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March 2025 Update - 2025 dates will be added soon as we finalize our schedule.
I am a home designer and builder and this has been my dream to create this place. It is a home but so much more. I have utilized the reclaimed beams from four major buildings to create this special architectural project.
It is 90% complete and we could use some help making it wonderful. Over the last 6 years Ive had some great people on site who have helped me make it what it is today.
We are excited to share this experience with others and enjoy getting to know people from far away. Send us a note if you'd like to come be part of the team.
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Projetos artísticos
Prática de idiomas
Ensino
Jardinagem
Construção/faça você mesmo
Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Manutenção geral
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
Geoff loves to share his passion and teach people how to build using various materials, especially recycled material.
Kate is a stay at home, homeschooling mom who loves gardening and sharing the excitement of planning and planting a new garden bed with workaways. She is also a Yoga instructor and is currently learning about mindfulness and meditation.
We make a point to eat dinners together and take turns cooking so we can get to know each other better and share our stories and experiences.
Projetos que envolvem crianças
Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.
Ajuda
We live on an acreage, so there is constant landscape maintenance to be done. Kate could use some help with weeding her current gardens, veggie garden planning/planting and care and help with setting up a new garden bed for her.
Wood projects , landscaping, metal projects, we have many projects that you could be involved in as we finish building our house. Geoff loves to teach, and will be happy to help you learn new skills.
If you have experience with children, our 5 year old daughter Emilee, who would love to have you hang out with her. Crafting, imaginative play, taking her on walks, reading to her etc would all be a huge help!
Help around the house (cleaning, meal prep, cleaning) is also always needed!
What you do will depend on what inspires you and what you'd like to contribute.
Idiomas
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Espanhol: Intermediário
Francês: Iniciante
Korean: InicianteEste anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
Kate has been learning Korean and Geoff has been learning spanish. Wed love to work on our languages and hopefully we can help you improve yours.
Acomodação
Luxurious Rustic.
Many options available. Especially if you are creative.
There are three small cabins available (no electricity, no water). Two with a queen size bed, the other with a double bed.
Sleep under the stars, or set up your tent somewhere on our 11 acres.
Possibility for a small camper.
There are 2 full bathrooms available for workaways. Internet and laundry available as well.
Living here is Geoff(me) my wife Kate, our daughter Emilee, Coady the dog and Geordie the cat.
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We aren't on public transit up here on the hill. Its 10minutes downhill by car to town to Penticton. Uphill the other way. We drive into town most days, so can always give you a lift. Possible bikes available.
**We do recommend workawayers have their own vehicle.**
Penticton is city of 40K people in an arid lake valley. There are lakes and beaches at both ends of town and I believe that this place has the best weather in Canada. Unlike the coast we rarely get rain making it a magic place in the summer. If you are into climbing, Penticton is also home of the Skaha Bluffs world famous climbing area.
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Acesso à internet
Acesso à internet limitado
Temos mascotes
Somos fumantes
Pode hospedar famílias
Pode hospedar nômades digitais
Wifi is available and there are numerous quiet locations for you to work.
Espaço para estacionar campervans
We can provide electricity if required, but no full hook ups or septic available.
Pode aceitar animais
Pets need to be discussed beforehand. We cannot accept cats as ours is very territorial. Dogs must be good with children.
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She is fluent in English, we were able to communicate without any problems.
She is great with kids, and a hard worker. My daughter loves the necklace she made for her!
We really enjoyed our time with her and would love to see her again!
Our only warning: if this is your first Workaway, don’t expect all places to be as awesome as this one! It… read more
They were super helpful with so many building aspects as well as helping to take care of our 2 year old. They were very respectful and communicative and were a joy to be around. They had a keen interest in our project, they were very hard workers, and they work very well as a team. Bens skills in… read more
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She is fluent in English, we were able to communicate without any problems.
She is great with kids, and a hard worker. My daughter loves the necklace she made for her!
We really enjoyed our time with her and would love to see her again!
Our only warning: if this is your first Workaway, don’t expect all places to be as awesome as this one! It… read more
They were super helpful with so many building aspects as well as helping to take care of our 2 year old. They were very respectful and communicative and were a joy to be around. They had a keen interest in our project, they were very hard workers, and they work very well as a team. Bens skills in… read more
After about ten days of normal workaway exchange, eating together, helping around the house and on a septic… read more
Since Kate was often working in town, I got to spend more time with Geoff.… read more
The time I spent with them was awesome I felt at home and really welcomed at their place. The food was always great and we mostly prepared dinner… read more
The house is just incredible !! Such an amazing and… read more
Thank you so much for all your hard work - safe travels and maybe we'll see you… read more
Did I mention her Tiramisu, OMG sooooo good.
Thanks for everything Marina. What a cool adventure we all had.
I appreciated that there were others volunteers when I was there, as well as lots of friends and family that came to visit.
The project (their house and everything around it) is just amazing, Geoff is a great architect. We worked mainly on finishing details but also built an… read more
We loved the morning yoga classes she taught - she is a great instructor.
We miss having… read more
If you want to spend some days in an other world, just go discovering the place where they live.. You just can not imagine the… read more
You will never find a place like this anywhere :) Geoff is a very talented designer and architect and creates beautiful buildings. I was able to get a look into a designers and builders life and learned about the design process and the art of architecture and working with… read more
They were conscientious workers with very strong attention to detail. They were interested in doing things right and and it was evident in everything they did.
Also they were easy to live with and helped keep the house clean whenever we weren't busy doing something… read more
-Kate and Geoff (and Willy and Geordie!)
The work is fun and rewarding, and we did many extra exiting things on our time off that we never expected!
It felt like we had been friends for many years, we… read more
Good luck in your further studies and adventure.
Very good esperience, thanks kate and Geoff !
Thanks for your help and for accepting the adventure on the hill.
Good luck on your travels and we hope you will return to stay in the cabin we… read more
Thank you both for allowing us being part of this… read more
