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9 Aug 2023
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Description
We are a family of five living in a 19th century school building outside of Nyköping in the Swedish countryside. We both work from home and spend lots of time together as a family.
We have dinner together with the other family once a week and hang out in the garden together.
Anna works part time as a doula and spend her time taking care of the kids and animals, crafting and sewing and creating meals and herbal medicine and products. Tony has an online office job and is also photographer/ journalist.
When not salary working, we do house and garden projects and spend time with the kids. We raise animals (chickens, rabbits) and grow food in the garden. We're interested in sustainable building and permaculture and are learning as we go.
The kids are 9, 4 and 2 years old and we also share the house together with a family of four (a 3 year old and a newborn)
We also have two cats and (probably) the worlds sweetest dog :)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are two families living in a 19's century school building in the Swedish countryside. We love to grow food and herbs and create herbal medicine and meals. We keep chickens, rabbits and ducks for eggs and meat. Anna works as a doula, Tony is a photographer. We love creative projects and DIY renovating. At the moment we are building an outdoor bathroom/ spa by the sauna.
Projects involving children
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Help
As a family with three kids and lots of projects and dreams we would love help with gardening, looking after animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens and ducks) and DIY renovating projects. If you like to cook we'd be amazed if you would take part in creating meals. We cook outdoors and indoors. We are growing food and herbs and planting trees in the garden.
It is preferred if you have skills and experience with:
gardening
building and house maintenance
cooking
permaculture
creative kids projects
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Swedish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We don't have lots of time for education but would love to help out by talking Swedish or english with you.
Accommodation
You would stay in our guest room which is on the first floor with its own entrance. It has a double bed and a double sofa bed and windows to the garden. We'd share bathroom and kitchen. If you are traveling in a group, four people can sleep in this bedroom.
We provide food and groceries but we all help with cooking and cleaning up (also on free days).
What else ...
About the area:
We love in a rural area, there's a store about 3 km away. You can go there by bike or car or walking. There are lakes and forests around us. Great for walks and excursions. There's buses to the closest cities (Nyköping/ Katrineholm) the closest one runs morning and afternoon. We go by car to Nyköping every morning and you can usually go with us. Nyköping is right by the sea and a beautiful historical city.
How we live and expect when living with us:
We spend lots of time at home and with our children (9, 4 and 2 years old) We love to spend time with people and eat and cook together. We appreciate a clear communication and generosity. We also find it important to respect each others boundaries and private lives. We'd like you to keep your things in your room and to always clean up after yourself in the bathroom and kitchen.
We have three young kids and need anyone staying with us to have experience and/or feel comfortable with children.
Please consider this when staying with us:
Please take care to exhibit appropriate behavior if interacting physically with children
Please don't display photos of children on social media or the internet without our consent.
Please don’t smoke, use drugs, or consume alcohol when staying with us.
We don't mind the occasional glass of wine or beer, but lets keep it at that when there's children around :)
And of course, we expect appropriate behavior in all interactions with the kids. If the kids for some reason behave inappropriately with you or pass your personal boundaries, please ask us to handle it!
Please don’t take children outside the property without permission
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We use internet with a cable to keep EMF as low as possible, our neighbours (in the same building) use wifi and the connection is good.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a big parking lot and space for vehicles. Currently building an outdoor toilet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (3)
I stayed 3 weeks and I loved it. I enjoyed pretty much everything at my stay there: the walks with beni and/or the children, cooking and backing with them, having long breakfasts together, watching Astrid Lindgren movies, their sauna, painting, hanging out playing with the 3… read more
They have such a lovely and cosy house such as their pretty garden space !
Our room was spacious and confortable but the best place for us was the living room, we were able to watch some nice Christmas movies with them or play games with the kids.
We had a very great time, we… read more
And it shows in the work she did :)
She helped us out with a lot of painting indoors and she did an excellent job. She's very careful and it all looks great.
Also helped out with taking care of the chickens and rabbits and walked the dog etc.
She cooked and hung out with the children. She became a part of the family in a very… read more
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I stayed 3 weeks and I loved it. I enjoyed pretty much everything at my stay there: the walks with beni and/or the children, cooking and backing with them, having long breakfasts together, watching Astrid Lindgren movies, their sauna, painting, hanging out playing with the 3… read more
They have such a lovely and cosy house such as their pretty garden space !
Our room was spacious and confortable but the best place for us was the living room, we were able to watch some nice Christmas movies with them or play games with the kids.
We had a very great time, we… read more
And it shows in the work she did :)
She helped us out with a lot of painting indoors and she did an excellent job. She's very careful and it all looks great.
Also helped out with taking care of the chickens and rabbits and walked the dog etc.
She cooked and hung out with the children. She became a part of the family in a very… read more
He's very meticulous and really wants to do a good job. He's also easy to get along with and very friendly.
We loved his cooking, he showed us a few Portuguese dishes that we never tried before and he helped out a lot with household chores as well as taking care of animals, painting and some… read more
The work was easy and flexible. My tasks consisted of feeding the chickens and the rabbits and painting most of the time.
The meals were great and we had really nice and interesting conversations pretty much about everything. I will miss the pizza… read more
She fit in perfectly with us and immediately felt like a part of the family.
She worked with a little bit of everything: Taking care of the chickens and rabbits, walked the dog, played with our kids (they loved her and got along great despite the language barrier), helped out in the garden and with… read more
