Help a friendly family with home improvements in Nørre Alslev, Denmark

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  Description

  We are a friendly family of five, looking for people to come and join us in restoring our beautiful farmhouse. The house is from 1928 and is located in Vålse, in the southern part of Denmark. We mailny go to the house on weekends for this project, and would love to share it with you. Four of us have had great adventures as work aways, and we are now starting out being host ourselves. There might be a little time in our house in Copenhagen and some time in Vålse depening on when you come.
  
  We would love to meet self-motivated and committed helpers with practical skills to help take care of the renovation work in the house and other important tasks. You will be working along side us. Our goal is to renovate the house in respect of the old crafting tradition.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Music

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Sustainability

  

  Movies & TV

  

  Events & social

  

  Culture

  

  History

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Cycling
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  In our family you can learn about the Danish culture of hygge and the Danish/ Scandinavian society and way of life. You get an insight into our family's lives, norms, values and traditions.
  
  We enjoy meeting with people, talk about world views and cultural experiences. We have an open mind and enjoy talking about culture, politics and social issues, which means you can ask about anything.
  
  We eat a wholesome foods with lots of vegetables and legumes. We eat only little meat. It is absolutely possible to stay with us and be vegetarian, although we are not ourselves.

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  Help

  You will be helping along side us. Most work is indoors. Your tasks might include painting, woodwork, renovate kitchen, other smaller house renovating projects, remove waste, repair bicycles.
  
  If you enjoy cooking, it could also be a task to prepare meals.
  
  We help each other in meal preparation and cleanup, including routine cleaning of communal spaces.
  
  We strive to be environmentally friendly in any way we can, this includes sorting our waste, taking short showers and not to waste energy wherever possible. Please be willing to take part in this.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Danish: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  German: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  The house is located in the country side in a walking distance from the water. The water is shallow but is still good for a fresh morning dip. This idyllic setting offers lots of peace and quiet surroundings. The area has no light or sound saturation so at night the sky is light up with stars.
  
  The house is has old facilities, but you can easily live here, and we will do our best to make you feel comfortable. We have a few small rooms. A room might be shared by 2 workaways – or it will be your room alone, if we end up with just one helper. A couple or two friends could be a good idea.
  
  We will be staying in the house as well and we will share bathroom, common rooms and kitchen.

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  What else ...

  We love company of other people and enjoy having visitors. We invite helpers to stay and work with us. If all goes well, we would be happy to offer extended hosting with two nights in our home in Copenhagen, provided both parties are interested. This way we can work concentrated the first period of time, and extend with a few days where you have the opportunity to explore the city. In Copenhagen, you will borrow one of the children’s rooms. And we share facilities.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

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