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Eco-friendly living at our 250-year-old farmhouse renovation

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The experience

Immerse yourself in eco-friendly living at our 250-year-old farmhouse renovation project. Join us in the garden, experimenting with organic growing methods and playing with delicious microbes. Plus, learn the art of French charcuterie and traditional cheese making from our skilled craftsmen. Enjoy weekends filled with rewarding work, beach outings, and mountain adventures. Max 5-hour shifts ensure a perfect balance of productivity and relaxation

What you offer

6 hours of help per day

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.

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

Surfboards: You can use our surfboards as much as you want.

Surf lessons: Take free surf classes at the local beaches.

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

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate French

Between 19 and 65 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Oliver has his workshop at the house. He is French and trained many years ago in Charcuterie. Over the years he started products made from the Wild like different seaweed and other plants growing at the seashore. But his true love started growing up with Salamis. By now he has a wide range, here is an opportunity to learn from him and his crafts. In his free time he is renovating on the old farmhouse where he really needs a hand. We use eco friendly materials like hemp plaster etc... Again this work is fun in a bigger group. I'm German and a trained cheese maker and can teach my skills if there is an interest. I also run A little Gallery and have my studio in the same space where I create upcycled clothing and in my free time grow our food in the garden where I would need help.

Activities & Shift

In Spring, summer and Autumn there is a lot of garden work most weekends renovation on our neighbor's house. Summertime is also used, on hot days, to enjoy the beach and the mountains and everything you can do with those.
Working times in the day would be max 5 hours. But sometimes less and sometimes more depending on weather and project.
Cooking for us time to time.

Rules

House work cleaning kitchen and bathroom is done by all of us. We appreciate limited use of mobile phone and laptop during working time and love, sometimes, in the evening a bit of getting together.