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A family home in the lavender fields of Provence

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The experience

Hi,
A family of 3 are renovating a beautiful house in Provence.

40 mins from idyllic Aix-en-Provence & 2kms from a lovely village with restaurants, boulangeries & supermarkets.

The accommodation is a lovely peaceful gite with 2 double ensuite bedrooms. Your own kitchen, private garden & parking.

For the autumn we are looking for help with housekeeping during the olive picking season.

We look forward to hearing from you.
Amy

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

3 days off per week

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

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

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

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner French

Over 20 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are looking for assistance both inside and outside the house in the autumn.

Maintenance of the garden and grounds. We have an area of well kept lawn in front of the house and an olive grove in the grounds. Trimming shrubs. Trimming fir trees. Strimming borders. Trimming olive trees.

Inside the house the tasks will be mostly housekeeping based with cookery skills a bonus.

From now until December the main focus will be on the olive picking season, we have groups of pickers intermittently at the house and require assistance with general housekeeping tasks, pre and post catering and some service.

This is a tranquil property in the countryside surrounded by fields.

Please let us know what aspects of the roles you feel you are best suited to and why so we can get the mix of volunteers right for you and us.

Many thanks

Activities & Shift

Working time is very flexible to suit your plans.

Rules

We have 2 positions on the site currently. One for gardening and maintenance and another for housekeeping and cooking. We are happy if a couple has someone suited to each role, just let us know when you respond please.