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Beautiful, arty, seaside town. Help needed soon!

5.0
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The experience

We currently need help with various projects, including planting, decorating, and general household tasks. If you’re new to these skills, don’t worry—I’m happy to guide you!
You may need to help look after our cute ChiX, once he's accepted you!

Other tasks may involve cleaning and organising, depending on what’s needed at the time. We always try to match tasks to your strengths and make sure you feel comfortable with your tasks

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 20 and 35 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Danny and I are warm, welcoming hosts who love sharing our knowledge of the local area and English customs. We enjoy connecting with people from different cultural backgrounds and believe in the value of exchanging experiences and ideas.

You will be living with us as part of the family—much like a son or daughter who gives a helping hand.
We'll chat, watch TV in the evenings, and usually offer take you with us when we go on local excursions, and make recommendations of things you'll enjoy doing yourself. Since there is no ‘team’ of volunteers, this is a more independent role, so please keep that in mind when applying. That said, many of our guests have made friends with locals, often through social media, and the relaxed beachside atmosphere naturally invites conversations.

Your working hours are flexible, depending on both your preferences and our needs. Generally, help is required in the mornings during the week, with weekends free. Some volunteers prefer to complete their hours earlier in the day, while others enjoy spreading tasks out with conversational practice during breaks. Occasionally, we may need assistance on a weekend—typically a Saturday morning or, more rarely, a Sunday—in which case you’d have another day off in exchange. We appreciate flexibility when needed.

We follow a pescatarian diet (we eat fish but not meat), with most of our meals being vegetarian.

You must be comfortable with dogs, as Pancho, our sassy and demanding Chihuahua mix, will likely be part of your responsibilities—especially when I’m away visiting my mother in the north of England for a few days every 6–8 weeks while Danny is at work.

Activities & Shift

Our primary needs vary, but we aim to match tasks to your strengths. This may include garden / yard work, general cleaning, DIY projects, and other household tasks. We expect volunteers to be adaptable and willing to help where needed.

Most often, we ask for help in the mornings for up to 5 hours (including a break but not a lunch break). If you’re particularly focused and efficient, you may finish sooner. Your days off will be agreed upon in advance, typically Sunday plus one other day (usually Saturday, though a weekday may be possible). We do our best to accommodate your preferences so you can make the most of your time with us.

We have several glowing 5-star reviews from past exchange guests on a well-known platform. I’m happy to share screenshots if you’d like to see them. As with any review system, always consider the bigger picture—sometimes the issue lies with the reviewer, not the host!

Rules

1 If you have dietary needs please let us know, we will try to accommodate them, but you may need to buy some of your own food if you have very specific requirements.
2 If there are any changes to agreed arrival or departure dates please make sure you have agreed them with us first.
3 No other guests in the house without our consent.
4 Absolutely no smoking please, this is very important to us!
5 We expect you to have your own hygiene products e.g. toothpaste shampoo etc.
6. Whilst we are happy to send you on your way with clean clothes, please do not turn up needing to wash your clothes, do this before you arrive.
7 Energy costs are extremely high at the present time, we would ask you please be careful about your energy use.
8 Please leave your room clean tidy with the bed stripped (and made up for the next guest, where time permits)