Help with general tasks and stay at an Italian lake house in Sant'Ippolito, Italy

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  Description

  I’m a nature and permaculture enthusiast living between Milan and the Lake house. Together with my cousin we bought a house and 11 hectares of woods in front of a beautiful Lake called “Lago del Salto” with direct private access to the lake and no close neighbors. It’s a full immersion in nature, 1 hour car or bus ride from Rome. There is always a lot of work to do in and around the house. Partially there are professional workers taking care of some structural work at the house. But I’m very hands on and have a lot of projects for the surrounding of the house planed.
  I have been volunteering as a workawayer for about 6 years myself and this is my second year of hosting. I like to have people around that come to volunteer, that really want to help, that are interested and interesting.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Plant care

  

  Photography

  

  Performing arts

  

  Music

  

  Languages

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Carpentry

  

  Books

  

  Blogging

  

  Astronomy

  

  Art & design

  

  Animals

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Water sports

  

  Team sports

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Nature

  

  Mountain

  

  Hiking

  

  Fitness

  

  Dancing

  

  Cycling

  

  Camping

  

  Beach

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  I’m a 42 years old gay/bi men. Have been living in metropoles for the past 20 years working in the fashion industry.
  I’m a passionate nature lover. Big lover of creating things, curious and adventurous. The property is surrounded by untouched nature ready to be explored.
  I like motion in many forms, besides enjoying the physical work in the open I like to explore nature and do hiking , paddling, swimming, biking, yoga, painting, dancing, working out, cooking, whatever name it, I’ll be up to it!
  I’m a naturist and nudist at heart, I like to spend time naked in nature. That doesn’t mean I’ll be just randomly naked but I’ll take my time and space.
  You don’t have to practice at all but I wish you to be respectful of my choices if you decide to enter my space.
  Only lgbtq friendly people are welcomed, I have no time for unkind, repressed people.
  I like weed and shrooms too, I believe in their spiritual, healing and connecting powers.
  I speak Italian, German and English, some Spanish and French.
  I like to share and listen to stories.
  If you read to this point and you are ok with all the points above please start your message to me with the word:
  awareness

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  Help

  The house and the land have been neglected for years by the previous owner. We are just settling in and there is always something to do around the house. We are open for suggestions as well. It’s mainly garden work and some diy house building. One of the projects we are planning to do for example is to create some earth terraces around the house, we already started. Or create a camping space. Give new life to a bathroom..
  Basically I need some hands on, positive and willing people that enjoy nature and the calm :)
  People not afraid of physical work too.
  
  Will be working 5 hours a day, 5 days the week or 6 days, depending on what you decide.
  Age or gender don’t matter to me as long as you are able to live comfortably in a shared space, respectful of others, respectful of nature. At a good level of self awareness. And physically able to do the work.
  Please don’t waste both our time if you don’t feel secure about your commitment.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate
  French: 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

  In the house there are bedrooms available. Depending on the calendar you might have a private room or shared with another volunteer. If there are no rooms available or you like to sleep in the open. We can provide everything to camp.
  Will be sharing kitchen and bathroom. There will be our lovely 4-6 cats living around the house.
  
  Everyone will be responsible for cooking, cleaning and other usual tasks on rotation.
  I have some intolerances and try to eat as clean/bio as possible but I’m not vegan and I like tasty food a lot.
  So we can put together a menu that suits everyone in the budget.
  
  There are 2 options for the food exchange:
  
  If you want to work 5 days out of 7, we will provide 3 meals a day for 5 days+snacks
  From Monday to Friday we will prepare and have the 3 daily meals together. Saturday & Sunday will be off work.
  If you want to work Saturdays, we will provide 3 meals on Saturday too.

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  What else ...

  Smoking only outside the house. Not in the woods, only open areas.
  Usually we go 1 time a week for groceries shopping with the car. We like to go to local events and have aperitivo with friends too or host gatherings in our garden. The lake is perfect for swimming, we have a standup paddle board and an inflatable little boat. The house is surrounded by Hiking trails.
  Local amenities are far in walking distance. But there are some public buses and we have bikes you can take.
  We can go as well together exploring the surroundings with the car in our free time, discovering places, hiking or have a drink in a near by town. Or you can enjoy your time wherever you can get by bike or foot.
  I can come and pick you up at the closest village when you arrive and bring you back when you leave.
  I will give you more details on how to get here once there is reciprocal interest.

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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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