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We are currently looking for workawayers to help out in our garden and help maintain our property
We are looking for the following tasks:
-Gardening (maintaining a 9,000 sqm garden and watering)
-DIY (small repairs and maintenance)
-Cleaning and tidying
Our ideal workawayer will be:
-Mature
-Independent and proactive
-Hardworking
-Creative in decorating
-Tolerant and respectful - to humans and especially animals
You will be sharing the house with visiting artists, but you will have a private room with an en-suite bathroom. The kitchen and living room will be shared.
In exchange for your time and help (20 hours a week), we will supply you with free accommodation.
We ask for a minimum stay of 4 weeks. If this all goes well, we can consider long term.
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We are a creative couple from London, well technically one Austrian and one British, and are working on our dream of creating a not-for-profit artistic centre here. One of us is a furniture designer and the other a writer. We speak English, German and Spanish, and a little bit of all sorts of other languages, as we've travelled extensively.
We run a vegetarian/vegan household, have four puppies and one cat.
We are located in the middle of the Sea of Olives with no neighbours for miles, but we are by a main road (so it can get quite noisy sometimes) just outside Úbeda, a UNESCO world heritage site, which is only 10 minutes by car.
The whole area offers cultural activities, as well as plenty of options to explore nature in the two national parks nearby. We're also pretty close to Granada and the coast.
We are not near public transport, but we can help with local transport when we are available. We will also arrange at least two weekly trips into town for all your shopping needs. Walking to Úbeda up a steep hill would take about 1.5 hours.Types of help and learning opportunities
Art ProjectsGardeningDIY and building projectsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will potentially get to interact with our visiting artists from different countries and cultures, and enjoy five of the cutest dogs ever.
Help
Help at our queer non-profit art residency and enjoy the sun and creative living.
We're looking for volunteers to take on one of the following tasks:
* Gardening/DIY - We have about 9000 sqm of Mediterranean gardens that need to be maintained, as well as general maintenance, DIY and and some painting and decorating.
* Cleaning - We have two large buildings with 20+ rooms that need regular cleaning and maintaining.
The overall help will be no more than 20 hours per week. You're free to do whatever you like in your free time.Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateAccommodation
We can offer you a private room with its own shower and toilet, access to shared kitchen, as well as loads of space to do things and access to a swimming pool at set times.
What else ...
Úbeda (our nearest town - 10min by car) is a UNESCO world heritage site and the whole area offers cultural activities, as well as plenty of options to explore nature in the two national parks nearby. We're also pretty close to Granada and the coast.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We are digital nomad friendly. Used to be ourselves for several years. Internet is pretty good and stable, but obviously, sometimes there might be off times.
Space for parking camper vans
Yes, we can accommodate vans and have had several people staying here with their vans. There's plenty of space to park next to the building.
Can possibly accept pets
Do note that we have four (+1) puppies, a cat and there are a lot of wild animals on the premises (such as snakes, lizards, owls, birds, etc.)
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
20 hours a week
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They stayed with us for 2.5 months and saved our garden. They’re easy going, positive and would jump into any task we gave them with panache and gusto.
We were confident to leave them to manage their own time and everything was always done on time to precision and exacting… read more
there was also a lot of work to do in the house. Painting, filling,..... The work was very varied and there was always space for creative ideas.… read more
I stayed with them for more than 6 months and I'm in love with this family, two beautiful dogs, Strauss and Clarita, get ready to know the cuteness.
The kitten, Kurt, really nice but patience, because is not easy to touch her/him.
Seba.. Excellent cook, I'm definitely going to… read more
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They stayed with us for 2.5 months and saved our garden. They’re easy going, positive and would jump into any task we gave them with panache and gusto.
We were confident to leave them to manage their own time and everything was always done on time to precision and exacting… read more
there was also a lot of work to do in the house. Painting, filling,..... The work was very varied and there was always space for creative ideas.… read more
I stayed with them for more than 6 months and I'm in love with this family, two beautiful dogs, Strauss and Clarita, get ready to know the cuteness.
The kitten, Kurt, really nice but patience, because is not easy to touch her/him.
Seba.. Excellent cook, I'm definitely going to… read more