Help us with some renewals of our home and enjoy the nature in Vinterbro, Norway

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  Description

  We are a peacefull mixt couple (F.french-M.Norwegian) in our early 60s. We love nature, and outdoor activities (cycling, canoeing, hiking). We are also activ swimmers.
  I have a smal part-time jobb, and use the rest of my time growing my own vegetables in the sommer part of the year, and renovating the house, while my husband is working in Oslo as a IT developper.
  The worlkwayers will take part in these activities, none the less when the work is requiring strenght, or several hands.
  Our priority these days is the renovation of the rooms downstairs: new sillings with sound isolation, remove walls and build new ones, paint silling and walls, etc.
  In the garden, beside growing vegetables we have also outdoor projects: build a wooden fence or stone walls, repaint the house, etc. So there is plenty to do.

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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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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  - Langage training : Norwegian, English and French
  - Learn about Norwegian culture and traditions
  - Practice outdoor sports. Depending on the season, you will have the opportunity to try cross-country skiing, hike on tracts along the fjord, canoe the fjord or a lake, ride a bike around the district, swim outdoor and you will also have access to training equipment in the house.
  - Enjoy Oslo city whitch is 25 minutes away by bus. Oslo offers a broad diversity of cultural experiences.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  You will assist me, women 60, with several of the following task, depending on the season and weather :
  - inndors renovation tasks : carpentery, painting, cleaning, etc.
  - outdoors tasks: gardening, building stone walls, cleaning and painting walls and windows, etc
  - you may also help in the house with cooking or cleaning
  
  Strength and handyness is a requirment.
  Technical skills and/or succesfull experience are welcomed.
  You are comfortable with working under a woman's leadership.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  I'm a French teacher, and linguist, so I'm very interested in languages. I'm fluent in French and Norwegian, and can communicate in english too. My husband talks some German and is fluent in english.
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  Accommodation

  You will have your own bedroom with a double bed, share toilet and shower bathroom with a young person which is renting a room downstairs, and you will have access to the shared loundery.
  
  You will access our kitchen to eat breakfast and lunch as you please, and the main meal will be taken together between 17 and 19 depending on the other family members work schedule.
  
  We expect that you give a hand arround the preparation of the meals you share with us, and that you clean up after each time you use the kitchen.

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  What else ...

  IMPORTANT: NON SMOKING ENVIRONMENT ().
  
  You will work max 25 hours a week.
  On your spare time, chill out or work in your room or use our training rom, visit Oslo, or borrow a bike, skis, cano, fishing equipment . The nature arround is amazing: We live near the fjord, a countryside with farming, woods and several lakes. There are many nice hiking tracks nearby, coastal ones by the fjord and others in the woods and hills. Oslo which is 25 minutes away by bus, offers many cultural and social activities.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  Our wifi is nice and stable, and we are working from home at least 2 days a week. You will have much peacefull time if you need to work remotelly too.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Campingvan users are very welcome from Mai to October. Other periods may be challenging in case of snow or ice on the road.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week