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We are a family with three children (10, 13 and 15 years old) living in Borredà, a small town in the pre-pyrenees. We were building our own straw-house during two years and three months. Now we live in the house, and only some details are missing inside.
The house is made of wood-structure and straw as a walls. All is plastered with mud (clay, sand, straw and lime). We used sustainable materials as much as we can. The electricity comes from solar panels, and the days without sun the stove heat us with wood.
Now, we are working mostly in the outside (gardening, planting trees, setting water storage...) or building furniture. We bought some land next to our home and we're executing on a permacultural design and a natural pond with its own water cleaning system.
We are also interested in language and culture exchange for us and for our children.
We are bilingual, so we speak Catalan and Spanish native, and we also speak English
We have a very friendly cat, and lovely hens.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langueAide avec des éco-projetsEnseignementJardinageBricolage et constructionAide à la maisonEntretien généralObjectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Our experience could be very helpful because we are building our own sustainable house without previous experience. In addition we are building rather low-cost but on legal-way. And you could try to sleep in a very-comfortable-straw house!
You could learn how we are making this project and practice deferents kinds of sustainable building-works.Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
We are asking for help in building (with limestone, stones, wood,...) outside the house, gardening tasks and making wood forniture.
Also we and our children, want to improve our English or Spanish skills.
Normally we'll work 5 days a week, about 5 hours a day. Usually we will agree the working hours when you arrive.Langues
Langues parlées
Catalan: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.Hébergement
The accommodation is bedroom usually shared with other volunteers. The bathroom is shared with us.
We eat all kinds of food, mostly ecological. Vegetarians or special diets aren't any problem as long as you let us know. We'll eat together and we ask for share the basic houseworking and cooking. We provide the volunteers to all the meals, also in the free days if they want. We don't tolerate machismo so we share all the tasks regardless gender (couples, please adapt you to these rule).
Usually, after a week we use to have a talk so we all have feedback about how we feel with the exchange.Autres infos...
Our little town is in the middle of the mountain and we could show you wonderful hikes and also there is a river close to the house that is amazing for taking a bath.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Sergi works remotely at home, so there would be no problem to host a digital nomad. We have optical fiber at high speed.
Espace pour garer des vans
Our street is very quiet, flat and has a nice view of the mountains. And we have a Campervan.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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children! They are a welcoming, friendly and fun family and made us feel
at home.
There was always a good atmosphere in the house since they are
an active and open family. Thanks to them we had the opportunity to try
out catalonian dishes and see the carneval in a city nearby.
The… read more
He was very flexible with the food, and very clean and tidy, kind with the kids and very autonomous with the work. It was a short stay because of his availability, but… read more
She also cooked… read more
But the best was the familar and lovely athmosphere that was shared in the house! I felt at home directly and learned a lot of new things. Inside with… read more
It was very enriching with Neus and Sergi. Our first workaway stay was the best possible we could have had. We learned a lot of things, not just by working, but overall their openminded attitude towards lifestyle, parenting and stuff. The help was enjoyable, mostly handwork… read more
We talked a lot and shared many things.
They built a chiken-coop and we think of them when we collect the eggs.
Really easy to host them. You will always have the doors opened at our home!!!
Thank you
Neus and Sergi
Olga and Paco are good workers, they try to do their best and suggest you alternatives for solving problems. They are also very kind, and Said is very kind and friendly!
Definitely we will repeat if they are willing to come again to our place!
Thanks a lot for… read more
Thank you very much, very good luck and… read more
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I loved… read more
If you ever come back again to the Catalan Pyrinees, you'll be very welcome at our straw house!
The… read more
There is always something to do. Sergi is open to ideas of what you would like to do on the house. Next to that he is very well informed about how and… read more