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We are now actively looking for help, couples and singles welcome. If you love the outdoors you will love the freedom of the countryside to roam, and, of course! The varied and interesting Work.
At the moment we need help with re-decorating our house, some small electrical jobs and plumbing. Lots of interesting carpentry and In addition we have a large forest to manage and I want to landscape our present garden (hard and soft landscaping). If you fit the bill, give us a look see.
Back at home - Two big projects in '24. A long term project that is pencilled in is I am going to build an off grid ECO house coming spring, summer and winter 2024) All people with practical skills or helpful curiosity will be welcome.
Second project is to build a 5m x 4m plunge pool with terrace in the garden with superb wooden hard landscaping. We have the forest, we have the trees and the sawmill, we have the Architect (me) we just need you !!
ABOUT US...., we are birdwatchers and all round nature lovers, we have creatures large and small just walking past the door here. At the moment the stags are rutting all around us and the noise at night is simply amazing. They really do get het up and they sound just like bears. I swear one night (Oct/23) we had a stag possibly no more than 20 metres from the house announcing himself in no uncertain terms that he had the biggest.......(Antlers)............in the woods.
Where we live is a national park and beautifulI, we speak French and English at a high level. We live sustainably here believing that good honestly sourced food is the first building block of life, the mountain air is pure as is our water. We are trying to improve the house and land. Ideally a good forward looking attitude is ideal to enjoy the experience as is punctuality. We have dogs and a cat (Taliban), log fires and Internet.
Volunteers coming here are part of the family, we work together, we eat together which is socially very important to us.
If you want to get fit and be amazed at just how beautiful this part of France is, this is the place for you!
Craftspeople, skilled and semi skilled or just very keen to learn a lot, can you operate a strimmer or chainsaw? We need you now before the weeds start again!
MECHANIC (car or diesel) urgently wanted. I need to change the engine on our 2.5 ton excavator (easy peasy).
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Enseignement
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We live in bucolic paradise, a beautiful area with everything a person could want from an outdoorsy mountainous location. Happy to pass on my skills when appropriate and happy to share my language skills. In the past my house has had people from all walks of life and all countries. Many hundreds of kilometres are Local trails with direct access to mountains and fabulous hiking and camping in your free time. Wonderful historic towns and castles are all around us to visit as are Toulouse, Carcassonne and Barcelona for weekends. The Med is 1hr 1/2 away. Two Skiing resorts are 1hr away, good public transport available from Foix.
Aide
We have a large house with a large garden and pool(summer only). The (Eco) house was designed and built by us and is carbon neutral. All the stone came from the hillside and the wood from our own trees, we felled the trees, milled the lumber and built the house. In addition we have quite a lot of (agricultural) and forest land . We burn wood here as a heating fuel and help would be appreciated with logging and firewood collection etc. If you have a practical skill eg. carpentry, masonry or have general building skills or are simply someone with ambitions, you can be sure we will find good use for you here.
Artists (murals) also very welcome
It is important to me that people coming here are made to feel welcome and a part of the family.
Sorry but we do not offer paid employment as part of the Workaway experience.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Espagnol: DébutantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
English and 'French
Hébergement
Own room in the main house is guaranteed. Elec. hook up for campervans etc
I will always take care to make sure anybody coming here will enjoy fine home cooked food. Omniverous but happy to have vegetarians. VEGANS we find are difficult to assimilate into our lifestyle.
Autres infos...
So much to do here, outdoor pursuits include climbing, kayaking, historical sites (castles etc) hiking, paragliding, horseriding, skiing in season etc
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Long term DNs are welcome provided they can also help with our projects and chores.
Espace pour garer des vans
plenty of space and elec hook up
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (7)
Lastly, our household has the smartest… read more
Virginia and Barry are a very nice and welcoming hosts. They have a great sense of humour and you will never get bored with them :)… read more
Our time with Jordan was too short as he was… read more
Lots of varied jobs, log moving and stacking, roofing, carpentry and light plumbing.
Lovely food and hospitality.
Big shout out to my fellow workawayer Caroline for being so kind and friendly.
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Lastly, our household has the smartest… read more
Virginia and Barry are a very nice and welcoming hosts. They have a great sense of humour and you will never get bored with them :)… read more
Our time with Jordan was too short as he was… read more
Lots of varied jobs, log moving and stacking, roofing, carpentry and light plumbing.
Lovely food and hospitality.
Big shout out to my fellow workawayer Caroline for being so kind and friendly.
Her English is improving significantly but with patience on all sides we think she will progress quickly now. We even learnt… read more
Equally happy alone with his own work and… read more
They are both fantastic hosts who have a wealth of life experience and skills which they are happy to share.
Virginia's cooking puts Chef Ramsey to shame as it is always delicious and just what you desire after a good days work. Regarding work, it is practical and diverse and is ideal if you… read more
He is aspiring to be a… read more
Much travelled and multi skilled he can pretty much be left alone to bring any project to completion.
Great time and we are so lucky to have had him here as part of the family.
He will be sorely missed but we are sure… read more
