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We are a family of four, two dads and two twins, living in an old French farmhouse with Fred and Ernesto our lovely golden doodles. It's no longer a working farm, but there's lots of outbuildings and grounds that always need attention! We are at the end of a road, with only countryside beyond and very little noise. The light pollution is non existent and the night skies are stunning as a result. We love our little haven and think that you will do too!
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We are a family originally from the UK, but have lived here in France for 8 years. We are essentially a bi-lingual family as our 11 year old twins are fluent in French. So, if language is your thing, come and immerse yourself! We cook all of our food from scratch, and the menu is varied and obviously delicious! Everyone gets involved! We're also all musicians, and there are opportunities to play and make music if that is something you are interested in. Finally - health and fitness is really important to us. We have a tennis court, heated in-ground pool, outdoor gym and indoor gym: all of us are active and really enjoy staying fit. There's plenty of lovely walks (with or without the dogs) and lots of countryside to explore too, on foot or by bike if that is your preferred mode of transport.
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Ayuda
We are looking for help with gardening, building maintenance, DIY projects, renovation, building and basic repairs for example. There are plenty of little 'projects' that you could take on with us by your side and finish in a week, or you could simply lend a hand to existing work we have going on. We are pretty hands on ourselves, and wouldn’t expect you to undertake any work that a specialist contractor would undertake (we have a team of those too!). It’s more about learning about how old buildings need lots of love and care and helping us with that process, as we bring this collection of buildings back to life, bit by bit. No specialist experience is necessary, but if you have a little bit of knowledge in restoring old buildings then we’d love you to share that with us! Similarly if you are someone who loves to garden and grow produce, then any tips and tricks you can share with us will be great as we grow both fruit and veg, seasonally, which is a lot of fun for the kids too.
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Francés: Intermedio
Alemán: PrincipianteEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
We are always keen to improve our French and welcome anyone who would like to share their language with us.
Alojamiento
There is a guest room with a separate entrance and private ensuite shower room. It is a double bedroom, with room for an additional single bed if required. There are tea and coffee making facilities in the room. All other spaces (kitchen, living rooms and outside spaces) are shared with us.
Alternatively, we now have a small 1-bedroom cottage adjacent to the main house. This has a bedroom, shower room and an open-plan kitchen / living room / dining room. This beautiful space is subject to availability, depending on whether we have visitors staying with us!
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We are a few kilometres from Saint Savin (Unesco world heritage site) and Montmorillon (famous for it's literary quarter and the local speciality of macarons). Further afield, Poitiers and Limoges are reachable by car or train. There's plenty to entertain you here though, with the pool and grounds. If you like being around active young children, you'll find two willing play buddies (once homework is completed, of course!) and you'll undoubtedly fall in love with Fred, our enthusiastic and very friendly ball of fur.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
There's plenty of room for vans to park in the grounds, there is an outdoor kitchen too. However toilet and washing facilities are in the main house.
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It was interesting to learn all about their home… read more
No task was too much or too little, and the garden looks great after all of their efforts - the edges of the lawn have… read more
Everyday was something different regarding our gardening/maintenance which we really loved. Whether it was weeding, trimming trees and hedges,… read more
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It was interesting to learn all about their home… read more
No task was too much or too little, and the garden looks great after all of their efforts - the edges of the lawn have… read more
Everyday was something different regarding our gardening/maintenance which we really loved. Whether it was weeding, trimming trees and hedges,… read more
I would totally recommend David!
It's a pity Dan was busy with work… read more
Pete and Daniel was really helpful and patient with us, we learned a lot with them help. The work part was really fun and interesting. Pete can cook like a michelin chef, the best in the world. We will never forget the pizza parties. The… read more
The work was mostly gardening and it felt good to see the progress we made every day. It didn't feel that hard also because Peter prepared delecios and healthy meals every single day (and even changed some of his… read more
From the first moment, we felt very welcome and really enjoyed the time together, especially the conversations at mealtimes.
The tasks we had to complete were varied, not too hard and very interesting - we gained a lot of new experiences and are glad that we… read more
Really great attitude towards this whole experience, would… read more
