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Help us setting up our rural home in New Zealand

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The experience

We are small French family having settled a small rural property. We have hundred of projects... and a 3 years old toddler. We are looking for hosts able to help for random tasks: house cleaning, garden maintenance, kid entertainment, decoration, building, cooking... it varies with seasons and needs.
Most importantly, we are willing to have you feeling part of the family, know more about you and your culture.

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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.

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

Beginner English or Beginner French

Between 18 and 40 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We would love to have hosts able to help for random tasks in and around the house, that we can adjust to your skills: building furniture, organising the inside, maintaining and creating gardens, planting trees, house cleaning, cooking, entertain kid...
We are willing to have you feeling part of the family, share meals and other fun activities if you wish.
We are looking are hosting guest for a minimum 3 weeks to have time to learn from each others and complete projects together. We will accept couples only if we have big project planned so please don't be offended if we decline because of that.
Please note, we live 3.5h north of Auckland. We can pick you up from Whangarei town
that you can reach with AirNewZealand (domestic flights) or by bus (Intercity).

Activities & Shift

Activities vary with the projects list, weather and priorities but we will always make sure you are comfortable with the tasks.
Both of us are working full time from home on weekdays (and our toddler goes to day care) so during the day you might be on your own to run tasks or just do whatever you want. Because of that we think it is better to work with your during the weekend and keep your 2 days off during the week. We are usually available to work and share activities with you in the evening and on the weekend.

Rules

Please note, we are running on rainwater so water saving policy applies. That means, you will drink rainwater (treated and filtered of course), so don't be surprised there is no plastic bottle at home.
You will have your own bedroom, toilet but have to share a bathroom with our kid (mostly his nappy change station).
With a toddler at home, the place is dynamic and loud!
We don't go to town every day, that means we carefully plan our groceries and other appointments to minimise driving.
Processed food and soda are rare at our place, we love cooking and eating home made meals: carnivors, vegetarian, vegan... all welcome.
We don't smoke but would tolerate respectful smokers (outside).
We will treat you as part of the family, so we consider that your help around meal time (helping cooking diner, dishes...) is not part of the "working hours".