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Latest update......We are currently looking for nice people to help us with gardening and small building jobs.
Also people with painting and decorating experience.
We are also always looking for reliable couples to house and animal sit whilst we go on short breaks and adventures ourselves.
We also need help with our environmental NGO, knowledge of wordpress and websites, environmental campaigning, film making, fundraising etc.
We are a British couple with a nine year old girl Living in the East Algarve for over 15 years.
We have renovated several houses in the Algarve and have just finished renovating an old Portuguese farmhouse.
We are working more on the land now, planting fruit trees, developing water storage and retention systems, landscaping and managing our olive and Carob harvests.
We have started a small food forest and are interested in exploring and implementing permaculture and syntropic agroforestry principles.
Amanda is running ceramics workshops from her studio and we are also involved in a local environmental association.
We have chickens and grow our own vegetables and are trying to expand this area of our work.
Stuart used to work in the art department, working on drama for the BBC in the UK. He is now involved in various building projects, property renovations and some photo production work.
Amanda was a documentary television Editor, she is now a full time mum who also runs a small ceramics business and enjoys a more spiritual take on life, including yoga and meditation.
Ideally this project would suit a couple or 2 friends, however singles are welcome.
We are looking for enthusiastic practical people to help us with gardening, landscaping and childcare.
If you Like kids and are interested in building, gardening, sustainable living and environmentalism this project is for you.
Anyone with knowledge in environmental campaigning would be very welcome.
Your accommodation will be a cabin with its own kitchen, dry compost toilet and solar shower.
As a couple we give you 40 euros per week towards buying your own provisions.
We have an old car you can use on weekends, for trips to the beach if it’s available.
The farm house is 20 minutes walking, 10 minutes cycling distance from Santa Catarina, our local village. Here you will find all amenities, cafes, bar, shop, bakery, bank, post office and pharmacy.
This is a great opportunity to learn hands on with building projects, landscaping and gardening.
If you are arty and creative then there maybe some help needed with Amanda's ceramics business.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Stuart & AmandaTypes of help and learning opportunities
Charity WorkArt ProjectsHelp with Eco ProjectsGardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareFarmstay helpBabysitting and creative playHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetCultural exchange and learning opportunities
Building and Gardening skills.
Ceramics skills.
Environmental campaigning
Child care.
We have been renovating old stone houses in Portugal for 15 years, we are happy to share our knowledge with you.Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Looking for friendly, interesting people to help with some Building and Gardening projects.
Childcare and help around the house. Also, help with any creative projects we are involved with at the time.
We prefer our Workawayers to have practical skills and also be able to help with minimum supervision.Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Portuguese: IntermediateAccommodation
Cabin, woodburner, solar shower, compost toilet.
What else ...
We can pick you up from Faro, Olhao or Tavira. We will also take you shopping and can drive you to the beach on your days off!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have WiFi and a workspace you can use.
Space for parking camper vans
Safe fenced land.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours per day (max 25hours/week)
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Mature and responsible with plenty of smiles and practical experience to offer.
Only regret is that we couldn’t host for longer.
She is super nice, reliable and trustworthy.
Julia helped with some gardening move, walked the dog and played with our daughter.
She also helped with some garden design illustrations.
Highly recommended
Thanks Julia 🙌🙏🏻
Elena is kind, Caring and wise beyond her years.
She was great with our daughter and we trusted her completely.
Elena helped produce some illustrations for our environmental projects and other gardening jobs.
We would recommend Elena to other hosts.
I really felt like home there - especially in the cozy cabin I got the chance to… read more
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Mature and responsible with plenty of smiles and practical experience to offer.
Only regret is that we couldn’t host for longer.
She is super nice, reliable and trustworthy.
Julia helped with some gardening move, walked the dog and played with our daughter.
She also helped with some garden design illustrations.
Highly recommended
Thanks Julia 🙌🙏🏻
Elena is kind, Caring and wise beyond her years.
She was great with our daughter and we trusted her completely.
Elena helped produce some illustrations for our environmental projects and other gardening jobs.
We would recommend Elena to other hosts.
I really felt like home there - especially in the cozy cabin I got the chance to… read more
They did some great work, repairing stone walls and gardening.
We hope to see them again next year!
They were great to have around, trustworthy and reliable.
They looked after our house whilst we went away and helped with some gardening jobs.
They also played with our daughter and walked our dog.
Nice couple, highly recommended.
