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(ONLY IN SUMMER!)
Mother and son living in a charming restored cottage with some land, together with our dog, cat, and chickens.
The garden has become a valuable and biodiverse ecosystem, with a vegetable and herb garden, a pond, meadows, etc. We try to balance human interference with natural beauty.
Far away from everything, yet really close (<30 minutes to Ghent by train or car). Many and various experiences to share (teaching, researching, entrepreneuring, diy, gardening, nature, volunteering, investing, photography, etc.)
In this phase, we are combining maintenance of the property with remodelling, which is challenging ;-)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Nice discussions over lunch/dinner
Guided tour in Ghent (see pictures) and countryside
Help
Lots of chores to choose between, from weeding and pruning to garden landscaping (pond project, new chicken coop)
Preferably we welcome someone with some experience or a fast learner. If we spend more time explaining chores or correcting mistakes, you are not really helping 😁 But don’t worry if you are not a professional!
We are a good team working together very efficiently, we are looking for someone who can join this "team", meaning that we may be working together on chores. Let's discuss how this can work out (e.g. do you rather want a list and make your own planning, are you a morning or evening person/worker, etc.)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
Ideal for a small group of friends or a couple!
Private cosy garden shed (about 50 square meters)
- power sockets, light in- and outside
- fridge and microwave in the shed (there is no shared kitchen)
- table and chairs
- no heating
- no wifi in the shed (but good reception for mobile phone/data)
In the house you have 24h access to
- break/dinner/leisure room with wifi
- shared toilet and shower (mostly yours, occasionaly used by us)
What else ...
You can use our bikes in your free time!
- many biking and hiking trails in the neighbourhood
- supermarket Okay at 3 km
- train station at 2,3 km with connections to Oudenaarde (10 min), Ghent (20 min), Bruges (60 min), Brussels (70 min), Antwerp (90 min), etc.
(- bakery, french fries stall, McDonald's are at walking distance)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
In the leisure room, wifi connection is good (10 Gbps) We can easily extend the wifi to the shed, but then the connection is worse The whole property has good 5G reception (inside and outside)
Space for parking camper vans
Enough private parking space with access to water and electricity
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (1)
Our stay in the beautiful Jan and Linda's house has been special: nice food, talks and the perfect bilance beetween work and funny breaks. We have spent just 10 days but at the end we were very sad to quit them (and Sam, their fantastic dog!).
We've learned a lot of new stuffs about gardening;… read more
They can be completely trusted and they take good care of materials. They are eager to learn and seem to always be happy. They are flexible and easy to work with. They communicate well (e.g. notify when they leave the property in their free time and when they are back).
They work… read more
He is sometimes hard to read and we didn’t always know what he was really thinking, but every job we gave him, he executed well. He helped us a lot in those two weeks, which gave us the energy and courage that we… read more
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Our stay in the beautiful Jan and Linda's house has been special: nice food, talks and the perfect bilance beetween work and funny breaks. We have spent just 10 days but at the end we were very sad to quit them (and Sam, their fantastic dog!).
We've learned a lot of new stuffs about gardening;… read more
They can be completely trusted and they take good care of materials. They are eager to learn and seem to always be happy. They are flexible and easy to work with. They communicate well (e.g. notify when they leave the property in their free time and when they are back).
They work… read more
He is sometimes hard to read and we didn’t always know what he was really thinking, but every job we gave him, he executed well. He helped us a lot in those two weeks, which gave us the energy and courage that we… read more
