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Come help us with DIY and gardening projects at our place in the mountains near Barcelona, Spain

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  • Last activity: 25 Mar 2024

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Hi, we’re Alyssa and Victor, and our pets are Milla the cat and Octavio the greyhound. We bought a house about 40km from Barcelona in the mountains near Montserrat.

    Our idea is to renovate it over the spring and summer, so that we can offer free artist residency programmes. The garden will have a chicken coop and we’ll build terracing for a vegetable garden.

    Alyssa is half Finnish, half English but grew up in Switzerland and Japan. Victor is Venezuelan and lived around latin America. We met on Tinder in Berlin in 2019 and somehow found our way to this picturesque spot in the Catalan mountains!

    We have plenty of tasks that need doing for all kinds of different skills so feel free to send a message proposing something.

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    - Hike around Montserrat and the local mountain trails
    - Enjoy wine tastings and vineyard tours in what is known as the cava capital of Spain!
    - Spend time with animals: our cat, dog and soon to be chickens
    - Be creative and enjoy your free time

  • Help

    Help

    Help with building, gardening, DIY, sewing, carrying, lifting, painting, etc, etc. Have a read about our project and if you think you have some ways to help, we’d love to hear from you.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    Finnish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    German: Intermediate
    Japanese: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    If someone with more patience wants to teach my boyfriend Finnish… 😅

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We welcome 4-5 hours of help per day, 5 days per week, in exchange for all meals and accommodation. You would have your own bedroom. The house is a 10-minute walk from the station from where a train runs regularly to Barcelona in just under an hour.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    There’s free parking all around the village.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Has to be good with other dogs, cats and chickens.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

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

Host ref number: 378187976519

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