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Hi, Im a mum (two youngsters 16,18) and a cat named Gizmo. I love to welcome you to my house and family.
When staying with me (us), you'll blend in as a friend or familymember.
The family is: me, my son (16, who most likely like to live in his own cave/bedroom and who is 50% at the time at my place, and the other at his dads) and my daughter, 18, who lives with her dad and comes popping in now and then. And ofcourse my king of the castle; Gizmo. The royal thick fat fluffy hairball.
And my boyfriend living in his own house at the end of the street that poppes in now and then.
Want to come helping me/us out?
You are warmly welcomed. You’ll be Gizmo’s servant during your stay.🐈
Things to do around the house?
Mostly general maintanace like sanding, painting, woodworking, cleaning, organizing and you can help me with cooking. We have plenty unfinished DIY projects as wel. I love to recycle stuff.
We live a 5 minutes walk from the forest, and the beautiful moor. You can walk and enjoy nature at its best. It is a 20 min. cardrive to the city of Eindhoven or Tilburg
Im a social cultural worker and a (vegan) chef with my own company. At the moment I’m working on renovating my own workspace/kitchen-like- place and I do own a foodtruck as well.
In the past people helped me a lot in the kitchen and with my company and foodtruck but due to work/private mixup nowadays we try to focus on all other small things in and around the house, or we make clear arrangements together in advance about the work when it comes to cooking. I would love to give you a wide range of different options to choose from.
I work on different locations and the kids are used to co-parenting Therefore you have to keep in mind that you allso are in the home alone now and then. (Day or night)
Once a month I host a dinner at my place to connect people and let them meet vegan foods. Thats always a joy with a house full of people to talk to and to get to know our culture from the inside out.
In my household there is above average cooking. If you want me to teach you some vegan cookingtricks, just say so.
We live with a budget that is paltry. So we can’t spoil you rotten, but love to have you in our family. I do provide you food & drinks and dinners are shared. (need dairy products? that’s your own costs) Contribution to the daily grind is a must;; Everyone shares cooking, wiping down the table, vacume clean, shopping and cleaning like a normal family. (Not part of the Workaway hours.) We hope you to be pro active. So your stay does benefit both of us.
So, basicly I am looking for trustworthy, motivated Workawayers that are fun & with initiative, to share projects, dreams meals and home with.
please send me a personal email/apply that is written for us instead of a basic story! We don’t want you to be ‘just’ a workaway, so don’t treat us as ‘just’ a family or place to sleep (that is where a hotel is 4). Connect, and you have a family to come back to for the rest of your traveling-life.
Important;
Due to some family issues, I’m not allways able to host guys/male workaways,
But either your gender; send an apply if you think you’ll fit in the family!
extra;
If you stay with us, it would make me happy if you contribute to our world travel receipy book. Just bring your own favourite vegetarian or vegan receipy to add to the book.
I'm planning on publish it in the future 😊
(So if you know how to help with that? I would be pleased)
Leaving a readingbook in your own language in the room where you sleep, would be great to! There is a big pile of books to swop.
in 2025 I’m trying to throw a workaway party and invite all former workaways that stayed here - over, so you might be one of them!
We hope to have the book printed by that time!
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Centres d’intérêt
Végétarien ou végan
Animaux de compagnie
Dev. durable
Dev. personnel
LGBT+
Événements/vie sociale
Culture
Bénévolat
Arts du spectacle
Musique
Bricolage / artisanat
Cuisine et alimentation
Livres
Art et design
Camping
Nature
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
In the days you stay with us, we see you as our family with all the things a Dutch family does. We wil invite you to join us on some events. Like a birthdayparty, neighbourhoodmeeting, festival etc.
You are free to say yes or no.
You have time to things on your own. To learn Dutch or have private time in the backgarden or at the attic, where your private spot is.
And... I wil cook typical Dutch food or learn you how to prepaire that (if you like), as; hutspot, bitterballen, pepernoten, appeltaart, kapsalon, oliebollen, poffertjes, erwtensoep etc. (Vegan ofcourse!)
We made you à to do/see/taste challenge to get the best out of the Netherlands!
Aide
A lot of things to do at our place!
