Babysitting, gardening and painting an old house in Strömsfors near Uddebo, Sweden

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  Beschreibung

  READ THIS FIRST
  
  We don' t consider unpersonal messages. If you contact us, please tell us what attracts you specifically in this project, and how our project/lifestyle matches you. Also explain how you can contribute. Nice to meet you! :)
  
  About us:
  Karlien (writing this) is from Belgium, born 1981 and Kalle is swedish, born 1984. Our daughter Scout came to this world in june 2023. I am a teacher who started studying again and now i am diving deep into the wonders of mind and brain by studying cognitive neuroscience, other interests are fermentation, gardening. Kalle is a programmer. We have three friendly cats, Kjell Chomsky, Kapooschka and Melkersson. They rule the place. We grow our own vegetables, try to create a forest garden and fix the house, all of which is a long term project.
  
  About the house and surroundings:
  
  It is a beautiful house build in 1908. It was part of an old industrial village, which is still reflected in the surrounding. Nowadays Strömsfors is a tiny village (population under 50), divided by the stream Assman (really!) which has two hydropowerplants here. All the industry is gone, shops and schools shut down, lots of houses are empty or just used as summerhouses. But since some years tides have turned! Now there are several collectives and lots of people moving in rapidly!
  
  The nearby village Uddebo (3 km) is very lively and has an organic bakery/pizzeria, concerts, joga classes etc. Around Strömsfors and Uddebo there is lots of forest, good for mushroom and berry picking, but there are also swimming places, a public owned sauna, etc. It is good to have a car to get around, but we have bicycles.
  
  The house i bought here stole my heart, the oldness, the memory of an old industry neighbourhood is charming. But so much work, and so much space! We now have 3 super cute runner ducks who worked hard to free us from slugs.
  
  HELP WE NEED THIS SUMMER:
  
  1) Painting the house: Almost done, but one last part of the house needs to be scraped, washed and painted with traditional linseed oil paint.
  2) Bad weather job: renovating old windows - i will teach you!
  3) in case you are experienced in taking care of toddlers, you can babysit :)
  4) we have a big garden and there is always some gardening work involved as well. This includes weeding, and in july building a natural stone wall and in august harvesting.
  5) we installed a water pump but need help to dig a ditch for electricity connection to the well.
  6) in case we travel: house-sitting (feeding cats, ducks, watering)
  
  We like to do things together, eat together, play a game, make a walk, we will be working on the house together. But we also need a lot of own time and space. So we like guests who can respect that and don't expect us to entertain constantly. It is good if you can work independently. Also, we travel some days in july and need a house sitter then.
  
  Other info:
  We are vegans and appreciate it if you can respect that we don't consume animals in our house. It is good if you have a car to get around with, but you can borrow a bicycle. Family with children are also welcome, but we don't have beds for more than 2 adults and one baby.
  
  Time is too precious to waste on racist, homophobic or self-obsessed people. Otherwise, we welcome everybody <3

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  House sitting
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  Interessengebiete

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Politik & Soziales

  

  Kultur

  

  Haustiere

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Vegetarier / Veganer

  

  Musik

  

  Bücher

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Trampen

  

  Tiere

  

  Camping

  

  Natur

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Gebirge

  

  Tanzen

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Wandern
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  To do: there s lot of nice people living around here, in summer there s a lot of swimming, sauna, hiking, camping, it is nice cycling here (you can borrow a bicycle) but it mostly depends on what you like to do, we ll find something! There s several places with workawayers around, so it could also be possible to organise activities for all the volunteers.

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  Au-pair-Hilfe

  Weitere Informationen findest du hier

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  Arbeit

  HELP WE NEED THIS SUMMER:
  
  1) Painting the house: Almost done, but one last part of the house needs to be scraped, washed and painted with traditional linseed oil paint.
  2) Bad weather job: renovating old windows - i will teach you!
  3) in case you are experienced in taking care of toddlers, you can babysit :)
  4) we have a big garden and there is always some gardening work involved as well. This includes weeding, and in july building a natural stone wall and in august harvesting.
  5) we installed a water pump but need help to dig a ditch for electricity connection to the well.
  6) in case we travel: house-sitting (feeding cats, ducks, watering)

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  Gesprochene Sprachen

  Englisch: Fließend
  Niederländisch: Fließend
  Swedish: Fließend
  Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse

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  Unterkunft

  A double bed in a room in the house.
  
  About food: We are vegan, and don't feel comfortable with meat in the house and are obsessed with fermented food. Lots of homegrown in summer. The bar is quite high when it comes to food in this household :)

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  Was noch ...

  How to get here:
  
  we are about 40 km south of Borås. There is a busstop at 200m from the house called Strömsfors Svenljunga (bus between Tranemo and Svenljunga).
  
  By train:
  The closest train station is Limmared, connected to both Göteborg, Malmö and Stockholm. From the trainstation someone will have to pick you up.
  
  By bus:
  The regional public transport will take you all the way to Strömsfors from Göteborg, Borås or anywhere else in Västra Götaland. You can take a bus from Göteborg Nils Ericson terminal all the way to Strömsfors, it will take about 2 hours.
  
  By air:
  The closest airport is Landvetter (Göteborg).
  From the airport you can either travel in to Göteborg central and from there take a bus to Strömsfors.

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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

  Dieser Gastgeber nimmt gern Digital Nomads bei sich auf.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We have a gravel and flat parking spot for campers. There is a composting toilet next to it.

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Our cats rule the place and our ducks roam free! If you have an animal that can respect that and is not too wild, and you plan to stay in your own campervan, you can bring a pet. In our house we want to keep the space for our cats.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

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