Come and enjoy paradise in sunny Nelson-and help us out with developing our 2 acre section, NZ

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Come and enjoy Nelson - the "sunshine capital" of New Zealand! You will discover a paradise here with stunning scenery, a wide choice of outdoor activities as well as a wealth of art and cultural events.

We live on a beautiful, park-like 2 acre property that has a very peaceful, rural feel - yet we are just a 10 minute drive to the centre of Nelson city where you'll find shopping, world famous Markets, great cafés and restaurants, a cinema, theatre and special events every month of the year.

This is a great base for exploring the beautiful Nelson/Tasman/Golden Bay areas. We are also less than a 2 hour drive to Blenheim/Picton and the ferry to the North Island.

We moved to Nelson about 4 years ago and need help developing and maintaining our property.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You'll be living with a kiwi bloke and a former Canadian - so lots of interesting things going on in our household for visitors.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are looking for people to help with a range of things including gardening, landscaping, wood splitting, building projects, painting and general housework.

We expect each person to help 4 hours a day, 5 days a week plus help out in the kitchen with food preparation and tidy up. You may sometimes want to help extra so that you can spend 2 days off exploring the area. We will provide you with a bedroom and healthy vegetarian food. Your own transport will be needed.

Let us know what your skills and interests are. We are looking for strong, energetic people who are mature, responsible, self motivated and live with positive values. We look forward to welcoming you into our home to share our lives and have some fun while we work together.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
You will have your own comfortable bedroom in our home. You will have access to the kitchen to prepare your own breakfast and lunch and share an evening meal with us.
What else ...
Lots to experience in this beautiful part of New Zealand.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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12/07/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Marie & Nicolas)

Marie and Nico spent a few days with us while they looked for paid employment in the area. We were pleased they found something so quickly! Bruce and I are very grateful for all the work they did for us to tidy up the property - mostly weeding - and also moving wood. We appreciated that they were prepared to work so cheerfully on our frosty cold… read more

(Very good )

11/07/2020

Left by Workawayer (Marie & Nicolas) for host

We stayed at Judy's and Bruce's place for 5 days and had a good time there.

The work was fair and we have mainly been weeding in the garden. It was nice being outside in such a beautiful garden, surrounded by the birds and nature but yet being so close from Nelson CBD.

Judy and Bruce were welcoming, flexible and understanding. They were also… read more

(Very good )

02/04/2020

Left by Workawayer (Shawn) for host

If you like comfortable spaces, great food, and wonderful humans then stop looking and message Bruce and Judy now. The accommodations are clean, filled with character, and as advertised. The home has an amazing energy and the property outside is spacious, up-kept with care, and full of life with the birds and animals that come to hang out. The… read more

(Excellent )

01/04/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Shawn)

We feel very lucky that Shawn found his way to our home. We enjoyed his company and some very interesting conversations. He was a hard worker who readily put his hand to anything that was needed - weeding and mulching some garden areas and then working with Bruce to put in the foundations and flooring for a new structure. We admired Shawn’s work… read more

(Excellent )

01/04/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Maude)

We have been SO fortunate to meet Maude. She came to help us out for a month at the end of last year and she quickly became a welcome member of our family. She was a very cheerful and energetic person as well as one who was sensitive to the needs of our household. She proved to be a hard and willing worker at whatever tasks needed to be done. She… read more

(Excellent )

24/02/2020

Left by Workawayer (Maude) for host

Judy and Bruce are truly caring persons. It was a pleasure to live with both of them for a month :)
The food is delicious (especially the peanut butter ;) hahaha) and I really felt like I was in my own house for the time with them!
Beware of the weeds in the garden... they grow sooo fast... but the veggies as well so it is a very rewarding job to… read more

(Excellent )

01/04/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Saori & Beat)

We were grateful to have Saori and Beat stay with us for a few days. They worked hard at weeding and mulching several garden areas and they helped with housework on a rainy afternoon. We enjoyed interesting conversations over shared meals. And on their final night Saori prepared an amazing Japanese meal for us all. We wish them all the best on… read more

