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I am a 52-year-old French-German guy who has been living for over 20 years in the Spanish Pre-Pyrenees, in the woods beside a small, old off-grid village - Centenera.
Over 10 years ago, I built my own small strawbale house, and now I would like to add another 30 m² room to it. I would love to have some help from someone.
At the village, I also have a nice piece of land with two caravans between bamboo and trees, which would be the place for helpers to stay, 10 minutes walk from my house.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Movies & TV
Videography
Van life
Technology
Sustainability
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Culture
Writing
Plant care
Photography
Performing arts
Music
Languages
History
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Art & design
Architecture
Yoga / Wellness
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Dancing
Cycling
Camping
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn a lot about eco building combining strawbales with adobes (mud bricks), mixture of mud, straw and sand. Mud plastering. Breathing walls and painting. Orientation towards the sun with the right geometry for passive heating in the winter. How to use and store waste heat from a wood stove...
I ll be happy to learn about different
people and personalities.
Help
Building together a 30m2 strawbale room with ecological methods combining adobes (mud-bricks) to build some supporting columns for the wooden roof beams (no working on the roof). I will show you tips and tricks.
Depending on the season and the weather, there is also some maintenance to be done in the garden and on the infrastructure of the place where you stay, as it is an off-grid location.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I am french and german, but I also speak english and spanish.
Accommodation
For accommodation I ve got two caravans in a nice bamboo garden with some trees and an outside roof for shade with table and barbecue. Organic vegetable garden. There is a barn with a simple shower and sink and a cool place (in the summer) for cooking. Small gas-fridge. Solar panels for electricity.
What else ...
Centenera is small off grid village at 700m altitude at the botom of the spanish pyrenies in the region of Huesca. There is no bus for transport here. The next village with shops and bus is Graus, 15km away.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is no wifi, but 4G
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
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We had a great time, the place is fabulous and in your free time you can take lots of walks immersed in silence and nature.
With Olivier we cut and arranged wood, did… read more
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We had a great time, the place is fabulous and in your free time you can take lots of walks immersed in silence and nature.
With Olivier we cut and arranged wood, did… read more
