Offer your company and helping hands in Harkstede, Netherlands

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  Descripción

  We would like 1 or 2 persons to help us around the house and for housesitting.(for the house, our cat and sometimes the cats of someone else)
  
  We are a 65+ couple and would like to have helping hands. We are young in mind, but physically we/I can use some assistance in and around the house. We live in the North of Holland , close to Groningen.
  We live in a big old school. A 10 yearsproject, which is never quite ready, but a lovely place. 8 km from Groningen -student- city, easy access by bus.
  
  We live in a farming area and close to a lake.
  We like to socialise if we are around and share our main meal ( breakfast and lunch we ususually take apart from each other) watch movies together, play board or online games, have good conversations etcetera. We have a lovely veranda where we like to hang out with a fire. We like open minded people.
  Smoking is not permitted in the house ( it is in the garden, though please keep it limited) and we would like you to have a limited/normal use of alcohol or softdrugs. No harddrugs.
  Though we like to do activities together, you also need to be a person who can work independently, as we both quite often not around.
  We are looking forward to meet you. One person is welcome, and a couple too, if you can share the room and if you can operate individually, not as a bubble since we experienced it is difficult to get good contact if that the case.
  
  We are looking for workawayers with a minimum stay of 1 month.
  I'm not online every day- so it might take some time before I reply.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intereses

  

  Vegetariano o vegano

  

  Autodesarrollo

  

  Películas y televisión

  

  Mascotas

  

  LGBT+

  

  Trabajo de caridad

  

  Idiomas

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Libros

  

  Animales

  

  Ciclismo

  

  Baile
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  We would love to show you around in our province/ country. ( though time can be sparse,)
  The city Groningen is the nearby. Of the 250000 people one in every eight is student, so it has a lot to offer. There are always many cultural activities. Groningen has some nice museums.
  There is a good bus connection from our home to the city, and it is easy accessible by bike as well.
  Swimming pool is about 8 km from here, as are several gyms, bouldering and most other sports available around. There are quite a few lakes close by in which you can swim in the summer. Where we live is a good area for walking, there are lovely walking trails not too far away.
  
  In the weekends we sometimes go out. If we get along, you are welcome to join us most of the time.
  You could be included in our family traditions like Sinterklaas and X-mass.
  
  We love playing board-games ( Elsbeth and daughter) and online gaming ( Ad) and we love to watch movies together.
  We can help you learning English or Dutch.

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  Ayuda

  The jobs include basic house cleaning, gardening, some painting and other maintenance jobs. Sometimes you 'll work together, but you also need to be able to work independantly. We emphasize that a lot, since we experienced this is often the reason for miscommunications.
  We would love someone who is experienced and willing to renovate a floor and install a window etc. Carpeting skills is a pre.
  Keep your and our area ( like the kitchen) at least mess neutral- meaning you don't make more of a mess, than there allready is.
  If we share our meals you are requested to either cook or do dishes. Next to that we request 4 hours help daily for 5 days a week. If we are not around you are requested to look after our cat and after 2 other cats, who live 8 km away. ( about 20 min by bike)

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Alemán: Fluido
  Inglés: Fluido
  Holandés: Fluido
  Francés: Intermedio
  Portugués: Principiante

  Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
  I've been a Dutch NT2 teacher for about 5 years, so I like helping foreigners to learn to speak Dutch. We don't request you to learn our language, but are willing to assist you in learning Dutch. I would like to learn some basic Portuguese.
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  Alojamiento

  We have a spare room of about 18 sq meter, with slant attic walls. Downstairs you may use a private bathroom. Because we live in a huge building, an old school, we don't heat the entire building, just the main living room. In winters it can get cold in the other rooms. Due to this we've decided not to host any longer in wintertime nov-dec-jan.
  We share most living spaces: living room, kitchen, veranda, garden.
  If you like, you can join us for dinner around 6 PM. The other meals are usually not shared, but you can take food for yourself. We eat vegetarian food most of the time, but not strictly. Vegan turned out to be a bit too strict and impractical for us. When we are not around you'll get the meals from us in return for the work/ housesitting.

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  Algo más...

  You need to be an independent person. We like to socialize, but we are also busy elsewhere. Elsbeth with work and Ad as a new pensionada. Besides we both have a partner and are sometimes staying with them ( which is why we like you to do housesitting activities part of the time) So you would join a non- traditional family form. Being LHGBT+ friendly would make your stay easier. As we live in a poly-amorous situation we appreciate the person to live with us to be open-minded/ accepting. We'd like to include you in our discussions / exchange of ideas.
  
  We have learned from 13 previous workaway experiences. Some stays were great, others a little less and we try to learn from those, to discribe more on forehand what is important for us. We had a bad exchange experience with theft in the past, so we want to make a copy of your passport and see your insurance and driving licence papers ( if you want to drive.) as soon as you arrive, It is important that you have a good health insurance. If you don't have any we are willing to pay for it, in exchange for 3-4 hrs/ work extra/ per week. We have some house rules, but I think they all come down to common sense and respect for each other.
  We would like to hear/ contact/ read some references about you.
  
  Our kids live on their own now, We see them when they come over, which is most weekends.
  Our cat hates other dogs ( besides a few she really knows well) , so unfortunately we can't take in workawayers with a dog.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  Even though our internet access is not great ( we live outside the city in a non-cable area...) it is still sufficient to do work online.

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  There are parking facilities in front of the house, on private property, but it is adjacent to the main road.

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