(Excellent )

12/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Alice)

We really enjoyed having Alice stay with us. She was with us just a short time but she packed in a lot of work in the few days here and made a really big difference in a couple of projects with her extraordinary hard work. She worked longer hours than necessary but was always determined to complete a project. She is a high energy person with many… read more

(Excellent )

21/06/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Mathieu)

We enjoyed having Mathieu and Marcus stay with us for a few days. They worked hard at a variety of tasks - doing a very thorough weeding of the “Hoogle”, cleaning up our garden toolshed area, spreading mulch and even washing windows. I was so happy to be able to tick these long ignored tasks off my list! Thank you so much. And then there were… read more

(Excellent )

21/06/2019

Left by Workawayer (Mathieu) for host

Judy and Bruce’s house is located in a very calm area.
Both of them were very welcoming and they have a calm charisma which is very pleasant.
We were working in the garden all the time which was very nice because the weather was good. If you have your own car, Nelson is a great area to explore.
We hope the garden will grow heaps of vegetables… read more

(Excellent )

11/06/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Fabian )

Fabian was a pleasure to have stay with us for a week. He’s a very relaxed and easy going person to have around and also a very hard worker! He took on the challenge of a totally overgrown garden area and transformed it with deep weeding, pruning, planting and mulching. It now looks spectacular! We wish him all the best with his next adventures.

(Excellent )

15/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (bernard)

We were very pleased to have Bernard stay with us for a week. He is very knowledgeable about garden landscaping and development and used his considerable expertise to help us prepare many areas of our property for winter. The house garden is now cleared of the summer crops and planted out in winter vegetables according to biodynamic principles,… read more

(Excellent )

13/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (bernard) for host

J'ai passé une semaine merveilleuse ici et trouvez un très bon accueille, avec de très bons échange toujours dans des propos positif et la bonne humeur, un très grand merci à tous les deux

(Excellent )

20/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Alice & Felix) for host

We stayed one week at Judy's and Bruce's wonderful home. In such a beautiful and peaceful garden to work was a pleasure for us. We enjoyed every day to be there, it was like we were in the paradise.
From the first day we felt very welcome, they were so friendly and helpful. We were able to learn a lot, about gardening, that was very interesting.… read more

(Excellent )

19/02/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Alice & Felix)

We had the very great pleasure of having Alice and Felix with us for a week. They were extremely hard workers and transformed many areas on our property which had become quite overgrown. They worked steadily and quickly through each task until it was done and did not concern themselves with watching the clock. Sometimes it was hard to make them… read more

(Excellent )

16/12/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Pratik & Asha)

Asha and Pratik worked steadily at various outdoor tasks - spreading gravel and tidying up a new driveway area and weeding our “Hoogle” - a big task well done! They also did some rainy time indoor housework for us. We enjoyed some tasty meals they prepared and had some interesting conversations. Giant Jenga was fun! For personal reasons they… read more

(Very good )

24/10/2018

Left by Workawayer (Emma & Dan) for host

Staying with Judy and Bruce was an absolute dream - a 10 day dream, to be exact.
This Maya Angelou quote sums up our memory of working/living with these two wonderful people - "People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel."
We felt very relaxed, welcome and peaceful while… read more

(Excellent )

21/10/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Emma & Dan)

We really enjoyed having Emma and Dan stay with us for almost 2 weeks. They worked very hard, helping with a variety of projects on the property. They cleared an overgrown fence line, weeded, fed and mulched a large dahlia flower bed, installed some wood edging on pathways, scrubbed the big deck to prepare it for staining and one rainy day gave… read more

(Excellent )

21/10/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Dominik & Aline)

We enjoyed having Dominik and Aline help us out. It was a short stay but they were hard workers and got a lot done while they were here. They helped clear an overgrown fence line as well as another area we call the Hoogle. Dominik chopped wood and Aline did a great job cleaning in the house. We enjoyed some very tasty meals prepared by them as… read more

(Excellent )

17/10/2018

Left by Workawayer (Jake) for host

Had a nice stay at this lovely home in an idyllic location. Judy is a lovely host and fantastic cook! In good weather, which it usually is in Nelson, you can enjoy working outdoors in the big garden. The city is only a short drive away and has nice markets and atmosphere.

