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Lend a hand and learn new skills on an old farm built in 1743 near Vosges, France

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    I hope you could help me to continue to renovating my old house (1753) this year and I need help, général maintenance, gardening, meal preparation, painting, artist painting also, plasterboard ,... or something we'll find usefull. Sometimes I stay at my girlfriend house, 5 km away. So perhaps you'll stay with me to help with gardening, general maintenance, pait,... I live in a little village near the forest. I am a native-born Belgian who has lived in France since 2011. I have green house but my garden is always plenty of weeds.
    I ama father of 3 boys (34, 32 and 30 years old). They live in Belgium and occasionally in the Vosges in my home.
    I experienced workaway life as a worker in Scotland in July 2018.

    I make sometimes my bread. I have my own source of pure water.
    I am a member of an association that maintains an old saw mill.
    In order to show you how it works, I would demonstrate it to you by cutting 1 wooden board.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Interests

    Interests

    Technology
    Gardening
    DIY & crafts
    Carpentry
    Cooking & food
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    I am Belgian and I chose a few years ago to live in this beautiful region where lovers of natural sitescan walk in the forest and will be satisfied.

  • Help

    Help

    Current tasks :
    Tasks envisaged in my company (I can explain to you upon arrival how to do each task ) :
    Exterior layout, storage, gardening, painting, meal preparation, ...
    ( just a little experience with one or more of these tasks , is required)

  • Languages spoken

    French: Fluent
    English: Intermediate

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    You will stay in a brand New bedroom ; it is clean .
    But if you prefer to climb in a tent, a meadow awaits you.
    The bathroom is already finished.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    I try to to grow vegetables through a greenhouse made with big branches of hazel and next door, a vegetable garden (cabbages, salads and lot of weeds !! )

    the railway station of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges is not far from my house. I can fetch you there, or if you have your own car, it is a 10 minute drive. You can take a bus or train to Nancy or Strasbourg, and from there it is an hour ride to Saint-Die-des-Vosges, very easy.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    Wifi and ethernet are available in the bedroom. There is also a little desk.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    One space near my garden. 10 metres away from the main door, next to the greenhouse.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    If they aren't noisy

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 933475733336

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