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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 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. Kalle is a programmer. We have three friendly cats, Kjell Chomsky, Kapooschka and Melkersson. They rule the place. We grow our own vegetables and fix the house, 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!
HELP WE NEED THIS SUMMER:
1) Painting the house: we will scrape, wash and paint it with 3 layers of linseed oil paint. This is a lot of work and we need help. Afraid of heights? not the job for you :) .
2) in case you are experienced in taking care of toddlers, you can babysit while we work on 1 :) But we want you to have experience and be comfortable taking care of a 12year old. She eats everything she gets in her little hands and our garden is a death trap with lots of rocks and ups and downs, so constant surveillance is necessary.
3) we have a big garden and there is always some gardening work involved as well
4) we will try to install a water pump but need to dig a ditch for electricity connection to the well.
5) renovating windows- old style, i can teach you!
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.
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...
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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
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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HELP WE NEED THIS SUMMER:
- 20 maj to 30 june we rent a scaffold and will scrape and paint two sides of the house. We are accomodating a family right now and don't have a room to offer to volunteers. BUT from maj 30th to june 10th we have a room. otherwise we can only offer a tent.
1) we will scrape, wash and paint the house with 3 layers of linseed oil paint. This is a lot of work and we need help. Afraid of heights? not the job for you :) (it is not very high, but you will have to stand on a ladder or scaffold).
2) in case you are experienced in taking care of babies, you can babysit while we work on 1 :) But we want you to have experience and be comfortable taking care of a 1 year old baby. She eats everything she gets in her little hands and our garden is a death trap with lots of rocks and ups and downs, so constant surveillance is necessary.
3) we have a big garden and there is always some gardening work involved as well, though biggest need is in 1) and 2)
- rest of the summer:
1) we will try to install a water pump. we have a well, but no pump now. If you have skills with pumps, water systems: very welcome!
2) make our little pump house into a guesthouse! this means: making holes in the concrete walls to put in two windows. In case you have experience with windows, that would be great!
3) gardening
4) painting some smaller things
5) renovating windows
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Niederländisch: Fließend
Swedish: Fließend
Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse
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
Was noch ...
How to get here:
we are about 40 km south of Borås. There is a busstop in Strömsfors (bus between Tranemo and Svenljunga).
It is best if you have a car.
By train:
The closest trainstation 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.
public transport planner for sweden:
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Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
We have a parking spot that is flat and behind the little house we want to work on. There is a composting toilet next to it.
Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen
our cats rule the place! but 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.
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
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