.
Accommodation
We have 3 main bedrooms inside the house plus one room with a sofa-bed. In a clearing in our forest stands a caravan with toilet and shower, 2 minutes away from the house. We provide enough food. We eat mostly vegetarian, but also like fish. We usually share at least one meal together per day and take turns when it comes to cooking.
The town is 10 min away from our house but we have bought a scooter (125cc) which everyone can use who knows how to drive it and has the necessary driving license.
What else ...
For your time off, you have plenty of options. You can decide to stay home, relax at the pool, enjoy the view, listen to the birds, read a book .... or you can go down into the town mingle with the locals, lay at one of the several beaches, do watersports, go cycling, horseriding or do some sightseeing in and around Perpignan.
Currently, there is no public transport from the house to the town yet and it is a 30 minutes walk. We can take you sometimes.
Please add the text "I have really read it" at the end of your request.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We've been digital nomads ourselves for so long, we gladly accept other likeminded souls. However, we only take people who do not have a lot of digital work. During the summer months the internet connection slows down.
Space for parking camper vans
Enough space for a van.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Ho trascorso parecchio tempo nel loro "transatlantico", così lo definirei.
Al mio arrivo sono stato accolto benissimo.
Stefan & Julia il giorno seguente mi hanno rivelato buona parte dei loro programmi per abbellire e rendere funzionale la loro casa...sia internamente che esternamente.
Ho accolto… read more
Each sunrise Marcello was the first to get up in the morning and one of the last to stop work.
Reliable and precise like a swiss clock, no matter the circumstances.
He is extremely passionate when it comes to work but also… read more
What a lovely couple and awesome people! After beeing away for a couple of days we couldn't believe our eyes
how much progress was made in and around the house.
Both worked reliably, precise and self-responsible day after day and on a wide range of tasks.
They helped painting, cooked for all… read more
Thanks for all the help in the forest and the house.
They welcomed me with Open Arms and made me feel like im Part of their Family.
Stefan and Julia are very generous, warmhearted and open people, they are easy to get along with and have very interesting stories to tell… read more
Staying with us for only two weeks was very short. We would have loved it to have her stay longer.
Thanks for bringing good vibes and such an exceptional working attitude. Hope to… read more
He was a very quick learner and adapted to hardest conditions in practically no time.
His help in cleaning the pool, painting doors and door-grids, assembling furniture, rehabilitate the forest and much much more was exceptional.
But beside… read more
Además conocimos otros workawayers muy divertidos, el clima muy amistoso, las cenas juntos siempre riquisimas y hubo un inolvidable karaoke.
Para siempre agradecidos con ustedes 😊🤍
The first day I arrived with my mum in evening with the train, we were picked up by Stefan with their nice car. During the ride to… read more
She's… read more
This was the first workaway experience for both of us and it was just amazing! My son and I both felt welcomed, respected and… read more
As they hosted several workawayers at the same time, the atmosphere was cosmopolitan, and therefore very rich in human terms, which I appreciated a lot.
Their house is in a beautiful natural setting with an amazing… read more
When it comes to work her dedication to a task is a complete new level. Not even cold and heavy rain stopped her working in the woods for hours and days.
Last… read more
They are very nice poeple and I felt welcome from the first moment on.
Everything works very relaxed with them and their company is fun.
Communication is excellent.
In every way they are really open for ideas and opinions if it is with difficulties at work or anything else. They… read more
Our jungle around the house was prepared to become a beautiful garden. They helped with decoration, painting, organizing… read more
As of the time that we left, their project is still in its early stages of… read more
Thanks for the nice time together and good luck for any future endeavour! You are… read more
