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Household help with our twins near famous cheese city Gouda (NL)

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The experience

✨ Explore the Netherlands from a cozy, family-friendly base! 🏡 Imagine vibrant tulip fields 🌷, picturesque canals 🚤, and charming villages. Enjoy quality time with the family while having ample opportunities to delve into your own adventures. 🌍 Whether it’s biking through Amsterdam or discovering local markets, the ultimate experience awaits! 🚴‍♂️🥳 Plus, we’ll be here to help with daily tasks and caring for the kids, so you can truly savor

What you offer

22 hours of help per week

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

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Intermediate English or Intermediate Dutch

Over 18 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

Share the fun, share the tasks, and make our house your home. We are a busy but happy household. In our spare time we like good food and movies, reading, walking in quiet nature or visiting a lively city, swimming (there is a swimming pool nearby for summers), and other sports like fitness, karate (Menno has a black belt and can teach you), and cycling.
If you don't have your own car, being able to cycle (5 kilometers) is really important. if you are a sauna fan you have come to the right place as we have our own outdoor sauna in the garden.

You will become part of our family, that’s why we want someone minimum for two months. We like to go out exploring and you are welcome to join us.

Activities & Shift

Your main task is to help us with the young twins (around 20-25 hours, free on wednesday and weekends)

🦋 Help prepare the twins for (pre-)school 4 days a week (starts at 7 AM till 8:45 AM). This is a pretty hectic time of day for our family where a lot needs to be done in a short time.
😃Bring the twins to school 4 times a week (by bike or by foot, 1 kilometer away)
🦋 During 4 weekdays you help with light household tasks (for example; cleaning/tidying the house, laundry, cleaning out the dishwasher, pick up the children toys)
✨Cook a healthy dinner 2-3 times a week (we are easy eaters)
😃 1-2 evenings ;every Tuesday evening till 20:00 PM, every other week on Thursday or Friday evenening till we got home normally between 22:00-23:00 PM
🦋 Occasionally babysit last minute in case of unexpected circumstances.

You mainly help in the mornings and on most days you are free for the rest of the day.

You are free every weekend and on Wednesday.

Rules

During your time here you can be a part of our family, and also have a lot of free time to discover the country. During the weekends you will be free. Of course you can join us on our weekend activities or explore the country on your own.

Being able to cycle is a big benefit because you can reach Gouda train station easily. From there you can reach the major cities by train easily. If you can't cycle you are dependent on the bus service which isn't as frequent.