You always wanted to leave the big city and go to French cognac country / Charente to live on an estate in nature? This job & house proposal might be something of interest then…

A family living in the Charente area is looking for a couple

• that takes over tasks on an the estate
• lives in a house on the estate.

The estate is agricultural, corn and sunflowers grow here; most of the agricultural work is outsourced. The second acticity is holiday rentals. The estate itself is over 100 hectares, has a valley with two lakes, fields and woods. There are three holiday rentals on the estate which need to be taken care of. The estate is 40 minutes away from Angouleme, 45 minutes away from the sea – close to Barbezieux.

Main Buliding

Best case would be if he is an early-retired man, or with a half-time job so he has some hours available to work (during the week/weekends) for doing repariring tasks, maintenance – it would be ideal if he would have somehow an agricultural or practical background; but that is not 100% necessary. She would be half-time employed (potentially CDD, followed by a CDD) – this is something which needs to be discussed.

The house where the couple will live in is isolated from every kind of city or town, on the estate – in nature; with garden and lots of space; close to the main building of the estate (on the birds eye picture, on the upper left).

Estate from above

Job profile: Caretaker, facility manager, maintenance

He and she would have to take over tasks such as gardening, swimming pool maintenance, work around the house – rather practical.

Further tasks are maintenance and cleaning of the three holiday rentals (two for 6 persons, one for 3 persons), main building maintenance, cleaning and doing the laundry. Guest welcomening is another part of the job and making sure that the holiday rentals are properly equipped etc. – there is no food making involved or similar.

Path to the valley

In general it is necessary to have a certain sense of independent working, and not being entirely focused on daily, specific directions. Also you should speak French of course.

The rent for the house is to be discussed.

If you are interested in this proposal, please send an email with your CVs + motivation letter to:

job@cognac-expert.com

Below are some further images of the valley