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Enjoy nature and join our family near Rimouski in Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada

  • Activité récente : 7 févr. 2025

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  2025 

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  • Description

    Description

    *** We are unfortunately not accepting anymore guests until spring 2025 although we will still reply to messages if you plan on joining us next summer. ***

    We are a family of 5 living in a charming family house in Sainte-Flavie, Québec near the city of Rimouski in the beautiful region of Gaspésie (Gaspe) with the sea in front of the house and agriculture fields in the back. This makes this place very peaceful.

    We speak a mix of French, English and Japanese. It's a bit chaotic but as long as you can understand 2 of those, you should be able to communicate with everyone.

    We are not very outdoor people. We live a simple (boring) life but we like it that way.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Bricolage et construction
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Over the years, we had many visitors from Japan, France, Belgium, Netherlands, China, Mexico and Taiwan. We sat and talked about food and our respective culture. If you like nature and calm, your at the right place. It's really a peaceful and resourcing place to live and stay.

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

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

  • Aide

    Aide

    The first 2 weeks of May, we are demolishing the kitchen cabinets and would appreciate another pair of arms.

    During the summer months, we are looking for help for general maintenance tasks. Since our daughter was born, we accumulated a lot of tasks and would appreciate your help tackling them.
    - Landscaping (removing weeds and branches, trimming trees and bushes, lawn mowing)
    - Cleaning and organizing the shed and basement
    - Stacking wood for winter (if we get our order during your stay)
    - General cleaning (windows, dusting, etc.)
    There might also be the odd DIY project where I could appreciate your assistance.

  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant
    Français: Courant
    Japonais: Courant
    Espagnol: Débutant

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    We offer one clean private room on the top floor facing the sea. It is equipped with a twin sized bed. I can only accommodate one person at a time since there's only one bed. We have AC although the unit is in the main bedroom.
    It's powerful enough to cool the whole floor when doors are opened though. Meals are provided and ingredients are at your disposal when you want to cook or eat. That doesn't mean that you are required to cook your meals. We do like to cook and can cook if it's not a talent of yours. We do like to eat relatively healthy though and eat home cooked meals everyday. Also, we don't drink alcohol and don't smoke.

    We own 2 electric cars so we can help you get where you want when time permits. We don't lend them though. Also, I work from home so you'll most likely never be home alone. If we choose to go somewhere where there's a fee (national park, restaurant, museum, etc.), you are most welcome to come along although we expect you to pay your entrance fee/meal. Also, we usually try to go to the grocery store during the first days of your stay to make sure you have everything you need (at our expense of course unless it's extreme and way out of our budget).

    We prefer short stays of at the most 1-2 weeks but that really depends on the connection we have with you. I do like to organize a video chat before your stay just to make sure everything is alright on both sides and both our needs are clear. It also helps to create a first connection and relieve some of the stress of the first day.

    Please no smoking or drugs.

    We would also prefer "older" guests (25 years old and up). It's not a prerequisite by any means but from experience, it does improve the connection during the stay when guests are closer to our age (we are 43 and 35).

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    Some additional details:
    - We have two bicycles you can use (if weather permits)
    - We are not vegetarian or don't follow any restrictive diet beside trying to eat healthy home cooked meals. We do eat meat (mostly pork).

    Around the house, there is:
    - The beach just across the road
    - Sainte-Flavie village center 3.2km away
    - A small family owned fast food restaurant (seasonal)
    - Cultivated fields and cows behind the house
    - A honey product shop 2 km away

    Honestly, there's not a lot to do around the house especially off tourism season and it can get quite boring for some people used to busy city life. As we don't go out often, that rural life suites us perfectly but it might not be to everyone's taste so please keep that in mind. Also in the evening, we like to relax by watching tv or play video games (we are all gamers in the family). You are more than welcome to accompany us and chat. Some also prefer to retire to their room and work of relax and that's also fine with us too. The point I want to illustrate is that we have our lifestyle and can't really change it full 180 because we have a visitor. It's hard to explain but some travelers seamed a little disappointed of that probably expecting more of a resort experience where attention is fully centered around the guest. I really think the Workaway experience is more about being part and sharing the daily life of the host. More like a friend or family member.

    Also, we don't give any monetary compensation for the help done in the house as we feel it's not how the Workaway experience is meant to be. We can't provide any help too with any visa, flight or borders questions. It's your responsibility as a traveler and not ours as a host.

    As a final word, don't hesitate to ask questions about us, our home or even if you are just curious about our lovely part of the world and don't necessarily plan on staying with us. I really like to help and usually answer in the next hours (or minutes).

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    We have a 750mb/s fiber internet link with wi-fi. We have a small computer desk that could be moved around in the house at your convenience to work.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Un

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L'image représente un paysage rural serein, avec un bâtiment en bois brun, un banc et un champ luxuriant de fleurs sauvages, sur fond de ciel bleu avec des nuages blancs.
L'image représente une charmante maison en pierre au toit sombre, dotée de lucarnes et d'une cheminée, située au milieu d'une pelouse verdoyante et entourée d'arbres par une journée ensoleillée.
L'image représente une famille de quatre personnes assise à la table d'un restaurant, avec un menu et des condiments visibles, dans une atmosphère chaleureuse.
L'image représente une scène de plage sereine au coucher du soleil, avec une vaste étendue d'eau, des nuages sombres et un ciel éclatant, évoquant un sentiment de tranquillité et de beauté naturelle.
L'image montre un selfie d'un homme et d'une femme en tenue d'hiver, avec un paysage enneigé et des arbres en arrière-plan, probablement pris sur une montagne ou une colline.
L'image montre un homme et une femme debout devant une maison, l'homme tenant une canne à pêche et la femme un filet de pêche. L'arrière-plan est une étendue d'eau.
Une personne descend une colline sur une luge à laquelle est attachée une corde. L'arrière-plan est un champ herbeux avec des arbres. L'atmosphère générale est à l'amusement et à l'aventure.
L'image représente une scène de plage sereine avec une mer calme, une vague douce et un rivage sablonneux, évoquant un sentiment de tranquillité et de relaxation. Le ciel est clair et ensoleillé.

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