She helped with our olive harvest, walking our dog, planting trees and cleaning.
Dedicated and meticulous, Anita is a perfectionist,
Totally reliable an trustworthy.
We would be happy to host Anita anytime.
She was really nice and helped us with our carob harvest.
She played with our daughter and walked our dog.
Nice happy vibes.
They helped us with our olive harvest and we are truely grateful.
They also played with our daughter and walked the dog.
Although they are young, they were very responsible, fun to be around and totally trustworthy.
Our daughter really enjoyed her time playing with them.
Thanks guys.
They always had an open ear for everything and offered us rides to… read more
She helped mostly with our olive harvest and walking our dog.
Janay also helped serve Margaritas at Amandas birthday party !
She was a pleasure to hang out with, diligent and hard working with a great sense of humour.
i would totally trust her to look after our house and animals any time.
We had… read more
I would highly reccomend Val to any Host.
She looked sfter our house whilst we went on holiday, walking our dog, feeding animals and watering plants.
She was amazing with our 9 year old daughter too.
Lovely, happy, smiley young lady.
They were perfect guests, kind and thoughtfull.
They helped us with our Carob harvest, walking our dog and playing with our 9 year old daughter.
Highly recommended.
She was really nice to have around, helpfull, trustworthy, positive and fun.
She house sat for us whilst we went away and looked after our animals too.
Hunter was great with our daughter and we would highly recommend her.
They were really nice, helpfull and great with our 9 year old daughter.
They helped in the garden, walked our dog, played with our daughter and did a few DIY jobs around the house.
I would recommend them.
Thanks guys.
Thanks for the stay!
Full of energy and enthusiasm, with some help from her friend, they painted our rooftop with care and attention to detail.
Totally trustworthy, highly recommend.
She did all the jobs mentioned in her review and some.
They were great company to have around, super hard working, reliable, kind and most of all a great sense of humour.
If you get the chance, Host Lauren!......she really is a super human being.
Thanks!
They helped us with some gardening jobs, planting trees, child care and dog walking.
They also helped us with our fundraising event, serving food and drinks.
They were super kind, positive and great with our daughter.
They had a good sense of humour and were a real positive… read more
The job was very easy: picking up carrobs, taking care of Legs, the dog, and playing with Ruby, the adorable 8 years old daughter. The family was welcoming, friendly and very kind.
They gave us a car to drive around and experience the amazing Algarve, they also provided us places to visit and experiences… read more
They picked carobs and played with our daughter.
They also looked after all of our animals while we went away for a night to Lisbon.
Lovely girls, smiley. friendly, caring and trustworthy.
Great to meet you, Thanks for everything.
Ruby amanda and stuart made me feel at home and hosted me with endless kindnes.
I got to meet not only genuinely goodhearted familly, but also amazing beings as individuals. It was a pleasure for me to spend time with them.
I… read more
Great communication, a real eye for detail and super motivated to do all I asked at the best of their ability.
They did some lovely landscaping jobs on the land, walked our dog and helped with our envronmental association.
Lovely people too, highly recommend.
Having the car to drive… read more
Freya fitted in immediately and was kind, caring, considerate and responsible.
She was amazing with our 8 year old girl and they had a beautiful connection, sharing a love of drawing and imagination.
Freya undertook dog walking, childcare and… read more
For the most part they were dog walking, weeding and playing with our daughter.
Although i did not have much interaction with them due to personal circumstances.
They were absolutely fantastic company for our 8 year old daughter who had the best time playing with them and… read more
They helped us with our olive harvest and some small diy and cleaning jobs around the house.
They were good company and worked hard.
Thanks Guys!
They arrived as strangers and left as friends.
Honest and hardworking and most of all a great sense of humour.
They helped with our Olive harvest, walked the dog and helped serve food and drinks at our environmental association fundraiser.
These guys are great fun and super creative.
I… read more
Our highlights were when we enjoyed meals with them, when I got to learn from Amanda… read more
They were great to have around and especially good with our 7 year old daughter.
They worked hard picking carobs the whole time, walked our dog and watered plants for us.
We trusted them completly and they looked after our house whilst we went away and babysat our daughter whilst we went… read more
Stuart and Amanda are very kind people, they suggested us place to visit, they were always ready to help when we needed. Ruby was lovely too, very smart and full of energy.
We enjoyed get around with the… read more
They were really hard working, caring and fun to be around.
