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Hello, I am Marco and since 2016 Portugal was the choice of a place to live with my family. That came after my journey between Brazil, United Kingdom and Brazil again. I am a Lawyer by trade and also involved in international trading, mainly commodities and fresh fruits and vegetables. I live in the countryside (small Quinta as they say here) nearby Palmela, Setubal District. The grounds of the property are 5,000 sqm and some attention is needed in the garden, vegetable garden (permaculture organic food), chicken coop (free range chickens for eggs) as well as in the house. As not being very practical with my hands and also having 3 relatively young boys to take care of, some practical help is very welcome.
Currently I am looking for someone familiar with some or all of the following: woodwork, painting, garden design, gardening, DIY, social media, etc.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Although my boys are not all the time with me, they will be here often as well. There ages are pretty much 14, 12 and 8 years old. We are sporty and very active, being basketball a kind of passion as I was a semi-pro in my youth. We do have a basketball court in the house, as well as a small gym.
We speak English, Portuguese, Spanish and French (basic level).
Projects involving children
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Help
The ideal candidate should not be shy of physical tasks (use of garden tools such as spades, forks, shovels, hoes, wheelbarrows full of compost or dirty, etc.) and should be keen of getting your hands muddy. Also, please don't be shy to join in cooking, organizing life at home etc. To held a driving license would be a great add-on as well as having a campervan or similar as there are also plenty of spaces on the grounds to offer you even a higher level of privacy if that would be your case!
So you must like physical tasks and be pro-active about it, as help will be sought for the following activities:
- Painting outside walls, fencings, etc.
- Tidying up garden cutting logs for fire and re-used in the property
- Building raised vegetables beds and compost bins for a permaculture project
- Improving vegetable garden with dripping irrigation, climbing frames, de-weeding, mulching, etc.
- Building a tree house with the children
- Building a wood decking for a gym
- Fixing up wine cellar (yearly around 1,000 liters were made in house)
- Organizing storage for preservation of garden harvest
- Planting trees
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Great interest on improving French and also get to know more about Italian. In exchange for my Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish and English
Accommodation
The house offers a great deal of accommodation, with nice bedrooms as well as plenty of rooms in the house. Also if you have your own mobile home and would like to park on the grounds that is also possible as it is fully fenced and there are water and electricity available all over the property.
What else ...
The property is located at the South side of the Tagus River (Rio Tejo) and at 30 min from Lisbon (around 30Km) and 20min from Setubal (24Km).
Reference points:
- Supermarket Intermarche: 2.0 km (4 min);
- Pharmacy: 3.0 km (6 min);
- Pinhal Novo Train Station: 3.0 km (7 min);
- Pinhal Novo Health Center: 3.0 km (5 min);
- Pingo Doce Supermarket: 4.8 km (7 min);
- Shopping Alegro Montijo: 7.7 km (11 min);
- Freeport Lisboa Fashion Outlet: 20 km (15 min);
- Lisbon International Airport: 35 km (30 min);
- Setúbal: 24 km (20 min);
- Sesimbra: 40 km (35 min).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There are plenty of room and spaces available in the property as well as fiber internet connection all over.
Space for parking camper vans
There are plenty of room at the property to park either campervan or motorhome. Very safe as its totally fenced up. Also water and electricity is available anywhere at the grounds of the property.
Can possibly accept pets
We have cat and dog and if your pet is friendly with other animals and heathy and safety are in place, most welcome. Also they can be very safe inside the grounds of the property.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (4)
For several reasons I couldn't stay around most of the time and she was able to work independently and with a very good response about the tasks given.
She was always very kind and respectul as well as… read more
As her major is mathematics, for me it was… read more
Marco and his boys are kind and intelligent.
On the weekend, we spent the time in the house, playing games, watching films and I had interesting conversations with the boys. In the week I worked in the garden, helped Marco with his computer, participated in housekeeping and did… read more
Here she performed tasks such as creative work with children, mainly painting and drawing techniques, as well as some help in the garden and house.
Further to that, she was very sociable and also had the oportunity of going… read more
Marco and his lovely boys are very kind people.
We shared good food and the new year with Marco's visiting friends.
I did a few creative workshops with the kids.
In the meantime, I helped with cooking at home and in the kitchen and gardening for two days, and I learned a lot.
Marco's knowledge on this… read more
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Cultural exchange:
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Communication:
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For several reasons I couldn't stay around most of the time and she was able to work independently and with a very good response about the tasks given.
She was always very kind and respectul as well as… read more
As her major is mathematics, for me it was… read more
Marco and his boys are kind and intelligent.
On the weekend, we spent the time in the house, playing games, watching films and I had interesting conversations with the boys. In the week I worked in the garden, helped Marco with his computer, participated in housekeeping and did… read more
Here she performed tasks such as creative work with children, mainly painting and drawing techniques, as well as some help in the garden and house.
Further to that, she was very sociable and also had the oportunity of going… read more
Marco and his lovely boys are very kind people.
We shared good food and the new year with Marco's visiting friends.
I did a few creative workshops with the kids.
In the meantime, I helped with cooking at home and in the kitchen and gardening for two days, and I learned a lot.
Marco's knowledge on this… read more
