An extra pair of hands and good companionship to demolish and rebuild our house and to take care of our 3 hectare in Hoogerheide, Netherlands

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  Beschreibung

  We are looking for some extra hands to help us to demolish and to rebuild our house and to take care of our 3 hectare idealistic piece of land in the south of the Netherlands. Next to those hands and hardworking attitude we need your laughs, positive mindset and humour to enjoy this rebuilding journey with.
  
  We are a family of 5 (Julius and Anoek and our three small kids) living on a 3 hectare property. It is a beautiful place with a house, horse stables and a garage, but there is a lot of deferred maintenance. When we bought this house years ago we turned the garage into a loft where we lived for 2 years and with the arrival of our oldest child we decided to rebuild it into a real house. We have done all of this ourselves, next to our job (including plumbing, electricity, masonry, carpentry) and with the help of friends and family. It meant a lot of hard work, a steep learning curve and heaps of fun. We have made some mistakes along the way, there are some things that we would have done differently but we have enjoyed the journey and are very proud of the result. We believe that’s all that counts.
  Along the building we of course started our own vegetable garden and apple orchard, build a chicken fence, planted trees and chopped loads of wood (with a log splitter, no worries), but also went on holidays and spend weekends in nature with our 35 year old campervan.
  
  We are now ready for the next challenge: rebuilding the original farmhouse.. This means that we can finetune everything that we have learned so far, however we still have only two hands each to use and with all the kids running around and gardening that needs attention; we therefore are looking for some extra hands to help us out. Extra hands to help demolish the main building, think of of removing rooftiles, window frames, walls, floors coverings etc. Giving a hand when pouring concrete, connecting wires and laying pipes. Basically everything, and more, that comes to your mind when fully renovating a house. Ideally you are skilled in carpentry, but anyone with an eagerness to learn, a hard working attitude and a can do mentality is more than welcome. Since we have 3 hectare of land to look after, including grass and blackberries that grow faster than a blink of the eye, we would also like you to use our brushcutter and logsplitter and other gardening help. We do not only look for those extra pair of hands, we also are looking for good companionship! People to exchange experiences and stories with during the stay, someone to have a good laugh with while digging the floor and someone to drink a beer with after a day’s hard work. With your help we do not only hope to go twice as fast but also to have someone to enjoy and share the project journey with in a fun and positive atmosphere.
  
  We look forward to share our place with the enthusiastic, openminded and hardworking exchange workers.
  
  Note: we have a french guy joining over summer, so we are looking for a non french male workawayer.
  
  We have recently renovated a tiny house in the backyard with a kitchenette, bathroom and living area with a bunkbed. You will share this tinyhouse with another workawayer and call this your home while you are at our place.
  We will provide you with good ingredients so that you can cook your own meals

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  We both speak fluently English. Anoek has spent a year as an exchange worker in New Zealand and Australia so she knows the importance of exchange and learning opportunities very well. We want you to feel welcome at our place and love to share experiences and stories with you. We will pass on the building skills of Julius if you are interested, so you might even become as handy as him after a while. We will make sure there are two workawayers so that they can interact as well.

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  Projekte mit Kindern

  Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

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  Arbeit

  We ask 5 days of help (25 hours) in exchange for food and accommodation for 7 days. We require a minimum stay of 3 weeks.
  Tasks can vary along the phase of the restoration but you can think of
  - Removing rooftiles
  - Tearing off the wood of the walls
  - Giving a hand pouring concrete
  - Moving window frames
  - Helping with laying pipes or wires
  
  Tasks can vary along the seaon for gardening help, but you can think of
  - Splitting logs with our hydraulic logsplitter
  - Using the brushcutter in the appleorchard
  - Cleaning the paths with a high pressure sprayer
  
  Depending on the schedule, deadlines and personal agenda we will plan the hours a week ahead. So sometimes you help 3 or 4 longer days and are off 3 to 4 days, sometimes you will help just the mornings or just the evenings. You can spend time exploring the area, lending our bike, mountain bike or canoe, or enjoying the peaceful environment.

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  Gesprochene Sprachen

  Englisch: Fließend
  Niederländisch: Fließend

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  Unterkunft

  We have recently renovated a tiny house in the backyard with a kitchenette, bathroom and living area with a bunkbed. You will share this tinyhouse with another workawayer and call this your home while you are at our place.
  We will provide you with good ingredients so that you can cook your own meals
  
  It is also possible to pitch a tent or campervan if preferred.

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  Was noch ...

  Our property is situating at the ridge of the Brabantse Wal, an area known for its rolling hills, woods and polders and driving distance to the National Park Oosterschelde. In other words a great area for hikers, cyclists and waterlovers. All of which we are. So whenever you are looking for us and you can’t find us helping around the house or garden we are probably walking in the woods, kitesurfing and canoeing on the water or mountainbiking the various elevations. We do have a mountainbike as well as two canoes which you can use if you are a watersport enthusiast.

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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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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Platz für Wohnmobile.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Arbeitszeiten

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week