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Babysitter needed from September –
• Dear Work-Awayers :)
We are a 4 member family, Gemma - Beniamino our 10 year old sun Manfredi and the last one 3year old Ascanio, who lives in Sannicandro a Bari suburb area which is Apulia capital.
As said, we live in Bari suburb in a tipical olive grove country area, Bari downtown can be easily reached by a 30 minute bus ride. The closest beach area (Bari's beach) is 20 km away and lots of Apulian attractions such as Polignano a Mare, Monopoli, Alberobello are reachable and not far away.. Sannicandro downtown has shops and grocery and is about 1,5 km away from the house. The closest bus stop is about 1 km away from home.
We are a friendly family and we are looking for a caring and responsible person to help with our two children (10 and 3 years old) for about 20 days, covering the period from the end of our summer holidays Sept. 1st until the start of school, around Sept. 17.
Beniamino and I work in public sector, administrative duties. We live in a very big house, with plenty of space and a private garden.
👶 Main tasks:
The main focus is spending time with the children during the day, especially supervising little Ascanio. Manfredi (10) is quite independent, but we would love if he is occasionally involved in simple activities and playtime.
⏰ Schedule:
Help is mainly needed in the morning and early afternoon, while we are at work, until we return home around 3:00–4:00 pm.
🧺 Light household help (if possible):
During the morning, we would appreciate some small help with simple family tasks such as dishwasher, laundry, or keeping common spaces tidy — nothing heavy or fixed.
🌿 Afternoons free:
Once we are back home, you will have complete freedom to do what you prefer: go out, rest, or spend time with our family — whatever feels best for you.
We offer a private room, all meals, and a warm family environment. We are well connected to Bari (bus every 30 minutes), so it’s easy to explore the city or the coast in your free time.
We are looking for someone kind, reliable, and genuinely happy to spend time with children and share a relaxed family experience 😊
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Gemma Beniamino Manfredi and Ascanio
Types of help and learning opportunities
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Animals
Nature
Outdoor activities
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Being part of one of the most beautiful Italian province Apulia will give them the experience of visiting beautiful Apulian places and give them the opportunity of having a place to call home during their stay.
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Further details can be found here
Help
• Be respectful , keep the house and the garden clean
Languages spoken
English: Intermediate
Accommodation
We live in a big and indipendent country house with a patio and a large garden.
We offer accomodation with a bedroom.
What else ...
Bus stop to Bari 1 km away from home. The bus leaves every 30 minutes
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
We have plenty of space to park your camper van or motorhome just outside the house inside the property.
Can possibly accept pets
es, we can accept Workawayers with pets, as long as they are friendly and compatible with children. Since we have two young kids (3 and 10 years old), it is very important that any pets are well-behaved, calm, and used to being around children. We want to make sure everyone feels safe and comfortable in the home.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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I had initially planned to stay for 3 weeks, but since I had trouble finding another host and we got along well I ended up staying for a little over six weeks.
The work I did was mostly easy household related chores like folding… read more
not easy and… read more
The house is in a small village 20mins driving from Bari but also well connected with public transport.
What I loved most are the quiet, the big house in the countryside and, of course the dogs!!
I had to take care and feed 3 lovely eldery dogs,… read more
Manfredi is funny and full of energy! Ascanio has a cute smile! And our chef Beniamino is a great cook! Gemma is always kind and has a big heart.… read more
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I had initially planned to stay for 3 weeks, but since I had trouble finding another host and we got along well I ended up staying for a little over six weeks.
The work I did was mostly easy household related chores like folding… read more
not easy and… read more
The house is in a small village 20mins driving from Bari but also well connected with public transport.
What I loved most are the quiet, the big house in the countryside and, of course the dogs!!
I had to take care and feed 3 lovely eldery dogs,… read more
Manfredi is funny and full of energy! Ascanio has a cute smile! And our chef Beniamino is a great cook! Gemma is always kind and has a big heart.… read more
Gemma is a really kind person, she is managing a lot with the daily routine, its a lot to handle with 2 babies.
i had enough free time and could explore Italy 🇮🇹 😍
because of gemma, benji, manfri, friends and and family i had the chance to learn italian !! it was the best way and im super thankful for… read more
We always had a lot of conversation and laughter over meal. We talked about each other's countries… read more
I strongly recomend this beautiful girl.. she's serious and really embraces the workaway experience.
She stayed at our home in order to pet our dogs and keep the house. She really took care of aour doggies and besides did every we told her in order to keep the house.
One of the best workawayer ever.
Hope to see u soon guys. Our home is always open to u!
We stayed 18 days, Beniamino received us and he is very very nice and very good cooker, we really enjoyed that and met him. Unfortunately we didn't meet the rest of this beautiful family but we can see how nice people they are and very communicative.
We were taking care their house, plants, fishes and dogs (Priscilla and Chicco) everything… read more
Besides he is really polite
Hope to see u again Paul!
This time… read more
