Rural, peaceful farmhouse
Hosted by Katie and Ed Flaxman
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Slow, peaceful stay in a family farmhouse Key info: * 4-5hrs per day, 2 days off per week * All meals provided * Gardening/ Decorating / general property maintenance * Centra…
Slow, peaceful stay in a family farmhouse Key info: * 4-5hrs per day, 2 days off per week * All meals provided * Gardening/ Decorating / general property maintenance * Central Wales, UK
Help needed
What we need help with: We have several ongoing projects, and depending on your background and skillset (and what you like doing) we can do any of them. There’s always plenty…
What we need help with: We have several ongoing projects, and depending on your background and skillset (and what you like doing) we can do any of them. There’s always plenty of gardening to do, we’re always planting new trees and chopping up dead ones across the estate. We have several rooms that still need painting, several sanding jobs for stairs and shutters, plenty of hole filling/ plastering and many more odd-job DIY tasks. We’re laying a new patio in the spring/ summer and would love help with that. And will soon be digging more vegetable beds for our ever-growing allotment. In summer we have lots of fruit to pick in the orchard and would love help making jams. We also keep bees, and we’d be very happy to impart our knowledge on bee keeping and let you have a go at collecting honey if it’s the right time of year.
Accommodation
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of volunteers would recommend Katie and Ed Flaxman to another volunteer.
Based on 1 stay · average 5.0
19 June 2026
A truly peaceful week, exactly what I was hoping for. Helped with weeding and a bit of tree planting, and Katie talked me through the bees one afternoon and let me have a go at the honey, which I will remember for a long time. We had a glass of something most evenings by the fire. The walks straight from the door are beautiful.
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Information
Meals
3 meals per day
We’ll provide breakfast lunch and dinner, we eat together as a family for dinner. Breakfast is just grab whatever you want (cereal, jams, toast etc) and lunch is often the same thing - We have plenty of things for sandwiches, and often make homemade soup.
Schedule
4-5 hours per day
2 days off per week
Volunteers
Up to 4 volunteers at a time
Expectations
- Be flexible with working hours
- Be respectful of the property and family
- Maintain a clean living space
- No smoking or vaping
- Pets not allowed
Stay length
Minimum 1 week
Maximum 1 week
Amenities
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Local area
Beautiful walks all around us, we're very rural and surrounded by beautiful countryside. The house is situated just outside of a small village, all you can hear is birdsong w…
Beautiful walks all around us, we're very rural and surrounded by beautiful countryside. The house is situated just outside of a small village, all you can hear is birdsong when you wake up in the morning, so if you’re after some peace and quiet, we can certainly help with that!
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