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Hi! We are Emanuela (Italian 1970) and Peter (Swiss 1966)... and Nespolo and Mora (our cats).
In 2019 Peter and I bought a beautiful little stone house (which is about 150 years old) and a small piece of land (300sqm) in the beautiful town of Montecrestese.
The intention was and is, to live more soberly, to use our hands to create and self-produce what we need, to value relationships and exchange with people and with the wonderful Nature that surrounds us ... to try to be more and more independent from an economic, cultural and social system in which we do not recognize ourselves. But above all to participate consciously in Life.
We had to make some adjustments to our "vision", because things don't always work out the way we want them to. The most important thing I have learned is not to feel guilty and to appreciate what I have.
What can you learn from us ?
You can learn the way we have chosen to live, see its merits and demerits, successes and failures ... Perhaps to better understand how you would like to live.
Life is movement and fluidity. ☀️
What do we expect from you?
Help and sharing in all activities: home, garden, harvest, transformation, reorganizing spaces, wood, feeding and playing with cats ...
What you will find.
Moments of tranquility and beauty.
Lots of places to explore or "meditate."
Neighbors project of younger people.
Please note: I work from 9.30am till 2.30pm in Domodossola and Peter works from October till June in Bern, CH. So during these months he is mostly in Bern. It means that in winter you will be often alone.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can explore our fantastic village landscape!
For me, Montecrestese is truly fascinating and has a sacred and powerful energy.
From our house you can take beautiful hikes from 1h to 8h.
You can lern Italiano (Peter wants lern italiano, too! ) or Deutsche (I want lern deutsche, too).
If you like, we can cook togheter some special Italian dishes.
😊.
Help
We Expect 24 hours per week.
Manual tasks or garden skills will be really appreciate 😄.
The main help Is in the Garden: weeding, planting. watering. etc. We have also places (under the roof or in the cellar) to clean and tidy up.
Preparing food and daily-standard cleaning (washing dishes, broom the flor) are not included in this 24 hours.
Languages spoken
Italian: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Accommodation
room per 1 or 2 people with bathroom.
What else ...
Our place is 12 minutes by car from Domodossola train station (we Will come to take you up at your arrivai).
Domodossola station is 1h40 by train from Milano (Italy) and 1h40 by train from Bern (CH).
Malpensa airport is about 1h by train or bus.
What to see: our village!! Montecrestese.
and Domodossola
If you have a car there are nice Mountains anc lakes to Explore .
Lakes: lago Orta, lago Maggiore, lago Antrona.
Alps: Alpe Devero and Alpe Veglia,
The wild "Val Grande".
I love dancing, expecially FOLK . You can try! It Is Easy and funny.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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I found the environment very calm and relaxed, there was a lot of work to do, but it was always very pleasant.
My bedroom was very welcoming and with a stunning view, it was a pleasure to open my eyes in the morning and look at the snow-capped mountains.
In… read more
He has been helpful and attentive and has been a great help.
He loves physical work and has done a lot of work: weeded palm trees, trimmed trees, fixed flower beds, made a… read more
I really appreciate the job the did for me, their Company and their food!! 😄
She adapted immediately and without any problem to our rhythms and habits, worked hard and was a nice presence.
She loves to chat, but she can also listen (because Peter and I like to chat too!) and we touched on several interesting… read more
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I found the environment very calm and relaxed, there was a lot of work to do, but it was always very pleasant.
My bedroom was very welcoming and with a stunning view, it was a pleasure to open my eyes in the morning and look at the snow-capped mountains.
In… read more
He has been helpful and attentive and has been a great help.
He loves physical work and has done a lot of work: weeded palm trees, trimmed trees, fixed flower beds, made a… read more
I really appreciate the job the did for me, their Company and their food!! 😄
She adapted immediately and without any problem to our rhythms and habits, worked hard and was a nice presence.
She loves to chat, but she can also listen (because Peter and I like to chat too!) and we touched on several interesting… read more
Mia did: a nice drow over our entrance Door, carefully painting a stairway, cut plants in the garden, prepared and describted… read more
I help in the house with painting and in the garden. It is a really beautiful house and i can just recommend for everyone. ;)
She worked hard with Joy and Power. And We had a lot of Fun with her and Sigrid (the other helper) both during the jobs and the evening games.
She was Always available to help also with houswork and could very good cooperate toghter with Sigrid.
It has been a… read more
he is a open mind, social and respectfull person. You can see that he is used to travel! We appreciated his Company for his humor and knowledge about various things and also his capability to be both social and indipendent.
He has been also able to do special jobs I could not expect from a workawayer!
He did… read more
We thanks her deeply for all the good and different works she did.
She has been flexible and able to manage many different works in the house and in the garden, from artistic painting, to hevy work like moving things, working with soil, stone and, wood. She was always helping for… read more
We spoke about life and our experiences, it's always interesting to have conversations with an open minded person.
The sorroundings were marvelous, with a lot fruit trees and great walks to do.
She was very kind, specially when i wanted to go climbing. She accompanied me with the car to the bottom of… read more
hank you Franco for your help. Have a good life! You are welcome when our house… read more