(Very good )

10/10/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Jake)

We really enjoyed having Jake stay with us for a week and appreciate all the work he did for us around the prosperity - mainly clearing the “Hoogle” which was a massive job to do on his own. I called him my Hoogle Hero! There was also banging off soil from sod, helping to transplant the avocado trees, bagging up topsoil, securing cover under the… read more

(Excellent )

20/06/2018

Left by Workawayer (Mark) for host

We stayed with Judy and Bruce in their lovely home for just over a week, we helped with mainly weeding, clearing a fence line and general cleaning tasks in the house. On rainy days we helped them relocate from downstairs to upstairs moving and dismantling furniture.
They were both very welcoming, and often gave us suggestions on things to do in… read more

(Excellent )

18/06/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Mark)

We enjoyed having Mark and Kat stay with us for just over a week. They both worked hard at helping to tidy the property doing a variety of jobs such as clearing the front fence line - then lots of weeding ...the asparagus and berry patches, the dahlia bed, the home veg garden, a pathway. When the weather turned wet it was indoors to help us… read more

(Excellent )

05/05/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Diana & Weston)

I enjoyed having Diana and Weston stay with me for a week when I was home alone. They were good company as well as hard workers - helping me with a wide variety of jobs: digging, weeding and mulching a number of garden areas, harvesting produce (apples, potatoes and beans), tidying up a long fence line, sanding, painting and staining. Then there… read more

(Excellent )

02/05/2018

Left by Workawayer (Diana & Weston) for host

Judy and Bruce's place is fantastic and the stay was memorable (in a great way!) We stayed for one week and worked all over the yard and in the garden and did some painting around the house as well. The meals and vegetarian food available were delicious, the accommodations were comfortable, roomy and private and Judy couldn't be a nicer or more… read more

(Excellent )

05/04/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (David & Tanya)

We enjoyed having Tanya and David stay with us for a week. They helped us out with a number of projects .... clearing an area to be used as a parking space, weeding around our fruit trees, cutting wood and preparing and painting an area in time for carpets to be laid. We really appreciated the extra time they quite willingly put in to help us meet… read more

(Excellent )

29/03/2018

Left by Workawayer (David & Tanya) for host

Bruce and Judy are wonderful hosts. Their property is tranquil and very comfortable. There are plenty of projects to keep you busy. Nelson is a beautiful location which Bruce and Judy encourage you to explore. Last but not least meals were delicious with most of the produce used for lunch and dinner grown on the property.

(Excellent )

04/02/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Nikole & Esteban)

We really enjoyed having Niki and Esteban stay with us for a few days. They are a very enthusiastic and positive couple, always cheerful! They helped us with a variety of things around the house - harvesting peas and broad beans, clearing and weedmatting an overgrown area, scrubbing down the outside of our house and cleaning inside the house as… read more

(Excellent )

31/12/2017

Left by Workawayer (Nikole & Esteban) for host

Staying with Judy and Bruce was a great and pleasant experience, they are welcoming and generous.

We did some cleaning, a bit of gardening and help doing some house work, the experience was enriching inasmuch as we got to learn different skills from them. The food and accommodation are great.

It was a pleasure sharing and helping them in their… read more

(Excellent )

04/02/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Cameron)

We enjoyed having Cameron stay with us. He worked away steadily on two projects for us -grubbing and clearing a fence line and preparing an area to place a water tank. His calm, relaxed and helpful presence was much appreciated as we had quite a busy household at the time. He was even willing to sleep in his van as we had limited space in the… read more

(Excellent )

20/11/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Alyx & Danyel)

We really enjoyed having Alyx and Danyel stay with us. They are an interesting and positive couple who were fun to have around. For the short time they spent here they really packed in the work - painting, cleaning, weeding, mowing, weed eating, grubbing, mulching, planting. Whatever was needed they happily put their hands to it and did a great… read more

(Excellent )

