Garden, home help and handyman in a stunning place – Nordhorn, Germany

We are a couple (originally from Holland) with 2 dogs, a cat and chickens. We live near the Dutch border in a place called Nordhorn. We moved from Portugal to this place 8 years ago.

We lived in Portugal and moved to a nice village called Nordhorn in Germany. We are both originally from Holland. On this moment we need help because the three houses have to get a new function. Art, living and hostile. Stuff stored from four different countries, where we lived and worked in the past. My wife is an artist and later we want to change the big hall to an international gallery. We are looking for people who can help us with construction, maintenance, gardening, housework, website building, and anything that comes up. We took two lovely dogs from Portugal with us, unfortunately, they passed away several years ago. Now we have a Kangal and a Maltezer cross. We did charity work for the animals there as well. We live nearby the border of Holland and you can go to Enschede and other big places as well.

We try to have 2 volunteers at the same time for more interaction.

The languages we speak are Dutch, English and German.

What category best describes your hosting arrangement? 🏡

• Private home / family

Location (city/town, region, country) 📍

• Nordhorn, Germany

What are you looking for help with?

• Animal keeping 🐓🐴
• Building 🛠
• Cleaning 🧹
• Farming/Gardening 🌿🐄
• General Help 💁‍♀️

What’s the mission of your community? 🎯

Keep our place up to date.

How many volunteers could you host? 🎎

• 2 volunteers (couple/friends)

When do you usually need volunteers? 📅

• Asap (May 2026)

How many hours of help per day? ⏱

• 4–5 hours/day (typical)

How many days of help per week? 🌒

• 4 days/week

Notes about the work, schedule, and house rules

We start working in the morning. No drugs are allowed. Not smoking in the house. Internet available.

Are accommodation and food included? 🏠🍜

• Yes, food and accommodation are included

What type of accommodation can you provide? 🏕

• Private room for a couple 🎎

Diet – nutrition information 🥗🥤

• Bread, eggs, meat, butter and so on are available. Evening meal prepared by the volunteers or by the host.

Fee transparency (required) 💳

• No fee.

What volunteers receive (in addition to food/accommodation) 🏆🏅

• Lots of things to do in your free time.
• Language training by speaking.

What are the available activities during free time? 🚴🚣🦒

• Markets, big city.

Languages spoken on site 🗣 🗣🇬🇧

• We speak Dutch, English and German. A little bit Portuguese.

Geography 🌳

• East Germany by the Dutch border. Nordhorn, Niedersachsen.

How to get to your site ✈ 🗺

By train to Enschede, Netherlands or by Flix bus Enschede. We can pick them up in Enschede.

Is there internet access? 🌐

Yes, reliable Wi-Fi