Help with gardening and DIY at our off-grid home near Sanlucar de Guadiana, Spain

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  Beschreibung

  We are a young retired couple who sailed up the River Guadiana in Andalucía 8 years ago and bought a small dilapidated orange grove. We cut down the old trees and planted vegetables and soft fruit trees and rebuilt the tumbled down house to live in Now we have bought the neighbouring finca and plan to use this for visitors (and workaways!) as well as perhaps some chickens and a home for the two rescue horses we have just inherited. We are not commercial, rather our goal is to try and become completely self sufficient. This neighbouring piece of land also has a house on it which needs some TLC which we hope workaways will help us with . We are totally 'off grid' with the nearest village about 7km away by car although it is only 10 minutes away by boat so of course we use the river for all our shopping and socialising. We are into trad. and spend a lot of the winter months both listening to the local music in the towns around us and trying to play some of it ourselves. We are going to visit relatives in Australia in early summer '24 so we need some help looking after the ground and the animals.....so if you fancy trying the finca life in Andalucia this could be a good opportunity for you!

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  This is all about being off grid and self sufficient. We are also of course in rural Andalucia so learning Spanish is available and recommended! We ourselves can offer English, French and have working Spanish. We can show you how to live off grid with our power provided by solar and our water, for our own use, for animal use and for irrigation pumped daily also using solar. We can also show you sustainable food growing and hope to learn alternative techniques from you. We have recently acquired two horses - a new venture for us- and perhaps you can show us how to care for them better. Accommodation for work aways will be in the house on our 'next door' finca which has a bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom. We will provide food and often we will eat together in the evening round a BBQ or a wood fired oven

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  Arbeit

  Essentially the help we would like is to improve the land, accommodation and facilities on the neighbouring finca. So buliding/DIY/electrical/painting/landscaping/fencing/gardening/animal care.....just about any and all skills/experience welcomed and useful!

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Gute Kenntnisse

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  We always want to improve our Spanish and can offer English or French in return
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  Unterkunft

  Self contained house where you can stay.
  
  Or if you prefer bring your own camper van and we can provide power and water or the property we are improving is a stand alone,
  
  A kitchen for workaway use with food is provided. We will eat together most evenings.

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  Was noch ...

  We are surrounded by amazing countryside so a huge opportunity for hiking. The river is available for fishing or using as a highway to get to the local villages both in Spain and Portugal. We go out for supplies once or twice a week and will take you with us to see some of the 'off river' places and public transport is available to Huelva and onwards to Seville. We are not the only finca of our 'type' around here so there is the opportunity to move to other hosts......maybe you will never leave!

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  We have starlink.....at the moment internet connection is fabulous.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We can accomodate campervans but no mobile homes please.

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Dogs, cats and the odd reptile so long as they are sociable

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  mehr als zwei

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  Arbeitszeiten

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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