Hallo. We have a small house, in the Alpujarra, which needs some maintenance work doing. Mostly cosmetics - like clean, repaint & plaster. Would suit anyone strong, capable, tough etc. Bed & board supplied in exchange, anytime now to summer '11. (SNIP)

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Thankyou very much. Now awaiting response !

I would really caution about putting your personal details on a public forum though, such as your telephone number

OK - thanks. But we'll try it for a few days & then, maybe, revert to email.

A few days will probably be too late
Also, you put your email up on a public forum then it gets harvested by spambots and you get spammed forever

Good advice, there are some wierdos about who are looking for opportunities.

You never know who contacts adds, and onece they get in your house.

As this report shows,

http://www.coastrider.net/news/local...orrevieja-flat

Definitely edit your post! If you want free labour in exchange for accommodation why not advertise with http://www.wwoof.org/

How do I eliminate the telephone number ?

As it's your post, within a certain timeframe you get 'edit' among the line of things at the bottom if you click into the post. May be too late now, though - you'll have to appeal to the mods, I guess - not sure of their powers however!
A further however - their advice is (generally) worth listening to.......

Have you wwoof hosted successfully?

Hi, I sent you a pm with some of my details

Thanks very much. Can't find edit though - so I'll have to try them tomorrow !

I haven't been a woofer but the donkey sanctuary in Nerja uses that organisation to find volunteers. I think it works quite well, particularly if you get experienced woofers with skills. Of course you have to offer them something that fits the aims of the Woofing ideology, its not just an excuse for slave labour

My neighbours use wwoofers all the time. We're thinking of trying them out as well.
Their advice is to only make short-term arrangements at first, max one week, then if you don't get along or the wwoofer is lazy you don't have to put up with them for long. They also say you have to really keep an eye on what they are doing because they will skive off at every opportunity, so you really have to be on their back all the time.
They sometimes have the same wwoofer returning time and again and now that they have got to know some of them they arrange longer-term stays, sometimes up to a month.

The work the wwoofers do varies from gardening, land-clearance, simple building work, basically anything that needs doing that doesn't require many skills. The owners just have to provide accommodation and meals. Quite a good system really.