East coast living with our family in Pointe de Bute, New Brunswick, Canada

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  Description

  We have a beautiful half acre property in Pointe de Bute, New Brunswick. We live in a rural area but it’s centrally located in the Maritimes of Canada. 30 minutes to PEI, and very close to the Nova Scotia border, 2 hours to Halifax. The closest towns are Amherst, NS and Sackville, NB, both less than 15 minutes by car. It’s a century home with a large flower garden that needs lots of maintenance in the Spring and Summer. We are primarily looking for outdoor help in the yard with yard and garden maintenance, as well as some light to moderate landscaping.
  
  Tasks include, mowing lawn (ride on and hand mower), edge trimming, tree pruning, weeding , mulching, planting in garden, stacking firewood (we have lots of firewood) and some simple outdoor maintenance tasks such as painting and assisting with small building and repair projects. Someone with a more skilled background could do more for sure.
  
  Future projects could include building a vegetable garden, a deck, and a gravel path in the back yard.
  
  We have a large guest room on the first floor with a bathroom nearby. Two people could comfortably stay there. We also have a large, country kitchen and butler’s pantry so lots of room for creativity in the kitchen. The whole house oozes charm with lots of original features for a relaxing stay in the country.
  
  We have two young kids (4 and 6) who can be pretty rambunctious and loud so enjoying the presence of young ones is a must. Occassionally, with the right people, we may ask just to be home during the evening so that we can go out. . . although this is not required if it's outside of anyone's comfort levels.
  
  ***Update*** Because of comfort levels with children, we will typically not accept men on their own (or pairs). We have had good experiences with couples, small young families, and single or paired females.
  
  One of the challenges of the area is a lack of transportation services in and out of town. Someone legally able to drive could potentially use our car occasionally, although this is not a guarantee. We make frequent trips into nearby towns and occassional trips to Moncton and even less frequently to other areas in the Maritimes. We do have a van so a motivated person can definitely see a lot of the surrounding area.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Practice with English in the home and lots of French spoken in the community (New Brunswick is the only bilingual Province), living with a musician, East Coast, Maritime hospitality.
  
  We live in an incredible area that we are discovering as well- since we just moved here from the West Coast. Near the Bay of Fundy, explore marshes and boral tides. Closest city is Moncton,

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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

  Inside handyman work, such as leveling doors, framing in the studio, gardening, pruning trees, painting the building exterior, rebuilding decks.
  
  Also, help with kids, cooking and cleaning and childminding would be very useful.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We could all use help improving our French
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  Hébergement

  One good large bedroom with nearby bathroom. We also have a gym and yoga area available. We generally provide food, and try cook dinner every night. More details to come on this.

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  Autres infos...

  It is best to have a vehicle since we are a little out of town. Ours could be available for licensed drivers for runs into town etc.

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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

  We have a fast 50/10 mbps wireless internet setup everywhere in the house.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have a large yard out back and can provide water and electrical hookup.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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