Enjoy the landscapes around our small farm near the Baltic Sea, Germany

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Small house with big garden near the Baltic Sea (1h) seeks helpers for house and garden

We are two dropouts from Berlin who bought a house in Western Pomerania 8 years ago and have since expanded it themselves. Everything without big money, everything on a modest scale, it should remain quite original.
So we are searching for people that are also critical of consumerism, close to nature and who lead modest lives; they will find their way in our simple house. After all, we have Internet and telephone and now also a fridge for the summer.
Since our house can not be heated in all rooms in winter, we are primarily looking for people for the summer months.
Over the summer many friends and families visit us; It can be turbulent even when children are there. You should like that.

Kleines Haus mit großem Garten in Ostseenähe (1h) sucht Helfer für Haus und Garten

Wir sind zwei Berlin-Aussteiger, die sich vor 8 Jahren ein Haus in Vorpommern gekauft haben und es seitdem selbst ausgebaut haben. Alles ohne großes Geld, alles in bescheidenem Rahmen, es soll recht ürsprünglich bleiben.
Wer also auch konsumkritisch, naturnah und bescheiden lebt, der findet sich in unserem einfachen Haus gut zurecht. Wir haben immerhin Internet und Telefon und neuderdings auch einen Kühlschrank für den Sommer.
Da unser Haus im Winter nicht in allen Räumen beheizt werden kann, suchen wir vorranging Leute für die Sommermonate.
Über den Sommer kommen uns immer viele Freunde und Familien besuchen; es kann also auch schonmal turbulent werden, wenn Kinder dabei sind. Das solltest Du mögen.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in a small 90-soul village; The Baltic Sea is an hour away by car via the island of Usedom.
Anklam as the nearest supermarket is 16 km away. Supply buses arrive in the city (bakers, butchers, fruits & vegetables). We live vegetarian.
Behind our village, the landscape protection begins Large Landgrabental, a paradise for flora and fauna.
Here you can make wonderful bike trips, castle ruins, manors, forests, lakes.

Wir leben in einem kleinen 90-Seelen-Dorf; die Ostsee ist mit dem Auto eine Stunde entfernt über die Insel Usedom.
Anklam als nächste Einkaufsmöglichkeit ist 16 km entfernt. Versorgungsbusse kommen in die Stadt (Bäcker, Fleischer, Obst&Gemüse). Wir selbst leben vegetarisch.
Hinter unserem Dorf beginnt das Landschaftsschutzbegiet Großes Landgrabental, ein Paradies für Flora und Fauna.
Hier kann man wunderbare Fahrradausflüge machen, Burgruinen, Herrenhäuser, Wälder, Badeseen.
Help
We always have a lot of little projects around our house and the gardens:
plastering walls with clay, laying brick floors with old bricks, setting new garden fence posts, cutting trees, mowing the grass, choping wood and take the weed off our beds. You will find something that you like to do.
And of course there is help in the house like cooking and cleaning. Every day life...

Wir haben immer eine Menge kleinerer Projekte rund ums Haus und die Gärten:
Wände mit Lehm verputzen, Böden verlegen mit alten Backsteinen, neue Gartenzaunpfosten setzen, Bäume ausschneiden, Gras sensen und Rasen mähen, Holz hacken, Unkraut jäten. Du wirst schon etwas finden, was Dir Spaß macht...
Und natürlich gibt es genug im Haus zu tun, wie kochen und putzen. Alltag eben...
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
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.
Accommodation
We have a nice guest room for you alone. Bathroom and toilet is available.
But you can also camp in our 2000 square meter garden and when the guest house is ready, of course, be the first to sleep in there!

Wir haben ein schönes Gästezimmer für Dich alleine. Bad und WC ist vorhanden.
Du kannst aber auch gerne in unserem 2000 qm großen Garten zelten und wenn das Gästehaus fertig ist, natürlich als erster dort drinnen schlafen!
What else ...
We have bikes in our house, so you can take a ride...
There is a bus that brings you to the next big city Anklam and back again. From Anklam you can go to the baltic sea.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
no pets allowed
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Moritz & Mischka

Guesthouse 2022

Guesthouse inside, 2022. Floors are laid, walls are plastered, we have electricity now, almost furnished, only needs curtains and deco. Want to help us?

Old laundry house becoming a guest house, 2020

The main house.

plastering walls with clay

building a gate with brick posts in old style

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walnut harvest

laying brick floors with reclaimed material

Living room in the main house.

