Österreich
Bisher 227 mal gespeichert
Hello everyone,
Our names are Frankie and Vikki, we are both 34 years old, Frankie is Italian and I (Vikki) am British. Last year we moved to the cute little village of Ebene Reichenau, Austria which is in the beautiful region of Kärnten (Carinthia) with our dog Bronzo and cat, Zuzu.
A few years ago, Frankie's family bought this beautiful 200 year old house, hoping to one day to retire here.
Due to the pandemic, we returned to Europe after living and working in Africa for a number of years and have begun renovating this lovely cottage. During the weekend, sometimes the family comes for a visit from Italy, but most of the time it's just us two working from home.
Apart from renovating the house, we also run a non-profit volunteer organisation and we're always keen to accept versatile volunteers who may have any digital design, CAD, website construction or video editing experience too.
The location is excellent, the views of the mountains are awe inspiring and if you like skiing, we are in the middle of multiple ski resorts (less than 10 minutes drive).There are also lakes which you can ice skate on (during winter), alternatively there are beautiful cross-country skiing paths, walking and hiking trails and cycling paths all within 10 minutes drive from the house. Even in nearby Bad Kleinkircheim there are thermal baths. Be mindful that this is a small mountain village, it has one little shop, a guest house, a school, a bank, a post office and that's about it. The nearest town with shops etc is a 10 minute drive away.
The house is fully furnished and has all the comforts, including high speed internet, AmazonTV and Netflix. All the rooms are heated and they have electric stoves and warm duvets. Depending on how many volunteers come at once, there's one large room that sleeps 2-3 and a shared bathroom downstairs.
We are vegetarians and both love to cook, but if you'd like to eat meat, that's not a problem, we just won't be cooking it! However, Frankie is a passionate Pizza chef and we have a wood fire oven that we like to use often... so if you like pizza, then you're in for a treat at some point during your stay!
Frankie is fluent in many languages such as English, Italian, French, Portuguese, German, Spanish and very basic Chinese. In his spare time he likes to shape wooden surfboards or generally anything made of wood, also he loves rock climbing, skating, snowboarding, surfing - generally all adrenaline sports!
I (Vikki) love to draw, paint, horse ride, read books and spend time in nature in my free time. I am currently studying a Forest School Management course and writing a book... only when I get a break from managing our non-profit!
We are looking forward to meeting you.
Best wishes,
Frankie and Vikki
Karitative Arbeit
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
You will have the opportunity to visit and truly experience a beautiful part of the world. You can learn new skills in renovating an old house and garden, experience volunteering for an Italian registered non-profit organisation, learn a new language and if you feel like it, you could build your own wooden surfboard with Frankie!
The house is very old but fully equipped and comfortable, most jobs are focused on making it prettier one step at the time. Mainly we are talking about painting, stripping paint off, sanding down wooden surfaces, and building wooden furniture. You don't need previous experience as a builder or carpenter as most jobs are simple, just time consuming.
As mentioned above, we also run our own non-profit organisation and lack skills in digital design, website construction, social media marketing etc, so we are also keen for volunteers to help out a little with that too (if possible).
We offer accommodation and food for 5 working hours a day for 5 days, or a total of 25 working hours a week.You can also use a bicycle to ride around if you like.
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Französisch: Fließend
Italienisch: Fließend
Deutsch: Gute Kenntnisse
Spanisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Portugiesisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Chinesisch (Mandarin): Grundkenntnisse
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Depending on how many volunteers are here at one time, it will either be a private room or shared room, and a shared bathroom.
There are plenty of activities to do with your time off, such as:
-Skiing or snowboarding
-Hiking
-Ice-skating
-Cycling
-Walking
-Going to the thermal baths.
- Mountain Biking
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
We have unlimited internet access the download speed and upload speed are average but consistent and reliable.
There is a lot of space in the yard and two big garages.
We have a cat and a dog. If your pet is well behaved and friendly it should be ok.
mehr als zwei
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
