Help in our private home on the coast of Lourinha, Portugal

Infos

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  Description

  Hello Workawayers!
  We are a couple living in a beautiful village near Lourinha, Portugal. We are 31 years old, just got married this summer and have an awesome cat by the name of Joey. Life kept on bringing us to Portugal so we finally decided to move here some years ago. We left our country with a car full of things that we later stored and went camping for a few months. After that lifechanging experience we found a house that we loved and decided to move in. We are now studying and working remotely while enjoying the amazing surf and scenery in the area. We're working on a few professional projects at the moment that involve personal development, mental health and yoga, so anyone interested in these topics is really welcome here! Also, the majority of our free time is dedicated to Joey who is one of the most adventurous cats you will ever meet and loves to go explore new places on a leash, and Charlie, who is our rescue from the street and has many issues, but is the most loving and cute kitty. They are both very high-maintenance pets but we love maintaining them! Besides that, we love to share stories by the fireplace and watch movies or play board-games together so we are excited to host you!

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Home sitting
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  LGBT+

  

  Végétarien ou végan

  

  Vie en van

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Langues

  

  Dessin et peinture

  

  Animaux

  

  Nature

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Danse

  

  Plage

  

  Randonnée

  

  Activités en plein air
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We loooove to host travelers because it's such a beautiful exchange! Also, we love cooking so we are happy to share some recipes and make food for you! Please also keep in mind that we are working from home, so sometimes it is not possible for us to spend a lot of time with people visiting. That doesn't mean that we will be keeping to ourselves, but we do need our Workawayers to understand we're working on many projects and are generally quite busy. If you enjoy gentle talks in the evening and playing board games together every now and then, but also know that we cannot dedicate huge amounts of time to spending days together, you're a perfect fit for us.
  Our house is just around the corner from the beach where you can take long walks and enjoy the sunny atmosphere. The waves here are amazing so you can also try surfing. We are positive open people and we are excited to meet you! We are also happy to help with any travel planning or local tips. Our Workawayers have travelled all around Portugal while staying with us as we can be very flexible with working hours (depends on our personal projects). For us, it's really important that you have a nice holiday and we love to help you with that.

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  Aide

  We need different types of help depending on the time of year:
  
  - JANUARY to APRIL: Because we live on the coast, the winters are super humid. That means there's a lot of maintaining to do every year. That includes cleaning and painting the walls, metal rails, tiles, repairing some furniture, sanding it and painting it and so on. In February and March specifically, we are looking for couples or individuals that are skilled, can work as a team and have some experience with painting walls and home renovations. We like to change our decor a little bit every year so we always need help with drilling holes into walls. If you are into arts and creative, you are welcome to leave your mark here :)
  
  - APRIL to OCTOBER: This is the time when the village fills up with local tourists and surfers. Also, this is the time when most of our friends and family comes to visit, so we need someone who can handle a full house and still do their tasks perfectly. During this time, we mostly need help with daily chores since we are also working and don't want to spend our free time cleaning. We need somebody that we can rely on to clean the house so it is spotless and that we don't need to check it after you've done it. The work is easy otherwise, it's just maintaining the bathrooms (checking the toilet paper, towels, cleaning the sink etc.), vacuuming the floor, mopping, dusting, taking out the trash, maybe even helping us prepare some food in the kitchen (when the whole family's visiting, it's a lot of kitchen time haha). We like cleanliness and we need someone precise to do it.
  
  - AUTUMN/WINTER MONTHS: Usually we do some general maintenance in the house and a lot of cleaning.
  
  - HELP TAKING CARE OF JOEY and CHARLIE: No matter the period, Joey needs to be walked twice per day and usually our volunteers are responsible for the morning walks. We will show you everything you need to know and Joey will guide you himself. He is quite an early bird so usually he wakes up around 7am and expects to be walked around 7.30 so it does mean waking up early. Sometimes we also need help with giving the cats food but we will explain eveything. In the winter months we also foster kittens from the local association, giving them a temporary home while they wait to be adopted. The primary focus is taking care of all of their needs while trying to get them more used to humans and socialising them so our volunteers are welcome to spend time with them and give them some love. Being a cat lover is mandatory, so please do not contact us if you are allergic to cats.
  
  Overall, we are looking for someone open, creative, responsible, self-initiative and hard working. We prefer to host volunteers over 21 years old because it seems like both parties enjoy the agreement more like that. Also, we eat plant-based food so having a similar lifestyle is definitely a plus!! Include the word banana in your introduction message so we know you read our profile :)

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Portugais: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  We offer accommodation in one of our rooms (in the summer you may have to share it with a friend or family member that's visiting) and breakfast plus one additional meal (we cook plant based and we looove to cook so you are of course invited to join).

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  Autres infos...

  We live in a small quaint village that gets quite lively in the summer with many bars, restaurants and places to hang out. Everything is close (the laundry place, the shop and the food market) and the beach is perfect for surfing or simply chilling in the sun. You can make some trips to neighbouring cities like Peniche or Obidos and there's also a frequent bus line going to Lisbon. Most of all, this area is perfect if you want to enjoy portuguese natural landscape, do some long walks on the beach and just spend some time with yourself. We fell in love here and we're sure you will too!

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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 are happy to host digital nomads, but we can't always promise a quiet space since the house is sometimes full of people when we host friends and family.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  Charlie

  Joey

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