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(5.0)

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(5.0)

26/10/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (Andrea)

I had the honour of being Andrea's first host in his workaway-experience and I hope that I fulfilled his expectations. Did he fulfill mine? 150 percent! Andrea is a reliable guy, very concentrated on his duties, exactly in his measurements (how could I dare re-measuring his calculations?), he loves to finish what we started and he was 100% with… read more

(Excellent )

05/06/2022

Left by Workawayer (Ivan) for host

I had wonderful two weeks at Moritz's place and I enjoyed the work we had and his cooking. We had a lot of great time in conversations on various topics and I am really glad that I was able to meet his friends as well.
Moritz is very knowledgeable and he had a lot of patience with me since I didn't have much experience with some stuff that we were… read more

(Excellent )

19/05/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (Ivan)

I had two very nice weeks with Ivan. He is a calm and friendly guy that is not shy of any challenge. So he graduated from absolute beginner to half-chief in plastering walls with clay and helped us getting closer to the dream of our guest house. We had a good time talking about our different cultures and things in life. We found out that here is… read more

(Excellent )

26/05/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (Samuel)

Having Samuel in Rebelow was like meeting a soulmate or a long forgotten brother. Three weeks filled not only with good and creative work, but also with heart and soul. Samuel came with a broken heart and had to adjust to this new situation in life which he managed by a good balance between work and long talks or bike rides. You could see from day… read more

(Excellent )

09/10/2021

Left by Workawayer (Joan & Tomás) for host

Joan's feedback:
We had a really awesome experience with Moritz and Mark this summer. We spent almost one entire month in Rebelow and we had such a good time. First of all, the location is incredible. Moritz’s house is situated on the best spot of the village, just in front of some beautiful weeping willows. The surroundings are amazing too:… read more there’s a stunning lake near the village, a breathtaking castle and an astonishing forest pretty near too. The rooms are spacious, well decorated and comfortable. The meals are taken together, with a calm atmosphere and really tasty vegetarian food. Moritz is such a good chef!!
Regarding the work, as Momo said, we had two main building projects: the wooden facade of the garden house and the brick wall in Mark’s house. Both were end to end projects, which allowed us to truly understand all the work that is behind it. The skills and knowledge we acquired here is something that we value a lot from the work away experience. In fact, Tomas has already applied what he learned in Rebelow, building a wooden henhouse as a gift for his girlfriend. Moreover, Moritz always made sure that we were feeling safe and comfortable during the work sessions.
I must admit that before coming to Rebelow, we were a bit concerned about it being in the middle of nowhere. But, in reality, this is what makes this village such an enjoyable place, as you can truly experience calm and silence. “Gelassenheit”, the first word that Moritz taught me, which means calmness and serenity, sums up all this work away experience.
Joan Escat Nadal

Thomas' feedback:
I spent a month in Rebelow living with Moritz and Mark in my first experience with WorkAway and I feel so lucky for it.
Möritz and Mark are such an easy people, very simple, friendly and humble, but also interesting and cultured. The perfect mixt to make two guys with whom you will have an easy coexistence, with nice talks and laughs.
I would like to say so many things and I’ve been breaking my head to think about how can I put it all in a review. I’m sorry, I wasn’t able to do it and I got stuck. So, I finally decided to let it go and make it brief to leave a written record of just a couple of things about the work in the house and the free time/ cultural exchange.
About the working time I would like to highlight how much you learn with Möritz, he behaved like a father to me, with great patience and confidence. He always explained himself very well, letting me to try and fail many times and also knowing how to criticize in case of error to get the best out of me every day. He’s such a good teacher, this is how already from the first day you take ownership of the project he’s doing and you feel it as yours as it is from him. That was perfect to me because I entered in a dynamic where I got up every morning wanting to start and give it all. I would have liked to see the house finished :’)
Regarding to the cultural exchange, I have to say that, although I did not practice any German (we always prioritized the well understanding of each other’s with English), I learned a lot more than I expected about the history of the German people and the mentalities of the East.
I also really enjoyed the woods with Mark, talking about mushrooms, plants and animals. I saw myself in him both in his sense of humor and in his passion for the living systems. I will always remember the hours we spent walking while I was learning from him. Lately I can't help but think of the Rebelow woods when I'm in my mycology classes or when I've gone to look for mushrooms in the forest (which is already starting to be the season).
For that and many other stuffs, I believe that the best thing you can take from Rebelow is living with these two great people. That the house, location, project and food is spectacular falls short of what you can learn from Möritz and Mark. It may sound cheesy but you only have to see them interact with the other people (with the neighbors, in the bus, in the supermarket…) to realize that they are simply good human beings, and if you go with an open mind, energy to work and the desire to learn, you will end up loving them as much as we do :)
PD: Finally, I also want to send my regards to Mischka, Norman and Nico and say that I keep my promise to the hosts that I will come to visit you in the future, take good care of yourself.
Regards,
Tomás.

