Join us and help build our home using mostly natural materials and lightweight techniques in Domeyrot, France

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  Beschreibung

  Hey there!
  
  We are Clement, and Amel, a french couple who decided to move to one of the less crowded area of france, la Creuse; to build our house from a ruin which was built at the end of the XVIII century, while respecting the old way of building houses here so using mostly natural materials and lightweight techniques.
  Beside the house, we are also building a kind of cabin to be able to live on the property. We are using the nebraska technique for this one, and the goal is to use as much as materials available on site as possible.
  
  Of course, its a global project so we are also planting fruit trees, fencing, preparing the land to grow food (natural farming/permaculture); collecting water and so on. Lots of things in the making ! its an exciting adventure :)
  
  We live with 2 amazing male goats that we raised and who are really social !
  
  For the moment, we live in a large flat on top of the town hall of our village, that we rent.
  Its 5 minutes by car from the house, its big enough to host people.
  We have 2 cute female cats with us in the flat, in case your allergic.
  
  That's a nice start to learn about our project :)

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  As you can guess : ecological construction, wood work, traditional measonry, this kind of stuff.
  If your interested in photo or video, that's my job, so dont hesitate if you want to know or try something.
  Amel is also in the film industry; but she does a lot of stuff. At the moment she's starting ceramics, so you could also try that !
  
  Then, I can talk a little about our department. Its not a touristy place with astonishing sights on every corner, lets be honest; but we found here a little gem, a quiet paradise. La Creuse is often described as dead place, nothing to do, nobody, and they're right, but that's awesome haha !
  We were very surprised when we arrived here 2 years ago, how wild it was, how welcoming were the people and how fast we made new solid friends in the area.

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  Arbeit

  We'd like to be helped mainly on the construction, tho, you don't need to be an expert in it. Of course, if you have experience in this field, thats awesome, but we really dont care, we all started from nothing. Im' learning every day new stuff about construction, brick by brick :)

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Gute Kenntnisse
  Chinesisch (Mandarin): Gute Kenntnisse

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  I'm learning Chinese for a few years and would love to practice more :)
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  Unterkunft

  Our flat is fairly large and cosy. You'd sleep in a comfortable seperate room. We have 2 sleeping rooms and a convertible bed in the living room.
  All the western standard comfort required :)
  
  Food will be mostly vegan/vegetarian; you are invited to participate if you want :)
  
  Smoking is allowed at the window of the living room.

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  Was noch ...

  Its better if you have your own transportation, so your not stuck.
  Cause as helpers, you are not supposed to work all day, just a few, so if we decide to stay to work on the construction; its better if you can go sighseeing on your own. but we are very flexible and we would adapt with your needs also :)
  
  We can provide 2 bikes.
  
  The area is really green, mostly pastures, forests, rivers, nice windy little roads, lots of walks, old buildings to have a look to, and some swimming places. We know a private place to swim in a crystal clear water that not a lot of people know ;)

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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

  there is enough space to work at home + we have flash internet "that makes.. really fast!"

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Platz für Wohnmobile.

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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