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Hello we are a well motivated, reliable, proactive couple travelling around Europe in our motorhome but have returned to the uk and are looking for house projects, house sitting or pet sitting.
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Spain - from Sep 2020 View allDescription
Hi, we are an English couple in our early 50s travelling around in our motorhome. We are now in the United Kingdom having travelled around Europe, Turkey and Morocco. We are hardworking, well motivated, committed, reliable and have an enthusiastic approach to work whilst maintaining high standards.
Rob is a qualified locksmith. He has also worked within property maintenance and has good DIY skills, he has a hands on approach with any general maintenence tasks and repairs, he has basic plumbing and electrical skills. plus he has experience with grounds maintenance, keeping gardens clean and tidy. He is also good at painting and decorating and has basic carpentry skills. He can also fit windows and can use all hand tools ( he has his own tools). All these tasks were undertaken during our 4 workaway placements and through full time employment.
I am Sharon I have worked as a care worker for the last 25 years looking after the elderly and people with learning disabilities. I also have experience with cleaning, housekeeping, painting (indoors and outdoors) and painting furniture. I can maintain gardens, grass cutting, weeding, strimming, hedge trimming, keeping gardens clean and tidy. I have a good knowledge of general maintenance and DIY. I am a dedicated team worker or I can work alone unsupervised. We both have experience with house sitting and pet sitting , and love animals. Rob has worked on a farm in the past. We are both keen on fishing. We hope to gain more experiences and skills and learn new languages. Thankyou for taking time to read this.Interests
CarpentryCooking & foodEvents & socialMountainHikingMusicVan lifeFarmingCultureCampingArchitectureLanguages spoken
Spanish: Beginner
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GardeningDIY and building projectsGeneral MaintenanceLife at a FarmstayHelping around the houseHospitality/TourismCharity WorkSome knowledge of:
Being an elderly companionEco ProjectsAnimal CareMore details about your skills
our skills involve painting inside and outside. property maintenance, general building. locksmith, fitting windows and some gardening knowledge. We are travelling all over Europe and Morocco, we are in Spain now. we love the outside life and can mix with anyone, we want to learn the European way of life and cultures. we have are own autocaravan (motorhome) and would like to park it and could live in it wherever we work if the host can provide electric.
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51 & 53
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We are travelling around in a 7 meter autocaravan (motorhome) .
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Mussels / mejillonesSpecial dietary requirements
sharon is diabetic
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It was a good experience with a variety of different jobs from painting, concreting, plastering, gardening and putting up new fences, we both gained new skills. Some of the work undertaken was physically demanding.
They live in a large Finca… read more
Robert helped us with plastering walls, making and placing concrete, building pillars and all kinds of small work.
Sharon helped us with light work in the garden and painted a lot.
Robert and Sharon are very social and kind. We are glad… read more
They have a large house very close to local amenities and the beach and Denia is around 10 minutes away. We stayed 10 days.
A Columbian couple also live at the house and look after the day to day running of the house. Christina is the cook and housekeeper,… read more
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It was a good experience with a variety of different jobs from painting, concreting, plastering, gardening and putting up new fences, we both gained new skills. Some of the work undertaken was physically demanding.
They live in a large Finca… read more
Robert helped us with plastering walls, making and placing concrete, building pillars and all kinds of small work.
Sharon helped us with light work in the garden and painted a lot.
Robert and Sharon are very social and kind. We are glad… read more
They have a large house very close to local amenities and the beach and Denia is around 10 minutes away. We stayed 10 days.
A Columbian couple also live at the house and look after the day to day running of the house. Christina is the cook and housekeeper,… read more