Learn new skills and experience French village life in Pouzoulles, France

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  Description

  Hello!
  We; Kerry - Irish and Philippe - French are living in the South of France in a small village. I have been here for 15 years and we mostly speak French at home. I am learning Italian so happy for any Italian workawayers who might want to join us, otherwise English or French or Spanish speakers no problem.
  
  Last April we bought "an old lady house" in Servian. We feel she was happy here and we are giving it a new lease of life. We have done heaps of work already and are at the decorating stage, though there is still some heavy work to be done in the garden and we are installing a pool in April. There is a comfortable double bedroom available for workawayers. The bathrooms are now almost complete and they are great!
  
  As of early March the next steps are to paint and decorate 3 bedrooms, finish off the upstairs kitchen, knock down a chimney breast and decorate the living room, and in the garden a really good tidy up, gravel spread and spring planting, plus getting the pool installed but we have a builder coming to do the bulk of that.
  We have a great terrace and summer kitchen where we tend to spend a lot of time when it is good weather. For those trying to work, there are desks available either in the office or in your bedroom and the veranda is also a lovely spot to work from with a stunning view.
  
  There is lots of wallpaper stripping and painting to be done, redecorating furniture, and for anyone with proper building or carpentry skills there are some interesting projects.
  
  I work from home and am in and out to meetings (I am a real estate agent) so could need some help with social media, fine tuning my website, creating ads etc. And also happy to have someone cook lovely meals! Philippe is at work all day and I am busy so we prefer a couple or someone very independent.
  
  Servian is a big village surrounded by vines just outside Pézenas, 15 minutes from Beziers, 20 minutes from the beach. There is a large open air and indoor pool in the village plus a couple of cafés and restaurants. We have some old bikes to use and we have 3 cars / vans so there will be something to use to explore..
  
  We have a dog, Lobo, who loves cuddles, other dogs are welcome
  
  We have had some great experiences with workawayers from US, Canada, Argentina, Ireland, Germany, Denmark and Venezuela and just recently Hungary and Holland. We are both well travelled but pretty tied down currently so we love hearing about cultures in other countries and sharing travel stories. We will certainly do workawaying ourselves when we can.
  
  In general we prefer a 2 week workaway to start - though we have ended up getting on very well with some and extending for a month or more. We also expect you to have your own travel and health insurance. There is loads to do in the area if you are outdoorsy so you will have a much better experience with a car, or at least a drivers licence, that way we can possibly lend you a car or you can hire one locally for weekend trips. We have bikes you can use and we walk or cycle in the vines every day with Lobo. There are buses to Beziers which has a train station with trains to Montpellier or Barcelona. Or we can drop you to Pezenas which has buses to Montpellier and other places.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We speak both french and english so our home is suitable for anyone wanting to learn either language. This is a typical village in the South of France, it's not a touristy area so it is "real France".

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  Aide

  Building and maintenance skills would be great. We are renovating our house. We will have a builder, electrician, tiler and plumber doing the main work but painting and carpentry skills or general handyperson stuff are welcome.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire
  Italien: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We speak French mostly at home but Philippe also speaks very good English so either is fine. I am learning Italian so would love to get to speak Italian. We are happy to speak Spanish as well but the conversation might be slower!
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  Hébergement

  You will have your own bedroom with an en suite wc and basin and a shared bathroom. Unless that room is being decorated in which case you will have a bedroom with private ensuite shower and wc. Depends which one gets finished when!

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  Autres infos...

  This is real french village life, not for anyone looking for bright lights and parties every night! The cycling is fabulous, hiking in the Haut Languedoc National Park nearby, and lovely walks all around the area. We have both worked and travelled abroad a lot so we understand what most people are looking for in a stay such as this.

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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

  Our internet is really fast, no problem for a couple where one needs to work all day and the other helps us out.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  There is no specific place for the van if you want to live in it but there is a large car park behind the house where camping cars are regularly parked.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  As long as they get on with our dog no problem, Lobo is not sure about cats so dogs only please unless you want to take the risk!

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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