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We’re taking bookings from couples or pairs of friends who would like to join us for two weeks or more during the Spring or Summer of 2025
We’re going to need to see a copy of your travel insurance before you arrive.please.
Thank you 🤗
Hello, and thank you for visiting our profile.
We’re Umberto (Italian) and Sally (Irish/English), mother and son.
We bought our listed, 16th century “Villa Veneta” near Lake Garda twentyfive years ago and we’ve been refurbishing it ever since.
We’re just about done but we’d still love to have your help completing this lovely project .
In the grounds of the villa we’d like to plant bee-friendly flower beds, and enrich and diversify the perimeter hedge.
Later in the season we want to establish a herb and vegetable garden and a netted soft fruit area.
Through the Summer we’ll need help with general tidying and maintenance of the grounds. This could include painting a gate or a fence, freshening up outdoor furniture, pruning or dead-heading roses, raking up leaves, changing a light bulb, weeding the gravel … whatever needs to be done to keep the property beautiful and functioning.
While we do have a permanent cleaner, we’ll need help with house maintenance and cleaning too as we’re usually full with friends, family and guests during the Spring and Summer.
While we’re in a rural area we’re still well connected, being only five minutes drive from the nearest motorway, with bus and train transport also nearby.
That said, I strongly recommend you bring a drivers licence to give you the benefit of using our moped or car..
It’s a pleasant 25 minute, countryside, walk to our closest village, Rivoli Veronese (the same Rivoli where Napolean fought and won a major battle in 1797).
The village is in a picturesque spot and has a very nice bar, restaurants, chemist, bakery, grocer, post office and atm; it also has a fort, and even a Napolean Museum!
We‘re both sunny, positive and flexible, people and we love to attract others with similar traits.
Communication, initiative, and a practical and energetic ”can do” approach to any jobs to be done are gratefully welcomed.
(A knowledge of carpentry, building, metalwork or gardening and planting would be great as I'm also looking to plant a drought resistant, bee friendly garden 🐝)
Final tips:-
🙏🏼Our place is a smoke free home, and that includes the garden too, so no cigarettes etc on the premises please!
🙏🏼There are two other families who live close by and while they may not be the quietest, I do try NOT to add to their noise. So no loud music please!
We live in northern Italy. That means that in Springtime, and also towards Autumn, the middle of the day can be very warm, but the temperature can drop dramatically in the morning and evening, so please pack appropriate clothes accordingly🙏🏼
That said, when it begins to heat up properly all you’ll want to wear is a t-shirt, sandals and a pair of shorts ….. and a cozzi e for swimming in the lake!
Gardening can get muddy if it’s rained recently, so please bring suitable boots, (or your least loved pair of trainers) I’ll give you gardening gloves!
I’ll also give you towels (and bedding of course)!
You can use the washing machine, and there are washing lines up in the roof where we hang out laundry to dry.
Thanks for reading this far and I’m looking forward to meeting you 🤗
Wishing you wonderful adventures, health and happiness🌼Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
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Yoga / bien-êtreSports d’hiverNatureRandonnéeArts du spectacleLivresBricolage / artisanatJardinageSoin des plantesBénévolatCultureAnimaux de compagniePolitique/justice socialeDev. personnelDev. durableVégétarien ou véganAnimauxEchange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You can practice your English and Italian. Visit the ancient cities of Verona and Mantova 30 minutes away, or go a bit further for Venezia, Padova, Bologna, Milano …. Firenze or Bolzano!
You’ll want to explore Lake Garda; its beaches, villages, and water sports just 15 minutes away by moped. Try tandem paragliding on Monte Baldo or go cycling, hiking, canyoning, rock climbing, caving; or trekking - on foot or horseback, in the hills and mountains nearby.Aide
We’re in the process of making some adjustments to the villa and grounds and to begin with we’re looking for help with gardening, and around the house with general cleaning and maintenance. I’ll be around most of the time to guide and support or join in, all depending on the job being done.
For example there are some pairs of wooden shutters which need to be sanded and painted and ideally this would be done in the garden. But if the weather isn’t good we can bring the job into the cellar .
You won’t be asked to carry out any “heavy tasks” that I wouldn’t be prepared to do myself 😊Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Italien: Courant
Russe: DébutantHébergement
We very much favour hosting couples, or pairs of friends who are happy to share a bedroom!
Our home is large and while we’ll all live together as family, there’s plenty of room for us to get away from each other and be quietly alone in our free time.
You’ll have your own bedroom with a double, or two single, beds - just let us know which you prefer.
There are two bathrooms almost next door to your bedroom, and these will only be shared if there are other friends or family also staying.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided and we’ll eat together.
I usually prepare Italian dishes, but I only actually cook hot food in the evenings at dinner time. So, if you want eggs for breakfast you can cook them yourself.
You’ll find fruit, crackers or biscuits in the kitchen to snack on between meals.
We’re vegetarian and we try to buy our food locally. .
We’ll lay the table and clean up the kitchen together before and after meals.
Occasionally we drink wine or beer at mealtimes.Autres infos...
There’s a regular but sparse bus service to Verona, with a stop very close by. The bus connects with other bus, and train networks.
E bike rental is widely available.
If you have a driving licence you’re welcome to use the moped; and we can work out together who gets to use the car that day😁
Italian Citizenship:
I’m very sorry but I won’t be able to help anyone hoping to register as a long term Italian resident in my home with the view to obtaining citizenship.Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We live with two dogs, Our big girl, Maia is a Newfoundland. (She luckily knows she’s a dog). On the other hand, her chum, Benito is an English Bulldog and he’s convinced he’s Human. Both are very enthusiastic about people, gentle, funny, they love attention and may turn into ruffians when they begin to play.
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