Characterful home

You'll have the opportunity to live in a comfortable family home, built around 1895, so in the 'Victorian' period of UK history. My home is in a neighbourhood typical of the time. Lincoln is an historical city with a Cathedral and a castle. Lincoln was a retirement town for Roman soldiers 2,000 years ago and there are still Roman remains here, including the oldest archway which is still driven under by cars (I go under it most days!). There are courses for heritage crafts at the Cathedral so stonemasons, glaziers and lead workers who work on similar historic buildings stay here. There is also a strong tradition of choral singing at the Cathedral where you can hear sung Anglican services every day. We are only about 50 kms from the east coast of England and can easily reach other places of interest, such as York, the Peak District, Nottingham, Sheffield, Cambridge and Leeds.
My position is not arduous - I'd like help getting organised and tidying cupboards and storage areas where there are too many things. Some cupboards and areas of the house need painting and I'd like help with that. I have a lot of pictures I'd like to frame and hang, an attic that needs emptying and a garden where I want help to prune and plant some things in the spring. One of the decks in the garden needs replacing. Alternatively, it is covering an old air-raid shelter from World War II, so we could empty the shelter of earth etc and restore it so that people could come to visit it! That sounds like a really interesting option actually! I've only just thought about it! I also have a 5 year old black Labrador (LouLou) who likes long walks on the nearby Common and, if you like dogs, perhaps you could walk her too. Are you the person (people) to help me sort my life out?

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I'm a widowed mother of three grown-up daughters, two of whom have children and the third one is travelling the world. I live in my 4-bedroom house with a lodger and my Labrador. I also do Airbnb, but probably when you are here there wouldn't be Airbnb guests too. Although I'm old enough to retire, I still teach part-time. I've taught English all my life, so I'm happy to correct your English and give you exercises to do to help you improve with any problems you have with your English language, if you like. I have a cleaner every week, (. . . but perhaps you could help with some of the spring-cleaning projects that we don't often get round to, like washing paintwork and ornaments and taking down the curtains to wash, etc?)."},

I'm a widowed mother of three grown-up daughters, two of whom have children and the third one is travelling the world. I live in my 4-bedroom house with a lodger and my Labrador. I also do Airbnb, but probably when you are here there wouldn't be Airbnb guests too. Although I'm old enough to retire, I still teach part-time. I've taught English all my life, so I'm happy to correct your English and give you exercises to do to help you improve with any problems you have with your English language, if you like. I have a cleaner every week, (. . . but perhaps you could help with some of the spring-cleaning projects that we don't often get round to, like washing paintwork and ornaments and taking down the curtains to wash, etc?).