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Hi, I am Meri and I welcome you to help me in developing my house project.
Currently it consists of helping / living in and renovating a unique building of cultural historical value in the small village of Åminnefors, southern Finland. The building is a functionalist style brick house, which was originally built to be used as a rural-store in 1938 (architect Ole Gripenberg). It is located on its own between two small roads right by the Mustioriver, with a hillside yard of 0.14 hektar.
I have been renovating this house since 2021, so it is possible to live here fairly comfortably already. I myself moved in here in the beginning of the year 2023, and since then I been trying to turn this house homelike. Still there is plenty to do as the house is 300 square meters and I do most of it by myself, so I am always in need of a extra pair of hands.
My aim is to be able to rent out part of the house in a near future. In the long run I hope to develop cultural activities in the house and to create creative solutions for harvesting rainwater, growing food in different ways and plenty of other things that Im still only beginning to dream up.
Very shortly about me:
I am an visual artist and art teacher working full time with my artistic practice. The rest of my time I enjoy spending cooking, renovating, resting, seeing friends or playing with my cat friend Vincent Scissorhands (who works in the house as a mouser). From time to time I get very excited about things (new or old), then I usually dive in to it head first, this could be anything from growing oyster-mushrooms or making macaroons.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I am born in Sweden by Finnish parents, I moved to Finland 2006. Before I moved here I myself traveled around in the world for some years, looking for something... Now I have found this! So I'm very happy to finally be able to welcome you to this project, where we can exchange our current knowledge and learn from new experiences <3
Help
There is a wide range of tasks from very simply being a extra pair of hand to more advanced tasks depending on your experience, skills and motivation. I am also learning as I go along, so no particular experience or skills are required. At the same time I also warmly invite people with building experience to contribute their knowledge or skills to the project.
Here are some examples of tasks:
* build a kitchen
* building a loft bed and wardrobe
* installing doorframes
* cleaning (from freshly dusty to vintage dirt)
* surface work such as painting walls, ceilings, etc
* carrying stuff, building material, furniture small and larger, etc
* help me to plan and make decisions
* refurbishing / mounting cornices
* cleaning windows
* refurbishing windows
* planting flowers, gardening work
* chopping wood /branches
* sewing work, putting up curtains, etc
* building terraces.
* basic household tasks, cleaning, composting etc
* having fun, being frustrated, doing things wrong - redoing them right
...and much much more ;)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
Accommodation
1-2 persons is able to get a private sleeping space, 2 or more will most likely share a large space.
The house has dry toilet indoors.
There is a wood heated sauna.
What else ...
Åminnefors is a beautiful, quiet and tranquil place (though there is some occasional traffic on the roads outside the house), with forest areas and lakes around the corner as well as the Baltic Sea 1km away. The capital-city Helsinki is about 1h away with the train from the nearby town of Karjaa. You can get to Karjaa by bus or through great bike lanes (I got some basic bikes to borrow). The cultural villages of Fiskars 6,5km and Billnäs 3,5km are very
picturesque and has cute cafes, nice people and some cultural events (+ very tasty chocolate). The closest supermarket is in Pohja 4,5km. Åminnefors has a downhill skiing facility (Påminne) and a golf resort (Nordcenter).
I have a car, so catching a ride with me is also possible.
There is a kayak to borrow.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
A net-connection for the house will be delivered by the provider very soon. Until then internet is available shared from my phone.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Her enthusiasm about everything, especially the food, radiated and created a very pleasant environment to share.
Im sure her creative skills will be very sought after here on workaway… read more
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Her enthusiasm about everything, especially the food, radiated and created a very pleasant environment to share.
Im sure her creative skills will be very sought after here on workaway… read more
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Krisztina is a very hardworking, carrying and generous person. She brought so many thoughtful things with her from her home country. Cooked wonderful food and a special surprise treat for me… read more
She needs a lot of help to reach her goals, sometimes I had to work a lot and sometimes not, it was well balanced. She even told me to stop working so much, and rest! :) I was happy to participate in her projects: I’ve painted walls and a pergola,I’ve dug out the… read more
Thanks Meri for this wonderful time!
