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Hey Guys,
WE HAVE TWO CATS AND A DOG WITH FREE ACCESS in THE HOUSE!
I'm Ricardo I used to be a workaway, and now it is the time for me to have my own project, and I would really appreciate your help =)
We had worked with workawayers for the last 10 years! Here IS a mix of student house mixed and a Hostel! (and as a hostel if we have some special events happening in the city such as lollapalooza, gay pride parade etc.
We are located in the center of the city, 5 minutes by walking from the first touristic point
We need someone to help us with renovating, organization and cleaning. I will try to work with you guys on the project with all duties. It's not gonna be a hard working (hope so) but if it does you can be sure that you won't be alone hehe
We are looking for someone who has some reception, building, painting, gardening, or cleaning skills
Reception Position - (cleaning and organization asked)
breakfast and lunch included for the Workawayers
We can host around 6 Workawayers with us!
And we have 2 local workers in the place, one líder of reception, and one responsible for laundry
We are a gay friendly environment
:))
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As Sao Paulo being one of the biggest city of the world there are a lot to do and a lot of places to visit!
We are in the city centre only 5 minutes from the first site the biggest Equestrian monument of the world and the old government palace (that is the favela museum and it is open to population) here is a very multicultural street where Brazilians from all parts of Brazil choose to live in! Santa Cecilia is one of the most famous neighborhood of são Paulo knows a bohemic district with a lot of young and very opened mind people
Help
Help with cleaning and organization, drywall projects (screwing drywall boards basically), painting walls, small renovations as painting old furniture.
Reception: Cleaning, check in and check out, cleaning, tell about touristic points of São Paulo, cleaning, make the break fast table, cleaning.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We offer you a bed in a shared-room, free access to all facilities of the house such fully equipped kitchen, terrace. (closed at 00:00)
What else ...
5 minutes by walking we have Museu das Favelas, biggest equestrian monument of the world, and keep shortly walking distance we have the old prison worked during the military dictatorship, Luz train station, 25 de Março, Largo são bento, Patio do Colégio, Sé catedral, Japonese district (biggest japonese Community out of japan), viaduto do Chá, municipal theater.
2 minutes from Minhocão ( the biggest construction of São Paulo) it is a kind of a bridge kind of a road, and it became a park on weekends and hollydays
7 minutes by bus from parque da agua branca (possible to go by walking) it is a farm park in the center of são Paulo, over a Thousand chicken free in the park, ducks, peacocks, horses, lake with fishes.
The beach is 1H30min by car ( Santos)
Waterfalls are 1H30min by train (paranapiacaba)
Hiking 1hr by local bus ( pico do jaragua)
eco parks 1hr by local bus (Parque ecologico tiete, horto florestal)
Close to our place there are places to eat, supermarket, mall, pubs, clubs, the subway station is only 5 minutes by walking, the bus station is only 5 minutes by walking, Av. Paulista is two station from here, we are 10 minutes by walking from the historical centre of São Paulo.
Av. Paulista is 3 stations from the hostel! +-1 dollar the ticket
Ibirapuera Park the is the biggest Urban Park in South america and one of the most photographed places of the world is $3 Dollars by Uber or 1 dollar by bus (15 minutes +-)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a good internet fibra connection, but NOT a private area!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
24 hours a week
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Communication:
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Alex conquer some guests along his stay, the people enjoyed to go out with him, about tasks in the hostel we could see he improving day after day, he created our template email to confirm the hostel reservations, and it were kind incredible very well written, and very organized and clean =)
for her first workaway experience I could say that were good, she reminded me Casey a closed friend, who were my second workawayer andhe arrived here as a kid leave… read more
The hostel is amazing, and makes you feel like you're home.
The working atmosphere is super chill, and the people are so easygoing that it doesn't even feel like "work". And a special shoutout to Lady Isabel (Ricardo's mom) who is so sweet and caring, and obviously, her radio that… read more
Quando cheguei no Ricardo, São Paulo estava completamente fechada e o hostel estava passando por reformas, por alguns dias ficou apenas eu e o Ricardo, neste período observei ele mudando um pouco da rotina e compras para casa, para que eu me sentisse… read more
As a… read more
Super pleasant working there!
I worked at his hostel for 2 ½ months and it was great, besides he is a great cook and his cakes are delicious. The work is very doable, attending the reception,… read more
Nice to meet you… read more
She can speak very good English, Italian, English and her Portuguese is getting better day by day!
She is not the kind of person with does and doesn't.
It was her second time working with us, And I can say for sure that she will be very… read more
There should be 5 similes to describe this Workaway experience. We both loved every moment.
Ricardo is a fantastic host. with the most welcoming and caring family. he is an amazing cook and it was great to pick up some good tips to making authentic Brazilian, Italian and general… read more
OMgosh, what to say about this lovely couple?
Darragh is very polite, is always up to help, very friendly and easy going, He helps me to build doors, bookshelves, shopping, reception and tasks xD
Lisa is a great person, with a wonderful talent to painting, She made an incredible work in my garden making one of the… read more
Alex has a special attention for details so his jobs are really really good, he made shelves in our Kitchen and now we finally have an organized kitchen! He also helped us to make a fence on our garden, and it became incredible! much more than… read more
Danny is a great woman, She spent about 3 months or more with us! She made our lives are much more healthy cooking vegetarian food! She can speaks a perfectly Portuguese, her Spanish is very easy to understand, and I saw her English improving day by day!
She also taught… read more
Cada dia foi uma nova aventura, que adorei muito viver junto com Ricardo e os companheiros.
Ricardo sempre foi muito atencioso em ter verduras e legumes pra mim que sou vegetariana.
Meu português e inglês melhoraram muito no hostel.
Muito obrigada por… read more
Marcel is an incredible musician, I've never seen someone playing Brazilian old musics in the guitar like him! So if you are looking for someone to cheer your place up with nice music and chat, you really should invite him xD