They helped with different jobs around the house, including walking our dog, looking after our 7 year old daughter and helping to build an environmental website.
Very responsible and totally trustworthy.
Thanks guys.
They fitted in instantly and we trusted them totally.
Lovely people with a positive outlook.
They helped with jobs around the house, walked the dog, played with our daughter and helped us with some amazing drone footage of our area.
Matt also fixed our ceramics kiln which we were having… read more
These guys started as guests and left as friends.
Caroline and Rodrigo were one of the best Workaway experiences we have had!
They were trustworthy, hardworking and fantastic with our 7 year old daughter.
So many different jobs from cleaning to carob picking,… read more
They are really friendly, caring, affectionate, very transparent, supportive and after one month together we consider those family as friends.
Even for Rodrigo that could not speak really well in English the language was not a… read more
They were painting and decorating our rental house and our old Portuguese farm conversion.
They were diligent, hard working extremely professional and totally trust worthy.
I would highly recommend this couple.
They were really nice to hang out with too!
Thanks guys.
These guys were absolutely fantastic and a real joy to be around.
They got stuck into all the jobs they were given and didn't mind shovelling shit....quite literally!
They helped with loads of weeding, spreading manure, building a grey water soak away, dog walking and playing with… read more
She helped with our carob harvest and played with our 6 year old daughter.
Sheila is quiet but did everything asked of her and we trusted her totally.
Good luck with your next adventure!
A really generous and welcoming family to get to know.
They did lots of carob picking and were fantastic at playing with our six year old girl.
We would have liked them to stay longer as we would have had to get to know them better.
But overall it was a positive experience and we trusted them totally.
Lovely couple.
Thanks guys.
They helped construct some new pathways around the land.
Honest, trustworthy and reliable.
They were also really great with our six year old too.
Many Thanks guys.
She was great to host, easy going and attentive. Veronika was great with our 6 year old daughter and looked after our house whilst we visited friends.
Her workaway jobs were mostly picking olives, though repetitive, she was excellent.
Thanks Veronika!
The work it was much more that I could ask, everything clear and excellent space for exploring art skills and… read more
Hard working and independent, Ignacia looked after our 5 year old with love and patience.
She helped with Amanda's ceramics business and is super artistic.
Ignacia was lovely to have around and a real help, a positive workaway experience.
Many… read more
It was really amazing experience. We hope to… read more
Hard working, interesting and we’re fantastic with our 6 year old girl.
Thanks guys.
Hope to see you again soon!
From the day they arrived, they fitted in really well.
Abby was amazing with our 5 yr old and Jake was very handy helping me with some different building projects.
They built us some new raised veggie beds with minimal supervision.
We would highly recommend them and have them back any… read more
They are an absolute pleasure to be around, great with our 5 year old daughter who fell in love with them both!
They are creative and passionate, with an eye for detail.
Helping me doing some building projects, painting and strimming.
They also helped Amanda with her ceramics and if you need any photos… read more
They were super positive and helpful and great with our daughter.
Josh helped out with some fencing and strimming, he also designed a logo for our house rental business.
A real positive workaway experience.
Thanks guys
The family stayed mostly to… read more
We spent a great week with them all, and also met some other lovely workawayers, we will definitely be staying in touch and hope to… read more
Super nice, positive, calm and friendly.
We would highly recommend them but we wont, because we want them back!!!
Many Thanks
Sandra stayed with us for 2 weeks in March.
She was a real asset, happy, hard working and enthusiastic.
She helped with some house cleaning, painting, dog walking and fencing our property.
Sandra was a pleasure to have around and was great with our 5 year old daughter.
A real positive workaway experience, I would highly recommend her.
Olly was a real help with his tree surgery skills, pruning our huge carob trees and helping with some other small building projects. Amy is the most amazing mum, caring and helpful, she helped look after our 5 year old alongside her young boy and took it all in her stride. She also helped my… read more
Cheerful and funny, they threw themselves into all the work with great enthusiasm.
They helped with a variety of small building and landscaping work, often hard and physical.
They worked together really well as a team and were great with… read more
Hannah stayed for a couple of weeks and immediately became one of the family.
Keen to learn and join in with everything.
She was superb with our little girl and willing to get stuck in with all that was asked of her.
Thanks Hannah.....please come back soon!
They fitted in straight away, they are a lovely couple with a great attitude.
We enjoyed their company and they were fantastic with our 4 year old daughter.