17/11/2017

Left by Workawayer (Alyx & Danyel) for host

Judy and Bruce were excellent hosts and inspiring in the way they live. We enjoyed gardening, landscaping, planting and painting around their gorgeous property and when our work was done we were able to use their knowledge and help to explore the local area. They made us feel completely comfortable in their home and it was a shame we were only… read more

(Excellent )

08/10/2017

Left by Workawayer (Tobias) for host

Hi everyone,

Bruce and Judy are an amazing couple with one of the most beautiful properties I stayed at in New Zealand. They really set the basics to fall in love with Nelson and the area around!
When I came there in February it was my first workaway experience. From the beginning on they were very clear, well-structured and precise in what they… read more

(Excellent )

22/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Tobias)

Tobi is a remarkable young man - we really enjoyed having him stay with us for a couple of weeks in February. He is such an interesting person who we had lots of fun with. He is very polite, considerate and friendly. And also a very hard worker who would do whatever challenge we put to him. He is very quick to learn new skills and helped Bruce… read more

(Excellent )

22/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Camille)

It was a delight having Camille stay with us for a week in April. She worked very hard for us in the vegetable gardens and on rainy days she stained the inside of the studio and the shed walls. Also, the kitchen got a thorough clean - much appreciated. We shared music ideas - I now have a good playlist of French songs. And Bruce and I loved the… read more

(Excellent )

22/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (manon & Pierre)

Manon and Pierre stayed with us for a week in April. They were very hard working volunteers who made a big difference to many areas on our property. Manon has a real skill for making a garden look beautiful again and Pierre split a lot of wood for us. They also cooked some tasty meals and we all had fun playing some games together. We can… read more

(Excellent )

29/04/2017

Left by Workawayer (manon & Pierre) for host

We spent one week at Judy's and Bruce's place. It was a really good experience. The place is really peacefull and the food is really good and healthy.
You Will do some gardening, painting work on the morning. And Bruce and Judy are really nice and helpfull.

All the Best,
If you go in France you are welcoming to come to See us. :)

(Excellent )

22/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Madeleine & Caroline)

We really enjoyed having Maddy and Caroline stay with us for a week in February. They were such hard working volunteers - doing everything that we asked so cheerfully and thoroughly, both in the garden as well as in the house. I loved hearing them chat and sing while they worked. We enjoyed some excellent vegan meals together, good conversation… read more

(Excellent )

22/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (MORGANE & Maxime)

We really enjoyed a having Max and Morgan stay with us for almost 2 weeks in February. What a great couple - very interesting and full of fun. They are very hard working, both outdoors in the garden as well as indoors with the housecleaning. Meals were often prepared - the delicious crépe dinner was memorable and they made a surprise pancake… read more

(Excellent )

12/03/2017

Left by Workawayer (MORGANE & Maxime) for host

We really enjoyed the time we spent at Judy's and Bruce's place, working in their beautiful garden. They are very interesting people and we had the luck to meet their amazing friends as well. Hope we'll see them again !

(Excellent )

15/01/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Kristen & Jeffrey)

Krissy and Jeff are an interesting young couple who kept us entertained with their stories of their life in Canada. They worked very hard at the many and varied landscaping jobs we asked them to do - staining a wood border, weeding edges, clearing and creating a lovely garden pathway with weed mat, rock border and wood chip mulch, preparing an… read more

(Excellent )

18/10/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Anne)

Anne is a lovely young woman who was a pleasure to have stay in our household. Bruce and I enjoyed our interesting conversations - learning about her family and country and sharing our life in New Zealand. Anne surprised us by how strong and fit she is. She may look small but she is a powerhouse of energy and worked very hard both in the garden… read more

(Excellent )

17/10/2016

Left by Workawayer (Anne) for host

I had an awesome stay in Judys and Bruce place. I called it "The most beautiful paradise"! I've been there for one week and helped with the gardening on their amazing property. The work was exactly right and you can speak any time with Judy, if you do not manage with a work or feel unsafe. The work was about 5 hours per day, mostly outside in the… read more

(Excellent )

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