(Excellent )

05/09/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Joan & Tomás)

This summer in Rebelow was in fact a spanish summer. Tomás and Joan joined us to help converting our garden house into a guest house, because these two old friends had the plan to renovate an old farm to live in. Perfect match! First came Tomás and helped a lot with laying bricks, installing a new window and starting the wooden covering od the… read more

(Excellent )

04/09/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Momo)

Moritz says: as I have never been to spain in my life before, this year Spain came to our little village Rebelow. We were searching for one workawayer to built up our garden house as a guest house and to built up a brick wall in Marc’s sleeping room, but all of a sudden we found ourselves having 3 workawayers: Tomás, Joan and: Momo. With such… read more

(Excellent )

04/09/2021

Left by Workawayer (Momo) for host

I spent 4 weeks with Moritz in Rebelow and I had a great time that I will never forget. We were 3 workawayers from Spain so there was a very familiar atmosphere with constant jokes and singing, like a summer holiday with friends almost. Regarding the work, we had two main building projects: the wooden facade of the garden house and the brick wall… read more

(Excellent )

15/12/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Massimiliano)

As usually you never know how the next workawayer will be, but this guy was a wonderful surprise. He turned out to be a young philosopher and at the same time a hard worker. We had hours of good, hard work with long philosophical or political discussions, had leisure time full of introspective joy of nature and enjoyed good italian meals that… read more

(Excellent )

14/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (David)

David was here for two month and I must say: it was a wonderful and inspiring time. Our house has made an enormous effort since he was here, a small step for mankind, but a big step for us! David made me so happy and proud to be the owner of the most beautiful bathroom now, since he made wonderful wallpaintings, nature, animals, structures. His… read more

(Excellent )

14/02/2020

Left by Workawayer (David) for host

I couldn't recommend this place enough! Moritz is such a warm-hearted, interesting and open-minded guy, it was very pleasant to stay at his place and help on his projects. We did a lot of different things, it never got boring. Moritz even tried to search for the projects that would excite me the most. His house is very comfortable and has enough… read more

(Excellent )

30/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Gabriele & Gianpaolo) for host

We have a great experience in Rebelow with Moritz, is a great person and we had incredible good times with him, we work outside and built a wooden fence and a wonderful gate. we had a lot of good moments together: listening music, preparing marmalade and watching movies.
i really love this experience with him and i recommend to everyone is a great… read more

(Excellent )

22/10/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Gabriele & Gianpaolo)

Gabriele and Gianpaolo came to Rebelow with the goal of buliding a wooden fence at the end of one of our gardens. They left with the perfect fence and on top with a breathtaking beautiful garden gate which they designed and built with passion and devotion. Walking through his gate, we will always remember that great work togehter. Thanks for that,… read more

(Excellent )

15/08/2019

Left by Workawayer (Ben) for host

I had a really awesome time with Moritz. To be honest I didn’t have much of an idea what I was going to be doing once I arrived but everything we did was great. Moritz was super patient with me - even if he didn’t want to admit it! I learned a lot about gardening and some construction (and destruction), as well as generally just how to to live… read more

(Excellent )

11/08/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Ben)

We had such a good time together: good and creative work, long breakfasts with sometimes controversal discussions, long bike trips and visits to neighbours. I must say: Ben is a cool guy, he has a wonderful sense of humour, a good working attitude and above all: he loves countrylife. Perfect match!
I would invite him again because I would know,… read more

(Excellent )

25/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Asensio & Miguel) for host

We spent one week living in Moritz's farm. He has been an awesome host, he hasn't only shared with us his house and his food, but also his culture, his sense of humour, amability, charm and good conversations.

He has offered us many different tasks according to our habilities. From building a wood shelter to gardening.

We are very grateful for… read more

(Excellent )

23/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Asensio & Miguel)

well, I can only say the best things about these two guys: reliable, charming, intelligent, deep conversations, mature, good workers, good compagnians, great fun. They show so much interest in all works and are proud of the things they did.
We came to a good solution with the shed we built together from the foundation to the roof.
They will… read more

(Excellent )

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