Together we pick tasks that you like most, or just offer your experience and expertise and we find out where your help suits best.
* help with renovating my restaurant place
* help with preserve seasonal veggies & foods
* Wash the car
* is French your native language? Then help me by teaching your tongue.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️cleaning. Deep clean different parts of the house. Like kitchen, the stove or bathroom. You would make me really happy by some good cleaning
* try to rip the carpet from the stairs and try to keep smiling (that’s a challenge)
* reorganising the attic (are you good at re-organizing? Than there is surely work 4 you)
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️painting: will you help me with painting my walls, sanding and painting skirting boards, chairs and doors?
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️are you in to sowing? I still have some small sowing things to do and Im not able to use the machine 😂 maybe you can teach me!
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️cleaning the house and gardening; There is enough tasks for a whole week in the garden and house! please be my guest.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ there is some ironingwork.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ art. Are you in to arts and crafts? There is allways colour needed in our lives. We have some arty "tasks" as wel.
Things with beads, painting, scrapbooking, garden ornaments etc. Ow and i 'need'' someone to brush the hair of my little pony collection...
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Maybe you can help me with my wordpress website.. or graphic design of my cooking project. Or even make some awesome reels or small videos for me. That would be awesome!
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️making a geocache awesome and helping to make it active?
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Allemand: Intermédiaire
Français: IntermédiaireCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
I love to learn the french language better, and am allways willing to help you with the Dutch one
Hébergement
You will be staying under our roof as a familymember.
We’ll eat together (Dutch dinner times!
So please ajust) and share the house.
Our house is cosy but not that big.
we made you your own private space. Youll sleep in a bunkbed and if Gizmo likes you; he’ll checks if you are ok.
Facileties are shared.
Autres infos...
We prefer solo travelers because it makes it more easy to connect with.
But when my son is at his dads I’m ofcourse able and open to accommodate 2. (Or even 3)
We host with a maximum of 2 weeks.
And if we became family to you in that time? You can come over anytime in the future! Or extend your stay. Even without asking.
Eindhoven AirPort is near. Only 15 km away. And if you are in to doing things together, we can. I wil help you with all cultural things you want to learn or know.
There is no public transport here in the evening or during weekends. Ofcourse I can bring you to nearest public transport then. (If we can make it fit in my agenda)
And a bike is in the shed. If you would like to go for a spin, you can use that!
The cities of Eindhoven, Tilburg and s-Hettogenbosch are near and I travel to Tilburg or eindhoven almost each week, so i can drop you there for your day off if you would like that.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
You don’t have a special room to work in, but you have the place where you sleep to be in private and ofcourse you can allso just use the livingroom as your workingspace. internet is accessible. And maybe you can help me with my company online
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
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Hope you are doing well Zoe!
She is really independent, nice to talk to and her level of Dutch is ausgezeigned. She shared a lot of stories about “bei uns in Deutschland” and worked with two different… read more
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Hope you are doing well Zoe!
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Wauw! She stayed with me for learning the language and made a lot of progress while staying with me. She worked harder that she should have and has skills that do not belong to a 19 year old, but to a superhero. She cleaned, cooked, sew, organized, took care of the garden and Gizmo the cat, and much more. Please come back… read more
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Thanx you for staying and please come back!
You are an inspiring person !
I worked with an other workawayer, Therese (a very good meeting too), for almost 2 weeks and half. We were helping for differents things (painting the bathroom, cooking, refugees center, reorganise the shed, painting the ceiling, doing the garden, ...) and Loes was very attached by the fact we… read more
You are sweet, kind, hardworking and big hearted! ❤️
Lorie worked together with Thérèse who stayed at our place as a workaway.
She helped with everything you can think of. Gardening, cleaning, cooking, painting and has amazing photographyskills.
She is very polity, friendly and took a really good care for Gizmo… read more
I also has the chance to meet Lorie there, another workawayer that happened to become a great friend! We had the chance to do some gardening, as well as painting the ceiling and cooking at the refugee center, and we could always… read more
She is easygoing and polite and the best servant Gizmo could have asked for. If she applies for staying with you? Say yes. You will not be dissapointed.
She showed me around and make sure I was confortable and with all the info I needed to explore the area.