The jobs were mostly physical, including picking our carob harvest and some cement rendering work.
Good… read more
The experience has made us appreciate the basic and most… read more
During their stay they worked hard clearing land, painting and picking carobs.
Lovely quiet couple, Peter had great enthusiasm and willing to work hard in the heat of August.
I did not really have the time to get to know Christine properly but she was great to have around.
Unfortunately… read more
We were given free rein to work as we wanted, and felt very grateful for the trust which Stuart and Amanda gave us. They were both really kind and helpful,… read more
They were perfect Workawayers!
Self sufficient, happy and energetic, They helped with some small building projects at our farmhouse renovation.
They also did some super dry stone wall repair with our local limestone.
Conscientious, really friendly are very hardworking, we would love to have… read more
These are genuine lovely people and come self sufficient, happy and motivated.
Luke built our new chicken run amongst other DIY jobs.
Julie helped around the house and garden.
I highly recommend these guys.
Thanks for all… read more
She was hard working, happy and enthusiastic. She helped with our olive harvest and fitted in well with everyone.
Thanks Christina.
She was a real hit with our 4 yr old daughter, positive and engaging.
Rachel helped Amanda with her ceramics and gave her some pottery throwing lessons. She also helped around the farm and the olive harvest.
I would highly… read more
Thank you for such a great time... YOU and your hospitality, the work, landscape, rabbit partys and the other workawayer- girls enriched my time! Everytime again!
Good luck for your project and be blessed! Lilli
Lilli stayed with us for 2 weeks in September, helping with some building and renovation projects.
She was great to have around and fitted in well with other workawayers.
Thanks for all your help.
Regards
Stuart
Thanks guys for having me!
Karolina
She was an extremely hard worker, fitting in well with other workawayers.
Karolina helped with some building renovations and kept the place super clean and tidy.
Thanks for all your help!
Regards
Stuart
They are funny and laid back and interesting to talk to.
The work was sometimes physical but never too hard or too much. I really liked the work and to see the progress, I am curious how the house will look in a few months.
I really enjoyed my… read more
Merle stayed for 2 weeks in September.
She worked incredibly hard, helping with our house renovation. Happy to use a kango drill or paint a mural on your wall. This lady has so many skills to offer.
Merle speaks perfect English and is great to hang out with, she fits in well with everyone.
Thanks Merle.
They really got stuck into our farmhouse renovation, knocking down walls and moving rubble in 35 degrees!
Lana was a pleasure to host, dedicated, hard working and a nice to hang out with.
She also spent some time entertaining our 3 yr old, really patient and caring and a real natural… read more
They are solid, practical and reliable. They worked incredibly hard in ferocious heat, helping demolish old stone walls on our new farm house project.
I would highly recommend these great workawayers.
Thanks
Stuart
Tom stayed at our farmhouse renovation for 2 weeks in August. Tom was incredibly hard working, even in 35 degree heat.
He was reliable, trustworthy and fitted in well with other workawayers.
Thanks Tom, Hope you come back sometime!
She helped my wife with her ceramics and was great with our 3 year old. She has boundless enthusiasm and can quickly adapt to anything thrown at her.
Great inspiration, motivated and pro active.
We will definitely keep in touch.
Thanks Skyler.
She and her boyfriend helped with some painting and decorating.
Natalia also designed and painted two beautiful murals on our outside walls. They were great guests, hard working and trustworthy.
Many Thanks
Stuart
Kadri is really great to have around, intelligent and full of life, she and fitted into our family without any problems. She was great with our daughter too.
Kadri helped with some diy projects around the house, also cooking, cleaning and gardening.
I would highly… read more
We helped out with the chickens, clearing out and cleaning an abandoned house, a bit of sewing, grouting, weeding and constructing a wall. Stuart and Amanda… read more
We would highly recommend Jose, Many Thanks!
Her little daughter is cute and smart, she really knows how to steal your heart!
Unfortunatly after few days I discovered that the job and the accomodation didn't suit me at all. As they have written in theire profile, this job is better for a couple, because they're… read more
Ils vous accueilleront chaleureusement et vous transmettront leur amour pour cette region.
La, vous aurez la… read more
Jenna also gave Amanda a guitar lesson which was nice.
Have a great Euro Adventure!
We had a lovely time together and went on some great trips around the area. I'm really happy to have met and stayed with such good people. And Stuart makes a… read more