Help us with our farmhouse renovation and garden projects and explore Sarlat and the Dordogne region, France

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  About us :
  Hi, we are a Franco-English family of 4 who moved to the Dordogne from the UK in 2016 to renovate an 18th century farmhouse into our home and holiday accomodations.
  Mike is British, Sylvie is French, and our home language tends to be English, sometimes "Franglish", but we all have a good command of French.
  We have a dog (beagle), very friendly but very lively (she loves a lot of attention and patting) and a cat (who loves to find beds to sleep on).
  
  We live in a small town, with shops within walking distance, very busy in the summer with night markets and lots of events, quieter in the winter, but still lively. There is the weekly Sunday market, voted best market in the Dordogne in 2019.
  Own transport is not essential as the train station linking Bordeaux to Sarlat is also within walking distance, reaching Bordeaux in 2hrs 1/2, Bergerac in 1 hr and Sarlat in 15 mn. The closest airport is Bergerac (about 1 hour away).
  We are a few km away from the River Dordogne, which you can easily cycle too; in the summer, it's great for swimming, kayaking, fishing, and in the winter time, great for dog walking, rambling...
  
  The Dordogne is a beautiful region of France, with plenty of historical sites, from castles to caves (Lascaux caves are about 45 mn away), but also indoors and outdoors activities for everyone, so there is plenty to explore in your spare time.
  
  We are smokers, but never in the house, only outdoors, no matter the weather!
  
  About our project :
  Update Nov. 2024 : We are currently mainly working on renovating our part of the house (the main bathroom is nearly completed), then we will be carrying on one of the bedroom, so there is a lot of various work going on, from insulating to plaster boarding, electrical & plumbing work, and then painting and decorating.
  We have a fairly big garden (around 7.000 sq.m) , with a small orchard of fruit trees, which need looking after : collecting & cutting dead wood, picking up fruit to make jam (depending on the time of year, of course).
  We have a lot of trees in need of pruning, which we aim to do during the winter, weather permitting. We will also be preparing our new "potager" (vegetable patch) for next spring / summer (we grew tomatoes, courgettes, peppers, aubergines and sweet patatoes last summer) and would like to extend it for next year.
  
  In spring 2025, we'll be finishing the landscaping around the swimming pool.
  
  During 2025, we're planning to complete the renovation of the second part of the barn attached to the house into holiday accommodation; one accomadation is already fully functionnal.
  
  Sylvie likes to "collect" pieces of furniture and objects to try and give them a second life, so if you like fixing things, repairing, etc, there will always be a "project" for you!
  
  Overall, we are a open-minded "busy" family, but we love to spend time chatting and exchanging about all sorts of topics around the dinner table.
  Our project involves a lot of different jobs, depending on where we are in the work and the weather (for the outdoors). We are happy to welcome anyone without specific knowledge, as long as they're willing to learn , give it a go and become part of the family :-)
  
  We look forward to hearing from you and happy to set a WhatsApp chat to discuss things "face-to-face".
  Merci et à bientôt ;-)
  Sylvie & Mike

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  Jardinagem

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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  As we are a bilingual family, we could help with your learning French and English, but we also tend to take from both cultures, food or traditions. We have regular visits from our respective French & English families.
  
  Meal times are very important for us, as we like to spend time around the table not just to eat, but to talk and to catch up with one another.
  
  We tend to cook a variety of meals, not quite typically French nor English. Sylvie likes cooking casseroles dishes and Indian food and Mike likes to experiment with new recipes. We are, however, not so good with vegetarian food, but we would love to learn new recipes and try new foods.

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  Ajuda

  We are looking for some help in our renovation projects, which includes plasterboarding, insulating, painting, decorating, and some work around the garden & outdoors area, cutting wood, collecting fruit, helping set up a vegetable patch as we would love to grow our own vegetables ... we already have fruit trees and we are getting good at jam-making!

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Fluente
  Alemão: Intermediário
  Espanhol: Intermediário
  Holandês: Iniciante

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  Acomodação

  1 bedroom with a double bed, with the use of the family bathroom.
  
  Meals will be shared with the family, as well as, whenever possible, family outings. We have regular visits from our French & English family, so it can get quite busy at time, and we enjoy spending time around the table, talking and exchanging about lots of different topics.

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  Algo mais...

  There is lots to see and do in the Dordogne, historically and culturally. Because we are close to the train station, transport is not an issue, and the town centre is within walking distance. You will not feel isolated, yet you will be able to experience the French countryside way of life, still being close to all services!

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