Help restoring our retirement dream house.

Higher chance of approval: This host has recently approved volunteers and is looking for more applications.
Immerse yourself in the local culture: 3 travelers recommend this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
Expand your social consciousness: 2 travelers felt they expanded their social consciousness working with this host
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

25h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours 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

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

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.

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

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 4 weeks

Stay up to: 12 weeks

The Experience

We are a retired couple from Iceland/Scotland with bad health and need some help restoring the house and garden. We are both from big families and love having folk around and treat them like family. We are very laid back and enjoy lots of dinner parties with good friends from around the world. The work is not heavy, just we need extra pairs of hands. Tryggvi can teach you all sorts of restoration work. You can borrow the car on your days off.

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Fluent Bulgarian
Between 18 and 70 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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4 Reviews

4.0

Host & Team

4.5

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Homestay

4.5

Learning & Fun

4.0

How this experience will transform you

3 Immersing in the local culture
2 Developing social awareness
2 Meeting international travelers
1 Developing environmental awareness
1 Practicing English
1 Meeting locals

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

1 3. Good health and well-being

Hollie

United Kingdom

I would avoid this place if you don't like feeling welcomed and part of a true community 🥰 I throughly enjoyed my experience with Pauline and the home, I felt so welcomed from my first night when I arrived rather late 🫣😊 until the very end of my stay. I wouldn't even class the work as 'work', it was so laid-back and I felt like I was learning something new everyday and enjoying it. Everything was perfect 👌🏻

about 1 year ago

Tryggvi Sigfússon replied

Hollie was one of the best, helpful and friendliest volunteers we have had. Like a long lost daughter ;) She is always welcome back <3

Rafaella

Brazil

When we went it was just the home there and he is a very good host and visibly did everything to make us comfortable, we had a very nice experience but could be improved, we didn't have a schedule and half of the work was asking what we could do and most of the time the home didn't have a plan for the day so we never did the agreed time but stayed most of the day available. Also the location isn't that close to the city, is about 40 minutes from it and the public transportation wasn't the best and the buses back stopped around 6pm, I'm sure we could have borrowed the car but we didn't want to.

10 months ago

Jonathan

Argentina

It was not what we expected, we have no complaints about the work to be done but about the forms of coexistence and treatment.

11 months ago

Kim

Costa Rica

Me sentí en casa y muy agradecida

6 months ago

Tryggvi Sigfússon replied

Kim was one of the best volunteers we have had. You could not do better than to host her. She is extremely friendly, helpful, adaptable and willing to learn new skills. She was like a daughter to us. She is always welcome back <3

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