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Especially looking for carpenters. Couple ideally, with carpentry or gardening experience.
We are a happy international household with two children and a dog. We are ideally looking for a hardworking couple or two people. Or a single individual with definite things they want to do and places to see.
So the primary volunteer help we need is cleaning/clearing/organising the house and working (weeding, planting, setting up a poly tunnel, clearing drains, shovelling leaves) in the garden. But if you are a specialist in something eg gardener, tree surgeon, carpenter, painter we will totally adapt tasks to you as you are rare! We ask for six hours a day four days a week and we provide all food and accommodation. This is a volunteer role.
We are a 2km walk into Celbridge on a path where there is a bus to Dublin.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We usually all eat together Monday to Thursday evening when we cook. On the other days you can cook for yourself. We provide you with information on things to do and places to go and drop you off centrally where possible. You are also welcome to join us on the trips we take with our kids. We also invite you to be independent and meet people yourself and explore. Research what you want to see before you come. Plan your weekends as transport in Ireland can be difficult.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Looking for helpers throughout the year on short term stays. We are doing the garden and so would welcome some volunteers ( food and accommodation in exchange for 24 hours help) to help do up the garden, clean the house, weed, plant.
We are looking for help in doing up the garden and helping on the organic plot which we have had no time to develop!
Help include - Gardening, planting, mowing lawn, painting fences, weeding, cleaning, carpentry.
- In the garden we would need help with weeding, planting, grass cutting, building fences. We tend to work with you on what tasks you would most like to do although at the moment, you may be working independently as we are both working during the day.
- We could also do with help with cleaning, organising, painting in the house
We ask for around 6 hours a day 4 days a week. You then have the other three days off.
In exchange you get all food and accomodation and we will drop you off locally within reason, if you don't have a bike or car. But we are not a hotel so you will need to be independent but at the same time respectful of our family time and our own work.
We can also accommodate someone more interested in cleaning, painting, up cycling, cooking etc. We can potentially accommodate all times of the year so drop us a line to see. We are around 35 mins from Dublin by bus, 2km walk/cycle/drive into Celbridge. We can pick you up from celbridge if you are coming from the airport, anytime after 6pm.We look forward to meeting you!
Languages spoken
Afrikaans: Fluent
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Irish: Fluent
French: Beginner
Accommodation
Double bedroom in our house.
We are in Kildare around 2km from Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland which is around a 30 minutes drive from Dublin. We also provide towels and bedlinen. We all eat the evening meal together Mon to Thursday and we provide you with food for the weekend - so all food is provided.
What else ...
There is a 120 bus from Celbridge to Dublin or hazelhatch train station is only 2km away. . You can then get the train into Dublin. Things to see in Kildare include Castletown House, the National Stud and Japanese gardens, Donadea forest park.
From the airport, take the airport bus to celbridge and we will pick you up from there post 6pm in the evening.
From Dublin, take the 120 bus to Clane and we will pick you up from there post 6pm in the evening.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Decent wifi
Space for parking camper vans
Tons of space for a car or campervan
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
6 hours a day over 4 days with three off
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Missions were not too difficult : gardening, cleaning, moving, it was varied.
They trusted us, and we had looked after the house and the dog (Dexter, a very… read more
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Missions were not too difficult : gardening, cleaning, moving, it was varied.
They trusted us, and we had looked after the house and the dog (Dexter, a very… read more
We had a great… read more
They have a big and really interesting project on their hands and it was good fun working in and around an old house with so much history.
Eilen and David are incredibly hard working… read more
My main task was to refurbish a Victorian house and despite of my lack of knowledge in this field, I learnt many things. David is a really good pedagogue and behalf of him, I developed plumbing skills that I could use in my futur life. The work wasn't… read more
In relation to the flat, it is cold in Winter and we do make it clear that if… read more
The bad point was the low… read more
Eilin and David are very kind people, always trying to make us feeling good, as our own home.
You can live the family life, having dinner all together every day. During the days off, you can enjoy the surroundings, the town of Clane, and go to Dublin by bus from Clane.
The work is about renovation of a big… read more
It was my first experience with Workaway and it couldn't have been better.
I have only met a few persons in my life who work as hard as Eilin and David. They are always busy but nevertheless they gave me more than everything I needed and were… read more
