Help in my garden and with an old mill restoration project in Picardy, France

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  Description

  Hello, I'm an artist, I'm divorced and I live half part at the countryside, in a beautiful mill, shared at 4 (a non lucrative family/friend's SCI) in Picardie, Vallée de l'Aisne, near Soissons (115 kms de Paris)
  It's quite isolated, but it's in the heart of Nature, at the begining of the forest ...
  I will need help to maintain well my part of a mill, quite big, to improve and to renovate it (may be, one day, finish the attic's isolation ? And also, doing some gardening outside ? (everything grows so quickly in deep Picardy !), to assist me in all the little and technical or oudoor things needed, in current live ;)
  My project is that the Moulin become a very nice welcoming and well equipped place, while keeping its bohemian and atypical charm and it can also host artists, lovers of Nature, travellers, interesting personnalies ...
  I have a lot of ideas and taste about it, and would deeply appreciate a good manual skillfulness to help me in this différents tasks and that would appreciate the beauty of the site, the proximity of nature, the fact that we're a little community, even if we have each ones our well delimited territories, it's quite convivial ...

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  I am a painter and visual artist, and we have with my sister an alternative art gallery, specialized in Visual Arts in Paris ; I am very knowledgeable in its fields, in Liiterature and French language, Cinema and Graphic Design too, I can also make visit the surroundings, very marked by the WWI.
  We also are located 100 kms from Paris, where I often go in my studio, where I can also receive a person if needed.
  I am a rather open, fanciful, communicating, curious person, I speak English fluently and Italian. I think that my offer would correspond well to person(s) of artistic sensibility, energetic and unconventional character, gifted with his/her hands, in a beautiful environment favorable to creation, imbued with tranquility and very green nature

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  Help

  We bought in the Aisne a beautiful and old mill, with siblings and artist friends ; it is a very beautiful place in the heart of nature, in a friendly spirit but now that I have divorced, I need help to renovate and maintain the whole thing, (interior fittings, DIY job, etc, especially for the attic, which installation is semi-complete, such as the installation of insulation, cement tiles to put, storage of all bulky items, etc.), but also gardening outside ...
  I'm living there in part time, everything is well equiped, in rather artistic and bohemian style, the beauty of nature is very alive, you would have also your room and space for ourself, an even an artist studio, where you can work and create, in good vibes ;)

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  Mi piace molto parlare italiano ma ho bisogno di improvare ! ;) (Lo studiato al liceo, molti anni fa)
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  Accommodation

  I have a nice double room upstairs, which could its own, with an adjacent wc cabinet, an independent bathroom above, and possibly an office place at the same level, and a workshop in the basement (where I used to paint), to work in. We could be quite independent of each other, in a friendly relationship whenever we wished, but we can also have our privacy if we wished. The kitchen would be in commun.
  
  I cook fresh products, rather healthy and organic (I can even make nettle soup, a house specialty!), I also like meat (yes, I know, it's not good !), egg, cheese and fruits, but it can also be flexitarien or vegetarian, if necessary.
  And for those who love to cook, are "gourmand " and skillful the kitchen is very convenient and well equipped for that ;)

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  What else ...

  Unfortunately (or fortunately ?!), the mill is quite isolated, located on the edge of a small village, at the edge of the forest's path, only with surrounding fields, and it is better to have a vehicle if you want to be independant and explore by yourself ! There is NOTHINg in the village near by, it's simple ;)
  Otherwise, the nearest major city is Soissons, it is 1 hour from Paris in train, you arrive Gare du Nord, in the center of Paris.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

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