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22 abr. 2024
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Hospedagem min. solicitada: mínimo 2 semanas
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English retired couple with a couple of dogs living in rural France.
We are looking for flexible helpers, happy to help us with whatever the day demands.
We need help with landscaping to minimise future work, wood cutting, interior decorating , carpentry, single story roofing, plus help with issues as they occur.
We have a number of windows and doors to replace so being able to lift would be an advantage.
We have a problem with our garage roof that needs repairing.
Preferably all helpers will be flexible and happy to take on any of the above depending on need and weather.
Advice on how to use tools necessary for the work will be given.
We are non smoking and are seeking helpers that do not smoke at all. Helpers should be happy to live as part of the group during their stay.Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
JardinagemConstrução/faça você mesmoManutenção geralOportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
Rural location. We live in a small hamlet, population 5, in a stone cottage split into 3 houses, 1 of which is renovated.
We bake our own bread and cakes, brew english style beer and create home cooked meals.
We prefer volunteers who are happy to live as part of the group during their stay, we would expect this to involve helping prepare meals if asked and the inevitable clearing away afterwards.
Learn how to use all types of machinery safely, and experience the DIY world. Have a different social life than in a big city.Ajuda
We are looking for help, male or female singles and couples, with a range of projects that involve plumbing, dry lining, wall panelling or tiling, fitting windows and doors, roofing, wall building around the fish pond, gardening, mainly preparing an area and planting fruit bushes.
We are non smoking and are seeking volunteers that do not smoke.
Volunteers should be happy to live as part of the team during their stay, we would expect this to involve helping prepare meals and the inevitable clearing away after.
We accept both skilled or unskilled people.
We need people able to help on their own initiative. We will show you how we would like you to do the work.Idiomas
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Acomodação
Single or double room in the house or in our large cotton frame tent (summer only). In exchange for 25 hours work per week.
Note we do not accept helpers with children.
After work we normally come together for a glass of beer, home brewed, or wine.
The evening meal normally consists of 2 courses with wine, beer or soft drinks.Algo mais...
The countryside around here is mostly gentle slopes with a few hills
We are in a very rural area there is no public transport so unless you have your own transport we invite helpers to join us if we go into town.
Our nearest town is St Maixent L'Ecole it is a historic garrison town worth an afternoon wandering around its old streets. It also houses a military museum within the national NCO college.
Note there is no public transport . We visit the town a least once per week when you are welcome to join us. The nearest airport is Poitiers. The train station is St Maixent L'Ecole, Deux-Sevres.Mais alguns detalhes
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25 hours per week maximum, 5 days a week.
Comentário (18)
He is self driven can be left to it and happy in his work.
Hi Tim good to see you back on the site, now we can leave your long over due review..
You know where we are still plenty to do in you're ever in our bit of France.
Had Skype chat as he felt he needed to speak to us.
Firm booking confirmed on 12th May
On 28th June request for another chat but this time with his parents.
He then informed us that he was going to another host.
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He is self driven can be left to it and happy in his work.
Hi Tim good to see you back on the site, now we can leave your long over due review..
You know where we are still plenty to do in you're ever in our bit of France.
Had Skype chat as he felt he needed to speak to us.
Firm booking confirmed on 12th May
On 28th June request for another chat but this time with his parents.
He then informed us that he was going to another host.
Vince will happily tackle anything you ask of him, between tiling our floor he has resolved a problem with our central heating.
Kain, (our dog) is loving his walks, he has taken to Vince and responds well to him.
Mealtimes are friendly and… read more
Welcome back anytime. We now have plenty of wood for the winter firesand home pressed apple juice.
Annasara the chilli plants are doing well.
Sorry this has taken me so long to write.
We had a great time together with loads done. We enjoyed your company and the dogs missed being spoilt after you had gone.
The garden is still showing the effects of your work and of course our new decking is a wonderful addition. If you find yourselves in France anytime we would… read more
They were better suited to DIY tasks than gardening but were willing to give anything a go.
During that time he worked with other helpers and alone.
He cleared the area for and laid a new shed base which demanded a substantial amount of earth moving, and shifting the materials from one end of the garden to the other.
We found him totally honest and felt able to leave him house/dog sitting… read more
Dima spent some time helping to resolve a couple of issues with the car. He… read more
After travelling for quite a few months Ros and John were most welcoming and accommodating. Ros's cooking was just superb and living with them felt just like home in a way:) I learnt a lot more about recycling, there way of gardening and plenty more. There's never a dull moment at the dinner table with ros and john they will keep… read more
She wanted to learn how to use power tools so during her time with us she mastered using an angle grinder, hedge trimmer, chain saw, lawn mower, drill and sander. In between this she weeded, planted, chopped… read more
They have said they would like to come back next year, we do hope so.
Ross and John are very welcoming, and i had a very pleasurable experience here, felt like i was going to school the amount i learned from Ross and John, they have so much knowledge to offer which often left me confused, but in the end i feel i have left very enriched which will… read more
Thank you Soheil maybe see you in France