Welcome to our artistic home in Sydney, NS, Canada

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  Beschreibung

  Welcome to our home in Sydney, NS. We're both artists (musician and mixed media) and do regular-ish jobs (academic & social worker) to support our eclectic lives (travel, martial arts, making things). We share our home with Theodora the Freelance bulldog, Ezhara the Tortie feline, and Thor the Savanah cat. They are the household bosses and will insist on visiting you. If you are a traveller you'll have found your community in Sydney - we're typically off exploring elsewhere in the world 2-3 months a year. I've travelled to all the continents except Antartica (someday) and have lived in France, South Africa, and Australia.
  
  Our property is a 1912 four-square heritage house that is way too large for us but people had huge families back in the day.... We're almost finished construction on a suite in the basement level and that's where you might come in with some help...

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Sprachpraxis

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  Haus- & Haustiersitting
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Vegetarier / Veganer

  

  Sprachen

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Tischlerarbeiten

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Musik

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Bücher

  

  Kunst & Design

  

  Architektur

  

  Tiere

  

  Fitness

  

  Natur

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Radfahren

  

  Wandern
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Mark teaches martial arts (HEMA and Kageryu) and bass (jazz is his great love). Alison travels, does mixed media art, architecture, used to teach yoga, writes, gardens, and makes/builds anything and everything. If you're interested in design we'll talk!

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  Arbeit

  While what we're looking depends on the season and weather, the assistance will primarily be property maintenance, gardening, errand-running, household cleaning, and painting/construction help in finishing the basement suite and maybe the attic space. This will include painting (interior/exterior weather dependent), yard/garden maintenance, gardening help, staining the soon-to-be backyard deck. Maybe using a drill to put screws into plywood and deck boards. If you have very minimal carpentry skills or the confidence to learn (ex: straight cuts on a chop saw and using a nail gun) even better.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Grundkenntnisse
  Französisch: Grundkenntnisse
  Japanisch: Grundkenntnisse

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  I'm currently working on getting my A2 level french to B2 so very welcome for a language exchange.
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  Unterkunft

  You'll have our guest room and a bathroom all to yourself, both of which are located on the second floor of our home. That floor also has our bedroom and ensuite as well as my yoga room. We have a giant kitchen for you to cook in. You'll be responsible for your own cooking and meals because we're all over the place with mealtimes. We will add your items to our regular grocery orders. We're also happy to share what we cook if eating schedules align.
  
  We are strict vegetarians so no dead-things cooking in the kitchen please or in the grocery order. We do not care if you want to bring-in pre-prepared meals with meat in them (e.g. if you want to order a pepperoni pizza).

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  Was noch ...

  We are in a walkable location to Sydney's "downtown" (if you're from an urban centre you'll understand why I put downtown in quotes), it's about a ten minute walk from our house to the ocean/harbour boardwalk. Sydney's public transit is terrible but does exist with the bus stop a block away. We have two electric bikes you're welcome to borrow anytime.
  
  We're located about an hours drive from Cape Breton's Cabot Trail and there are lots of outdoor activities around us on the Eastern side of Cape Breton Island as well. We have an all-wheel drive SUV you can borrow on days Mark doesn't need it to get to work (he does approximately 14 shifts a month, the other 16 days are up for grabs) if you want to do some island exploration.
  
  We are both neurodivergent and pretty relaxed about people living how they want to live, but no cigarette smoking anywhere near the house, I have massive allergies. We're 420 friendly and not fussed about vaping inside. If you like rigid rules and schedules this is not the work-away for you. If you do not like animals this is not the work-away for you.
  
  Kindness, flexibility, and accountability in everything.

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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

  I work from home. My internet is faaaaaast and reliable.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We've got a driveway that goes into the backyard. If your rig can travel on roads we've got space for it.

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  We love animals!

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

  Thor

  Ezhara

  Theodora

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