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Au pair and house/pet-sitting at our remote property near Ullapool, Scotland

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  2025 

 Hospedagem min. solicitada: mínimo 3 semanas

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  • Descrição

    Descrição

    Myself and my partner Julien, Felix ( 2 years) and Fergus ( 1 year ) live and work on our farm. We are 8 miles from the village of Ullapool down a private bumpy road so feels very remote and even getting there is a bit of an adventure. We run a hill farm with sheep and cattle and well as a couple of self catered properties. We try and live as self sufficiently as possible producing our own electricity and growing as much as possible in our garden.

    We would really appreciate the extra help au pairing Felix and Fergus and house and pet sitting while we are away or busy lambing. help will be asked on the farm or with farm animals. There will usually be someone around to help with any questions or go on adventures together during your time off.
    We usually go away for small trips for example during April we lamb our sheep on a farm near inverness
    We are looking for help to get our walled garden up and running every season. Even better if you have experience or are super keen and want to learn.
    You will be out of mobile phone reception and very limited internet as we have a small allowance per month. So prefer workaways who want a digital detox, Enjoy hiking, nature and are self motivated. We also have no screen for our kids.

  • Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Prática de idiomas
    Ajuda em projetos ambientais
    Jardinagem
    Construção/faça você mesmo
    Cuidar de animais
    Ajuda em fazenda
    Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas
    Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
    Ajuda a cuidar da casa
    Manutenção geral
    House sitting
  • Interesses

    Interesses

    Sustentabilidade
    Mascotes
    Fazenda
    Faça você mesmo
    Livros
    História
    Música
    Cuidar de plantas
    Fotografia
    Idiomas
    Jardinagem
    Culinária e comida
    Mochilão
    Carpintaria
    Animais
    Yoga/bem-estar
    Naturaleza
    Camping
    Velejar/navegar
    Montanhas
    Dança
    Esportes aquáticos
    Atividades ao ar livre
    Caminhada
    Ciclismo
    Esportes de aventura
  • Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos da ONU
    Erradicar a pobreza
    Erradicar a fome
    Saúde de qualidade
    Educação de qualidade
    Igualdade de género
    Água potável e saneamento
    Energias renováveis e acessíveis
    Trabalho digno e crescimento económico
    Indústria, inovação e infraestruturas
    Reduzir as desigualdades
    Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis
    Produção e consumo sustentáveis
    Ação climática
    Proteger a vida marinha
    Proteger a vida terrestre
    Paz, justiça et instituições eficazes
    Parcerias para a implementação dos objetivos
  • Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    We love hosting people from all different countries and sharing our way of life with them. We try for self sufficiently, making our own electricity and produce our vegetables and meat from the farm and garden. Volunteers will benefit from an amazing opportunity to stay in the highlands of Scotland living on a traditional hill farm. Julien is French but we speak English at home, so its a great place to improve your English. We try hard to make this a great exchange for both of us, language, music, books, traditions, food and also work and skills.

  • Au pair

    Ajuda Au Pair

    This host has let us know they’ll be complying with UK regulations for au pair stays.

  • Projetos que envolvem crianças

    Projetos que envolvem crianças

    Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

  • Ajuda

    Ajuda

    The help will be au pairing Felix and Fergus this includes helping around the house with cooking, laundry and cleaning. I need help organizing and sorting out toys and clothes.
    We also ask someone to help while we are away to house sit, this entails looking after the pets, we have dogs, ducks and chickens. So requires someone who is independent and happy with some responsibility.

    Help is very dependent on what tasks we are doing when you stay. We should be able to outline our plans for the time you would stay with us. We will be able to show you how to look after the place while we are away. As we make our own electricity and live off grid we also try for self sufficiency. This will suit someone who is interested in this type of lifestyle.

    We would prefer a workaway who would like to stay this entire time with us. This way they would get to know the area better and the routine on the place. It would also help to get to know Felix so that he does not have to keep meeting new workaways often and has a familiar face. Please get in touch if this appeals to you.

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas
    Inglês: Fluente
    Francês: Fluente

    Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
    Julien is French and we are trying to teach the two boys French from the start so love having French spoken around the place.

  • Acomodação

    Acomodação

    We love to make you feel at home here and part of the family so you will be living in our cottage with us. Your bedroom will either be a shared attic room with other volunteers or a private room or a separate hut depending on availability. We will let you know before if we are expecting other volunteers during your stay. We have double or single beds and a shared bathroom. We cook and eat meals together. We try to eat as much from the farm as possible so help with food preparation from the garden would be useful. I love it when volunteers help with the shopping list also, getting the food they love to cook and eat.

  • Algo mais...

    Algo mais...

    We are quite remote so good for those people seeking to get of the beaten track and wanting a bit more adventure and lost in nature. On the farm you can enjoy walking, climbing, riding, sailing, fly fishing or staying out in a bothy. We live in an incredible remote location with great walks from the door step. To show you have read my profile before applying please mention the word unicorn in your email of introduction....Sorry getting a bit fed up with copy paste and no thought to the first emails to me. Thanks.
    The village of Ullapool is 8 miles away. We have bikes you can borrow- if you can help with bike maintenance always appreciated. Happy to offer lifts when we are going. Ullapool is a small but bustling fishing village with cafes, restaurants, art galleries, book shops, pubs and some great live music.
    From Ullapool there is the possibility of exploring further afield. The nearest city is Inverness which is an hour and a half away with a couple of buses going a day.
    Looking for people with lots of positive energy, common sense, and the ability to put tools back!

    We lost our 2 year old son Leon last year in an accident on the farm, I need to make workawayers aware of this before they come and stay.

  • Mais alguns detalhes

    Mais alguns detalhes

    • Acesso à internet

    • Acesso à internet limitado

      Acesso à internet limitado

    • Temos mascotes

    • Somos fumantes

    • Pode hospedar famílias

  • Espaço para estacionar campervans

    Espaço para estacionar campervans

    We have space on the other side of the river for vans. This area has no running water or electricity as its on the other side of the river to the house. You would be welcome to use the house.

  • Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Mais de 2

Nº de ref. de anfitrião: 737942963212

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