Experience life in Central Portugal on a beautiful piece of land, and help with basic restoration and creation around garden and home

Infos

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  Description

  We are a small Dutch family (mother, daughter, dog) living in Central Portugal since November 2023, after traveling through Europe for about 1,5 years. We bought a 'modest' piece of land with a ready-to-move-in house. Our land is 4000 m2, terrace shaped, has the most wonderful view, many olive trees, some fruit trees and a huge nature reserve just a few (walking) minutes away from our land.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Whether you’re just traveling around, or are specifically looking to experience central Portugal, maybe to move here yourself, this could be the perfect stay. We can tell you about our experiences about life here and connecting with the local community, as well as with other emigrated foreigners.
  
  We love to meet travellers and connect with people who are (also) re-inventing life. Ideally a couple or a small family with kids. Pets are allowed, as long as your pet and our dog can get along. If you have kids; my daughter loves to play with other youngsters. If you don't have kids; she's good company either way.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  While I like to do some small chores around the house and in the garden, I don’t have the skills (yet) for the really handy stuff. The bathroom has just been renovated and we have nothing else major planned.
  But wat we would love to have, is an outdoor shower. So we can make this a more comfortable place to stay for Workawayers and other guests. It doesn't have to be a super fancy outdoor bathroom, but something more than basic, like a wooden booth with a roof on toop and a nice surface to stand on.
  
  Other things that would be nice to have some help on are:
  - shaded roof over the porch
  - little bit of fencing
  - vegetable garden
  - gardening
  - (indoor) painting
  You can pick what you like most / what you're good at.
  
  All in good time.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Hollandais: Courant
  Anglais: Intermédiaire
  Allemand: Débutant
  Espagnol: Débutant
  Français: Débutant
  Portugais: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  We can provide a tent + matras if you don't have one yourself.
  
  With a campervan or tent you can stay on our land. We’ve reserved the best spot for this, with a stunning view and outside furniture at your disposal. Your beautiful spot is about 100 meters from our house, and positioned in such a way that we all have sufficient privacy.
  
  While working on the outdoor shower, you can use our inside bathroom.
  
  Our access road is a bit narrow, so therefore a big camper cannot reach our land. With a campervan (max 180 cm wide) or suv it’s no problem.

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  Autres infos...

  // Walking distance //
  The nature reserve behind our land is an amazing place for a nice walk or climb, or just to have a picnic and enjoy the breathtaking view. You can walk to the center of the village, where there is a cafe and a grocery shop.
  
  // Driving distance //
  Best would be to have a vehicle to get around, and then you’re able to visit:
  - Fundao (30 min drive)
  - Castelo Branco (45 min drive)
  - Covilha (45 min drive)
  - beautiful Monsanto (30 mins)
  - Serra da Estrela (1 hour)
  - Bigger cities like Porto, Lisbon and Aveiro are about a 2,5 hour drive. Same goes for the (west) coast.
  
  There are some charming villages in the near, a large supermarket in Penamacor (30 mins) and smaller grocery shops no more than 10 - 15 mins away.
  
  Especially durning this time of year, there are many lovely mercado’s and meet-ups organized by the (foreign) communities. There are plenty of beautiful river beaches to enjoy a swim and/or a picnic.
  When you're here, I can tell you a lot more about other nice things to do and beautiful places to visit.

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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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  Espace pour garer des vans

  If your campervan is max 1.80 m wide, there is enough space to reach our land via the entrance road.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Pets are super welcome, we have one too:). If our dog (7 month old female) and your pet somehow don't get along, we could always discuss possible solutions. One of them might be that this is not the best place for you and your pet. Our dog is good around other pets, children and adults.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  I don't expect a certain amount of hours or days a week, as long as we can agree on a finishing date for the projects.