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We’re a creative German/English family moving to Greece, our daughters are 9 and 6 and we are looking for someone who would like to help with our renovation project, we bought a very old house in Crete so there is a lot of different things happening all at once like plasterin/gardening/pipe laying/cleaning/cooking..
The beach is 15 minutes away and its a very peacefull village 45 minutes from Chania airport.Types of help and learning opportunities
GardeningDIY and building projectsCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceCultural exchange and learning opportunities
Crete is full of history and we would love to show you some areas to explore. The greek cooking, the language, the beaches, the white mountains..
Help
Please send us a message with the time you are looking to come so we can give you a list of things that will happen at the time. We always need a lot of DIY help, at the moment we are plastering, building a Pergola and a wall is next. And the garden will need some digging and landscaping and planting. In the house there is always stuff to do as well like cleaning/cooking for everyone.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: FluentAccommodation
You will stay in your own room with a shared bathroom. We currently have wooden shutters, no glass windows yet. The house is in a small village called Pemonia af the edge of the white mountains close to Kalives.
What else ...
We are looking for open communication, people who love to be active, work with their hands, swim, love kids and nature and are happy to be part of our journey of creating a beautifull home here. There is a bus that takes you to Chania and Rethymno and we are happy to also do some excursions together. We enjoy having a group of people from different backgrounds around and a lot of the time there is 4-6 workawayers with us which has been great fun.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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he has a lot of enthusiasm and was so nice with the kids as well. He got on with all the different jobs we had to do on the building site and was always fun and full of energy. We would highly recommend him!
and what can I say? It was great. I came with the thought of staying some days, a week maybe. It ended in three weeks and the save plan to return :).
This family is warm-hearted, open and welcoming.… read more
My days went like this, I would wake up around 7.30 and eat breakfast, then begin work at around 8, which consisted of sanding wooden beams, removing paint from a set of stairs and building a natural staircase in the back garden. I would work until around 13:00 and would then eat lunch with the family.
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After work they always suggested trips we could explore together and showed us… read more