She likes to make sure you are enjoying your stay and capturing the netherlands spirit.
Was great to help her with the catering tasks, and as described on profile, Loes… read more
I've stayed with Loes and the kids ( and Gizmo ;) ) for about 3 weeks and what a amazing time i had ! Loes and her family are awesome people. They made me feel welcomed the moment I step in the house.
Loes is a realy nice host, and flexible so whenever i wanted to do something different or go somewhere we… read more
We did a lot of cooking together and Manon is very very clever and a quick learner.
If I was able to pay and hire her for cooking, packing, catering and cleaning? I would!
When I was at work outside the house, she did a lot of baking, cleaning, cooking.
Her cheering over a cake and cycling again was wonderfull.
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My sceduale unfortunately got very tightly, but we had familydinner together, she met Thomas, (who became our friend because of workaway.) and had some fun time. We played Petanque together with the family and we were planning a fun trip… read more
I stayed with Loes, the kids and Gizmo (the king of the house) for about 5 days and it was a truly enriching experience.
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Lou helped me with the daily grid and a lot of designing on the computer. Like… read more
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Loes is friendly welcoming woman with a good heart, and she is a fantastic cook,
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See you next time, and thank you all for [E] verything! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Since Magda came to our place a lot changed. You can walk in the attic, see through windows and Youre not able to write your name anymore in the grease of the kitchen hood. Magda’s English is excellent and she became good friends with Gizmo. She was so helpfull! She even bathed a gnome. :blush: she told me much… read more
I had such a great stay in her (amazing) house. You made me feel at home, I felt welcomed not just from you and your super kids but also from the lovely neighbors I met! All the people that I met there were ready to help me and that's was important to me, I'm in love with dutch people. They have a cool humor.
I have nice memories… read more
He is so talented and hard working!
He did Fantastic sanding and paintingwork en made the garden look shiny. He did so much for us! Im really greatfull.
The kids liked him beiing around. He allso helped them a lot! It was like a present having him around, helping me with all that things I normally cant… read more
The work was varied and included help in cleaning, cooking and also sanding.
I've only been 2 days with the whole family, so there was not enough time to be a member of the family.
I appreciate the advices of Loes and wish the best for the family.
A conversation about veganism or politics is wel constructed. He contributed to the dailey grid, but he didnt became a family member as we hoped a workaway does. (As is written in our profile)
Our tip; allways repeat in your own words what is asked from you. So no misunderstandings wil sneak in. And ask for… read more
A week has gone by so fast!
We had dinner at a squat, went to germany to have icecream while it was snowing outside, to Amsterdam (by train- for everything is a 1st time ;-)) and the banksy expo, and had an art “workshop” and dinner at my neighbours.
You did a Fantastic job by painting a whole room, helping… read more
You are a wonderfull friend for the kids, Gizmo and me. You are an eye opener, hope, sparks and glitter! We cried after you left. Or at least, I did. You are welcome at our place anytime! Im looking forward to the playback you promised Fender. Enjoy your trip. You are truely a wonderfull person.… read more
During the one week stay, Loes gave me some options to work which depends on my preference. I chose to do the ironing and weeding. I spent two evenings ironing and one morning weeding. When to do the work also depends on my own preference, which is… read more
They were all super duper welcoming and helpful to make me feel home as a member, while still be interested to have discussions with me in order to learn a little bit more about all of our selves.
Loes was a pearl, helping me with the transport accomodations so I could plan without… read more
She is really easygoing and a woman with a lot of lifeexperience, she knows her selve really wel. That makes her so much more than a 23e'. My daughter wished she could live with us forever. Thanx a lot Val! You are allways welcome in our house!
Oostelbeers is small but really fun to explore on foot or on a bike! Plus Eindhoven and s'Hertogenbosch are not far by bus and have a lot to see. I recommend the Philips… read more
We loved having her around. Thanx Bailey
For your great help!
And we can learn something out of the way you combine food. That stays with us! :thumbsup_tone1::kissing_heart:
He has a good memory and is full of interesting stories. Easy satisfied and really helped me out with all kind of different chores around the house. The kids and especially the cat, loved him.
