🏡 Help Around the House & Enjoy Countryside Life + Hikes 🌿🚶♂️
The experience
Looking for a kind, responsible volunteer to help in and around the house.
Tasks include:
- Repainting stuff :)
- Thoroughly cleaning the house 1x/ week
- Mowing the lawn 1x/ week
- Cooking lunches
- Small ad hoc house and garden maintenance tasks
In exchange for your help, you’ll enjoy:
- A private room
- Shared meals if you prepare them :)
- Countryside life
- Option to join hikes
- Good public transport connection to Bratislava
What you offer
16 hours of help per week
Painting & Decorating:
Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Gardening:
Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Cleaning:
Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
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.
Lunch:
You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours:
We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours:
We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
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.
Fast Internet Access:
High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace:
Specific space for you to work remotely
Requirements
Intermediate English or Intermediate German
Between 18 and 62 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
Travel insurance
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
This is a chance to experience countryside life within easy reach of Bratislava, the capital and lrgest city of Slovakia. Vienna and Small Carpathian mountains are witihn reach for daytrips as well.
The program is very informal and flexible. We’ll agree together on what needs to be done and by when, and you can arrange your own schedule around it. Looking for volunteers who are independent, adaptable, clean, and willing to help out where needed.
No visa application support provided - you need to make sure on your own that your stay in Slovakia is legal.
Activities & Shift
Your help may include:
- Repainting interior walls, parking lot markers and the like
🍳 Preparing one warm meal per day (lunch or dinner)
🧹 Weekly house cleaning
🌱 Gardening (mowing the lawn with a self-propelled mower, plucking weed, trimming bushes)
🛒 Grocery shopping (expenses covered; car available if you have a valid EU driving license and manual driving experience)
🏡 Occasional household support as needed
⏰ No fixed shifts — as long as tasks are done on time, you manage your own schedule. Work is only expected during the day (no night shifts).
Rules
To ensure everyone’s well-being:
🌾 I follow a gluten-free diet, so any prepared food has to be gluten free
🧼 Good hygiene is required
🚭 No smoking or drugs anywhere on the property, no heavy drinking or under influence