Help with gardening and cleaning our home while enjoying our beautiful city of Toronto, Canada

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  Hello, We are a family of five. Me Shelley, my husband Mark and three teenagers. We enjoy travelling; be it nationally or internationally. We engage ourselves in lots of outdoor activities like camping, hiking, fishing, gardening, canoeing-Kayaking and endless of other things. We grow organic vegetables in our backyard during spring, summer and fall. We also have many houseplants which need good amount of care throughout the year. I am very much interested about permaculture. Last year we started permaculture process in our backyard garden. Though I am not an expert on Permaculture, I will learn through the process.
  We live in one of the most beautiful and desirable areas in Toronto, across Bayview Country Club. 24/7 TTC bus (public transit) is five minutes walk from our home. Downtown Toronto is about an hour by public transport and 25 minutes by car. We’re 25 to 30 minutes Uber ride from Toronto Pearson international Airport and about an hour by public transport.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Hiking is our favourite activity. All of my workawayers joined on my hiking. We are a very physically active family. Our daughters participate in dance, competitive gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, ice hockey as well as all kinds of paddling sports.
  
  We also travel a lot and love to share our experiences to others. We have travelled countries in Central and South America, Asia, Caribbeans, New Zealand, Australia, Europe , America as well as numerous road trips in Canada. We are not holiday makers, we take adventure trips where we involve ourselves in local cultural activities, with the local people.
  
  Evenings are our chill down time. Doing yoga, going for a hike or watching netflix on our large entertainment room while the fireplace is glittering with fire (winter time) and warmth. We do not want our guests come home later than 10PM frequently. Once a week would be considerable.
  
  
  I expect we will both benefit and teach each other things that neither of us known before. Sometimes the intangibles are quite valuable, and I know that my experience has been everyone knows something to teach, and by observing, we can all learn together.

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  Ajuda

  Currently we are looking for someone to help with gardening and cleaning in and around the house.
  
  Not looking for someone who is already living in the city or has a job etc. I am very much into the traveler exchange part of workaway, so this is only open to someone who is:
  a.) a traveler
  b.) able to commit to this project as a priority.
  We do not appreciate Workawayers attached to their smartphone when doing a project. So please consider this option before you request staying with us.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  Four of five of us speak native English, so English is the only spoken language at home. We are open to learn other languages like Spanish and French
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  Acomodação

  Your is a room with a large sofabed, cabinet, sofa, Center table, large window. You will share bathroom with us.
  No pets in our house as I am allergic to pet saliva.
  Our house is in a safe, upscale neighborhood. Toronto's famous Don river and longest hiking/biking path is mere few meters from our backyard. You wouldn't need more than fifty steps from our backyard to this scenic hiking trail which parallely runs by the river. If you like hiking this is your opportunity.
  
  MEALS PROVIDED: All your meals will be provided. We accommodate all types of dieters. Volunteers have full access to the kitchen, bathroom, laundry, etc. We provide a fully-stocked pantry and food for your meals. we start our days early, we also go to bed early. We appreciate if you finish your dinner and all kitchen activities before 10 pm.

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  Algo mais...

  We are morning people. We do not prefer doing house chores or any project related work after 5 PM. Evenings are our family time and chill down time. We prefer workawayers start their work early. They can enjoy their off work hours whatever way they want. They can enjoy watching netflix shows on a very large screen tv or chill out in our beautiful backyard (weather permitting) reading favourite books or listen musics. They can roam around our beautiful and vibrant city of Toronto.
  We live about 50-60 minutes from downtown Toronto by bus/subway (bus stop is 5 minutes walk from our house). There are lots to see and do in Toronto. You can visit many attractions like the CN Tower, Toronto Islands, Niagara Falls (less than 2 hrs drive from our home) , many museums, parks, Chinatown, Canada's Wonderland and so on. I can also tell you about less touristic but very interesting things that are here in the city.

  Please don't be someone who is just always on their phone and does not want to interact. I'd like to learn about your country and culture and hope to share some of mine, and have you leave as a new friend.
  
  Looking for a Workawayer who is Positive, helpful, can see things that needs to be done without me telling you, fast learner, not attached to your phone all day, want to learn to do things differently than what you are used to.
  If you think you are that person; you are welcome to join us.
  Thank you

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode aceitar animais

  Workawayer with hypoallergenic dog is welcome

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  1

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  Horas previstas

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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