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** By now and for the next weeks we can only host people outside the house e.g. in their own camper. A parking place at our own ground is available. **
We are a couple living in an older house with a big garden in a quite green part of the ruhr area „Ruhrgebiet“ in North Rhine-Westfalia.
We are looking for helpers for gardening, household and any kind of work that comes in an older house. There are always jobs and projects around house&garden to be done as well as new ideas coming in 😊
The garden is a big project itself with the seasonal work additional the things in process or which are waiting for it e.g. caring the wooden furniture, building new pathes, repairing equipment and of cause hundreds of plans to make it become an even nicer place :-)
But also in and at the house we want to change and repair some parts so if you feel connected with that kind of work: we'll find jobs you like and can do :D
We live ecofriendly, take care for the environment and practise foosharing (saving foods of being wasted from private and from groceries). Trying to reduce, reuse, recycle or rebuy are our living principles which we’d like to share with you.
A cat and several inhabitants of our close-to-nature-garden live with us and should be fine for you :)
Vegetarian food is basically included (planted basic staples like vegetables, fruits, bread, grains, cereals, herbs, tea etc.).
We prefer a tidy, clean area and would very welcome you to take part.
Due to a low immune system: A negative covid test at arriving date is obligated for your stay. We please you to accept and show before arriving on your own!!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Charity work
Plant care
Gardening
Carpentry
DIY & crafts
Animals
Nature
Mountain
Fitness
Hiking
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We’d like to show you an ecofriendly and moneysaving living with gardening, growing and preserving foods, saving foods in different ways, reusing and repairing stuff and doing/producing things on your own instead of buying it industrial made.
We speak German, English and basic Italian.
In the agglomeration many sport activities as well as (industrial) culture and many museums wait for you.
A public bike station and a public transport station are very close to our house so you are free to explore the surroundings easily by your own.
We help you finding and organizing the activities you like. From time to time we also would be happy to show you our home town and the area around if you are interested in.
In general you might spend your free time on your own due to your own living area and as we both need our own space, too. Nonetheless, we are open for exchanges and new experiences and let’s just see what happens and how it comes :)
Help
You help us 4.5 hours/5 days per week. Working times can be arranged flexible due to your preferences.
Especially in the gardening season we need help in the outside but there is always also work in and around the house to do. You can be sure there is a pool of different jobs to be done and together we'll discuss which ones should be yours. e.g.
* The garden is in change from traditional to natural with different areas. Several projects wait for your help to get realized like making new step parth, building a chill-area, repairing our tree house, recreating the pond, converting the compost, building a compost toilet, implementing plants … as well as classic gardening jobs.
* Around house&garden there is always a lot to do: woodworking, repairing work, refurbishing furniture, regular housework,…
* Repairing clothes, building some new equipment or sanding&painting the outdoor furniture might also be possible work if you like.
* We‘d also appreciate if you’d like to cook the daily meal (vegetarian) for us (optional) and would love to take it together :) It's just an option if you like cooking :-)
Currently Christian works abroad most of the time so it'll be mostly you and Virginia staying together.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Several possibilities:
* You stay in your own room inside our house which is located at the end of a calm dead-end street.
The room includes a single bed, a desk and a TV you can use on your own.
* You continue sleeping in your camper which can be placed next to our house on a private parking area.
* You sleep in your tent in our backyard.
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We share our kitchen as well as our bathroom. The living and bed rooms are private space (for you and for us).
Our Wifi works inside as well as outside in the garden where you find several places to rest. Feel invited to relish our green area <3
If you smoke we please you to only smoke outside and keep the rooms free from dust.
The stay ist not possible for kids and dogs.
What else ...
Next to the house:
we live in a huge green area with forests and several lakes only a 5 minutes walk away. Feel invited to settle down in the green environment :-)
In the enclosed area you can walk, ride, climb or do water sports like swimming, cayak, water-ski or SUP.
public transport:
Bus station is only 3 minutes away, next train station 15 minutes walk, the main station 15 minutes by bus.
There are also several public bike sharing stations around.
culture and sports:
Close you find many museums and industrial culture as well as many possibilities for sport activities.
towns around:
Big cities like Düsseldorf, Cologne (Köln) and Aachen are less than one hour away as well as the Netherlands and Belgium.
A trip to Hamburg or Frankfurt could be managed by train within 3 hours, to München (Munich) within 6 hours.
If you’d love to go for a trip somewhere we give you the freedom to arrange the working time flexible so e.g. you might go for a 3-day-city-trip after working 6 days in a roll or working one hour more each single day a week before. :)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a private open air parking space next to the house to offer.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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She is a cheerful, alert and very kind person. Living and working alongside worked very well although her life, culture and experiences… read more
And really, he did whatever we asked him for, even asked for things to be done next. No matter if inside or outside (he even prefered outside), good or bad weather, easy or… read more
Helena joyned us together with her boyfriend. The couple came to work in Germany and chose our place as the first stop… read more
They are a very friendly and easygoing couple, reticent, quite, helpful and thoughtful as well as open minded and obtained for convivial gatherings… read more
Virginia and Christian are an easygoing and funny couple which is always open for a nice chat.
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