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Come and experience life with a 'typical' London family!

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The experience

If you want to experience what life is like for a 'typical'? London family living in the suburbs and have prior DIY experience (with tools), we'd love to have you join us and share our culture! We've hosted over 50 guests across different platforms :)

Help will involve primarily elderly care and housekeeping, it may involve carpentry, electrics, plumbing if you have the skills :) patience and good vibes are paramount

What you offer

32 hours of help per week

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

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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 18 and 35 years old

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

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We're a traditional muslim family, with my parents having left pakistan/india before the partition, so if you want to experience what life is like for a 'typical'? London family living in the suburbs (not the centre), we'd love to have you join us! My sisters a primary school teacher, currently into organic 'everything', gardening and pottery.

There are always a lot of varied and interesting projects to help with here, some DIY related, but our need recently is for elderly care and housekeeping, for those willing to put in some effort with good spirit and humour there's plenty of knowledge and friendships to take away with you. I hope you'll leave learning about a culture / lifestyle you didn't know about before, improved English and maybe even a little Urdu!

Dad is 84 now with some memory loss so requires patience, and we prioritise applicants that can work independently ;)

Activities & Shift

Usually the days go a bit like like this:

We have our breakfast at around 8am so that we are ready to start with our tasks at 8.30am. At about 2pm we eat lunch. After lunch the afternoons and evenings can be used to explore the many things that London has to offer or you can just chill in the house, and 2 days a week are all yours to do with as you wish!

I also provide a bicycle and a lock for you to use to explore the neighbourhood and London. However, I do expect servicing, repairs and if stolen, replacement to be the responsibility of the user.

Coaching mum & dad through exercises is a priority task that we're looking for help with recently.

We sometimes invite each other and eat together in the evenings but it's on a more relaxed type basis, you'll be provided all ingredients for meals which you'll need to make yourself.

Rules

No drinking alcohol or coming back drunk, no pork/alcohol, (only halal food in the house)
Please be back home by 10pm as everyone's asleep by then.