Help in a sixteenth-century farmhouse among vineyards, olive groves and Unesco heritage sites in Tuscany, Italy

Infos

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  Description

  PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION FULLY
  
  FYI: In order to be considered as a Workawayer, you must be a minimum of 21 years old, and your availability must be at least 1 month. We require European citizenship or permission to work. Also, we are not able to host couples or groups.
  
  Ciao! I’m a 26-year-old guy who runs a tourist Villa in Tuscany, near Montepulciano, with my family and staff. The estate, located in a beautiful position, on a hill of the Tuscan countryside, surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, sunflower fields, and lakes, is one of the most famous in the area.
  
  Every year, the Villa is getting busier and busier, since we are trying to improve as much as we can.
  This year we opened our little restaurant for guests and visitors.
  
  We are looking for someone to help us with various tasks.
  The most important will be serving, maintenance, taking care of the guests, and garden care.
  As the serving in our restaurant can be very intensive, we expect working experience in the restaurant sector.
  This helps us to provide our guests with the best service possible.
  
  > From NOVEMBER to MARCH the tasks will typically be (off-season/no guests):
  
  Organizing:
  - Organize Farming Equipment & Rooms
  - Farmhouse Work in the garden
  - Remove Mosaic from the Pool
  - Clean common areas
  
  Garden care:
  - Collect & cut woods
  - Plant Plants
  - Seed & Cut grass
  
  
  > From MARCH to NOVEMBER the tasks will typically be (season/guests):
  
  Guests:
  - set up tables for breakfast, lunch & dinner
  - serving meals & drinks
  - clean up the dining area
  *Please note that sometimes dinners finish late.
  
  Maintenance:
  - cleaning (help in the kitchen and outside common spaces of the villa)
  - help with the preparation of the suites (putting the products & checking the suite before check-in)
  *Please note that the main cleaning of the suites is done by professional cleaners.
  
  Garden care:
  - watering the plants
  - raking & swiping around the house
  - taking care of olive trees and vineyards (sep-nov)
  
  We’re always busy at the farmhouse, therefore we seek workawayers who have knowledge or skills in serving, house maintenance, guest care and gardening. We are hard-working people, so we’re also looking for workawayers who can get up early to make breakfast and go to bed late after serving dinner.
  
  We require flexibility regarding the working hours per day since the tourism sector is very hard to plan. However, there will be one free day every week in which there is the possibility to rent a bike or Vespa or to take the train to explore the surrounding area.
  
  I believe that having different points of view from people around the world is one of the most important things for a business. Maybe you can teach us something!
  
  We are looking for a Workawayer, but mostly for a loyal and respectful friend, a new foreign member of our family!

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  The farmhouse is located near UNESCO heritage sites (Montepulciano, Val d'Orcia, Assisi, Siena) and many other famous cities and countries (Florence, Pienza, Montalcino, Perugia, Cortona, Città della Pieve, Rome, Castiglione del Lago, Orvieto).
  
  Our guests come from all over the world (United States, China, Canada, Germany, Holland, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Spain, Austria ...) and we get fully booked since we open (April 1st) when we close (January).
  
  The farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse and we collaborate with many famous wineries of Montepulciano. You will see how wine is produced (September) and you will know places full of history and tradition. You will make friends with people from all over the world.
  
  You will live in Italy like a true Italian, we are fortunate to live in a beautiful area, near the Val d'Orcia and many UNESCO heritage sites, and we want to share it with you.

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  L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum

  Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.

  L’hôte a indiqué qu'il paierait au moins le salaire horaire minimum de son pays pour chaque heure travaillée et que l’hébergement serait fourni. Il demande de l'aide dans le cadre de son entreprise ou activité professionnelle. Contactez l'hôte directement via la messagerie du site pour en savoir plus et avoir des détails sur le salaire proposé. Tous les arrangements devraient être conclus à l'avance avec votre hôte.

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  Aide

  Skills:
  Previous experience in serving
  Previous experience in house maintenance
  Previous experience in guest-caring
  Previous experience in gardening
  Average experience in cleaning
  Good level of English (if you’re intermediate or fluent in Italian, you will have an advantage)
  Open-minded point of view

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  Langues parlées

  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Italien: Courant
  Russe: Courant

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  Hébergement

  We live in an apartment located 5 min drive from the farmhouse.
  Normally we go to the farmhouse in the morning and come back in late evening, so you will spend both breakfast and dinner there. Since we have a restaurant, the everyday meals are prepared by our chef.

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  Autres infos...

  We are situated straight on the border of Tuscany and Umbria, so you can explore the authentic villages of these regions by taking a train. We usually give a lift to the trains station.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 40 hours a week

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