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We are a family of five with three boys 11,18 and 20 and my French husband and me. We like to have some help in the garden with small building projects. So if you are handy and loves to build things you come to the right place. We have a beautiful rose and vegetable garden. We love food and I love to cook and bake. We love to have political and spiritual discussions and we are very interested in other cultures. We will make you feel comfortable and welcome you to enjoy the Swedish way of life.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Interests
Outdoor activities
Technology
Videography
Politics / Social justice
Sustainability
Farming
Plant care
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Gardening
Photography
Carpentry
Dancing
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a bilingual family we speak french, swedish and english of course. My husband is french and I am swedish. We live in a big house, an old school in the countryside about 1 hour from Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and 10 km outside a small village called Enköping. We are a family with three boys 14, 21 and 23. The oldest have moved out. I am a food and interior photographer who loves cooking, baking and gardening. My husband is an engineer at Ericsson. We have a big rose garden and a large kitchen garden where we grow our vegetables. We are used to people from other cultures. We have lived abroad for many years 3 years in England and 3 years in Australia. We are an international family with relatives in different countries like Turkey, England and France. We are a mix of everything my husband is spiritual and I am more grounded.
Projects involving children
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Help
Help in the garden with project like building a fence or a wall, building a rosearbour, making a chicken coop, clothesdrier, rose trellies or some of my other building project that you like to do! We can even build a veranda if you want! So we are looking for someone that is handy with the hammer and screwdriver. Carpentry, building, landscaping, stonework tiling outdoor, general construction.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
We live in an big old school in the countryside but the city is near. It is located 50 min drive away from Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås. Stockholm is the capital and some of the biggest cities in Sweden with a lot of old history. We are also close to Arlanda international airport. From Enköping station you can take the train or bus to all the bigger cities around us. I love cooking so all the meals will be served in the kitchen and you are always welcome and take what ever you want to eat and drink.
What else ...
We have a lot of water around us so you can go swimming, hikes in the woods or go and see the big cities. Uppsala is a beautiful university town not far from us. We have two cats who live outside the house. We are a relaxed family a bit disorganised maybe but with a lot of laughter and a lot of love. We love to play boardgames in the evening after dinner but everything is optional - you do you. But a social person would fit right in.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Free internet
Space for parking camper vans
We have a lot of room for parking of a van or campervan
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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The Finn and Mary family is so wonderful that I've often been moved by how close and connected they are.
This is the first time I've been accepted for who I am! I'm free to express my experiences, share them, and put them into practice successfully, giving the family all the skills I've acquired… read more
We especially appreciate his ability to take own initiatives.
Richard was a great… read more
I was treated like part of the family from day 1. We sat together almost every evening, had dinner together and played games. Mari is an excellent cook! I don't think you can get such high-quality and, above all, delicious food everywhere.
The… read more
We helped with a variety of tasks including gardening, housesitting, feeding the sweet kitties, repairs, cleaning, and cooking. We thoroughly enjoyed… read more
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The Finn and Mary family is so wonderful that I've often been moved by how close and connected they are.
This is the first time I've been accepted for who I am! I'm free to express my experiences, share them, and put them into practice successfully, giving the family all the skills I've acquired… read more
We especially appreciate his ability to take own initiatives.
Richard was a great… read more
I was treated like part of the family from day 1. We sat together almost every evening, had dinner together and played games. Mari is an excellent cook! I don't think you can get such high-quality and, above all, delicious food everywhere.
The… read more
We helped with a variety of tasks including gardening, housesitting, feeding the sweet kitties, repairs, cleaning, and cooking. We thoroughly enjoyed… read more
Mari and Finn have a one of a kind family and we felt very lucky to be a part of it for the month we stayed. We spent a lot of time with their son Noah who was one of… read more
It was our first workaway experience and it was the best start what we could have had.
We‘ve been there for around two weeks and had a wonderful time there. The warm welcome gave us the feeling of being at home.
Our task‘s were to do some household, gardening, organising and cleaning the… read more
Hugo & Manon stayed 2 months with us. They quickly adapted and always found a solution to all problems. They helped us organizing the home, cleaning, weeding the kitchen garden and parking and the put up a fence and built a wooden arbor.
I would definitely recommend them to any host. They were very eager to learn and they… read more
Our task was to help around the house and garden. Since a garden presentation was coming up, we mainly had to do small beautification jobs in the garden, like pulling weeds, pruning rose bushes, planting new plants, etc. We had the afternoons free. Mari's house and garden are… read more
We really enjoyed having them in our home.
They have very good work ethics, are always positive and happy to help. They helped us getting the garden ready before we had an open garden event. Their tasks were weeding and pruning the roses. We worked… read more
Always eager to help out with what ever needs doing, taking his tasks seriously & working diligently to get things done properly.
He's very capable of working unsupervised.
He was a great help and among other things weeded my vegetable garden. He was also a great soccer… read more
They have a lovely home with beautiful garden that me and Emma worked in. We had nice tasks and Mari is very good at finding new tasks ;)
She is open to suggestions and let's you do… read more
