Help us with house renovation while enjoying good company in Valderøy, Norway

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  Description

  I am a 53 yr. old woman who lives in Valderoey Island, outside the City of Aalesund in Norway. I have two children and my daughter Tora (17) lives with me. I hav a small (!) spare bedroom with a 90cm single bed, so room for one person. Shared bathroom/kitchen/livingroom/washroom/entrance.
  
  At the moment we have a bit of a challenge financially, many norwegians do, the financial situation makes things a bit difficult to be able to afford another person in the houshold. Food, electric and so on is killing our ability to splurge on anything and things are very tough, so this must be accepted by a workawayer that we live a very frugal life just now.
  
  We also do not have a car at the moment which is a challenge in terms of beeing able to take a workawayer around and so on. We are using the local bus and a motorcycle to get oround until we get a new car, mabe this summer.
  
  Tora and I live in a house from 1980, and we could use and like some help around the house and in our garden.
  We also have a very old cabin without water and so on, which needs som renovation works, this is in Bjorli, around 2,5 hrs. away from were we live. Our interests are music, nature, hiking, cooking, architecture, travelling, entrepreneurship and interesting people in general.
  
  We are open, honest and friendly people who are curious about other people, their culture and we love to welcome people into our lives and share a common life for a while.
  
  We like to share a good meal, take trips to show you around when we find it possible, and make sure that you are having a good time while staying with us.
  
  we are also pretty mellow people who like to relax and watch some TV and just chill, we all need some privacy sometimes and have room for this.
  Our home is open, and we will do what we can to give you a good experience during your workaway time in Norway.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We will show you our area of norway and take you all the places which are worth seeing. We are also friendly people who will make sure you have a good stay with us, hopefulle we are able to make you feel as you are a part of our family in this period.

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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

  It will be a great advantage for us if you are a pratical person who is used to doing some sort of construction work. We need help in our cabin, with everything from tearing down walls, to construction of new ones, to clearing out clutter and as you can imagine, it will be a bit messy. But we will work together, I will take charge and make sure we also have nice and good breaks, with good food, companionship and a good plan. I am a very practical person myself and can do most things, but need a helping hand in order to get our cabin together for us to use. I dont expect anyone to take any responsibility for anything in the process, just to be a helping hand a few hours a day as we work on my house and garden.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent
  Danish: Intermediate
  Swedish: Intermediate
  German: Beginner
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  Norwegian and english I can share .
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  Accommodation

  You will have your own private room and shared bath, and shared kitchen. Wifi is good.

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  What else ...

  In the area you can go hiking, anytime take a trip to the city just 15 m. away, and during winter, skiing in every form is possible. Aalesund city has a great number of restaurant, bars, library, artgalleries and this area is a very active area for all types of sports. We are in Fjord-Norway and the area is very nice to explore.

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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

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Space by my house .

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  Can possibly accept pets

  I have a cat who does not love other animals in his space :-)

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

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