Help build and invent green solutions in Punta de Lobos, Chile

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  Description

  This is not a hostel. If you want a house full of travellers every night, this is the wrong listing. Here you can be more comfortable and you will eat well, but there is less built-in social life. It suits people who can be on their own.
  The place is 500 m from the wave at Punta de Lobos. It already runs on solar and well water. Now we finish systems and keep the site working: shops at the front, yurts, workshop, water, heat, order.
  I import goods from Indonesia and sell them here. That pays for the project. So a lot of the work is simple: sort, clean, stock, sell, build, finish. An ecological project is still a construction site. Bricks, boards, tools back in place.
  I have the whole picture in my head. What I like is people who bring their own spark inside that. Painters who painted. Someone who picked a corner and made it better. If you tell me what you want to do and it helps the place, I will try to get you the materials. I need help on every front.
  On the table: refine solar and plumbing, a sauna and heated pool with reused heat and solar collectors, water systems, finish the shops, put up a yurt. And the unglamorous work that lets all of that happen.
  22 hours a week, well worked. Make your own timetable. Good swell? Surf first and catch up later. That only works if the hours are real.
  We eat well because it is my table too. We cook and wash up together.
  Internet is Starlink — as stable as it gets. You can work remotely without fighting the connection.
  This works if you like finishing things, keep shared spaces tidy, and can listen first. It does not work as a free surf camp with optional chores.
  Spanish, English, German. Bikes and some surf gear. Town is 20 minutes by bike. Dogs and cats on site.
  If you are practical and curious, write and tell me what you like to do with your hands — or in a shop.
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  Descripción (ES)
  Esto no es un hostal. Si buscas una casa llena de viajeros todas las noches, este no es el aviso. Acá puedes estar más cómodo y vas a comer bien, pero hay menos vida en común ya armada. Es para gente que puede estar sola.
  El predio está a 500 m de la ola de Punta de Lobos. Ya corre con solar y pozo. Ahora se trata de afinar sistemas y que el lugar funcione: las tiendas de adelante, las yurtas, el taller, el agua, el calor, el orden.
  Importo cosas de Indonesia y las vendo aquí. Eso paga el proyecto. Por eso gran parte del trabajo es simple: ordenar, limpiar, stockear, vender, construir, terminar. Un proyecto ecológico sigue siendo una obra. Ladrillo, tabla, herramientas a su sitio.
  El proyecto grande lo tengo yo en la cabeza. Lo que me gusta es gente con ganas de hacer lo suyo adentro de eso. Han venido pintoras y pintaron. Gente que eligió un rincón y lo dejó mejor. Si me dices qué quieres hacer y le sirve al lugar, trato de conseguirte los materiales. Necesito ayuda en todos los frentes.
  Ahora mismo: afinar solar y gasfitería, sauna y piscina temperada con calor reciclado y colectores, aguas, terminar las tiendas, armar una yurta. Y el trabajo poco glamouroso sin el cual eso no avanza.
  22 horas a la semana, bien trabajadas. Armen su horario. Si hay ola, primero el mar y después se recuperan las horas. Funciona si el tiempo es de verdad.
  Comemos bien porque también es mi mesa. Cocina y loza en turnos.
  Internet es Starlink: lo más estable que hay. Se puede trabajar remoto sin pelear con la señal.
  Esto funciona si les gusta terminar lo que empiezan, dejan los espacios compartidos en orden y pueden escuchar primero. No funciona como campamento de surf gratis con dos quehaceres.
  Español, inglés y alemán. Bicis y algo de equipo de surf. El pueblo a 20 minutos en bici. Perros y gatos en el predio.
  Si son prácticos y curiosos, escriban y cuéntenme qué les gusta hacer con las manos — o en una tienda.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Farmstay help

  Hospitality/Tourism

  Light maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Technology

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Farming

  

  Culture

  

  Plant care

  

  History

  

  Carpentry

  

  Books

  

  Animals

  

  Architecture

  

  Mountain

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking

  

  Cycling

  

  Camping

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You learn off-grid life by doing it, not by talking about it. Solar, well water, heat, waste, shops that pay for the place — what works, what is only a nice story, and what it costs in time.
  I have been in ecological projects long enough to know the difference. Living this way is possible. It is not simple, and it is not always pretty. If that interests you more than the slogan, you will get something real here: habits, tools, and a slower look at how a small place actually stays alive.
  Spanish, English and German at the table. Bring what you know; take back what you used.
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  Se aprende la vida autárquica haciéndola, no conversándola. Solar, pozo, calor, residuos, las tiendas que pagan el predio: lo que funciona, lo que es solo relato, y lo que cuesta en tiempo.
  Llevo años en proyectos ecológicos y conozco la diferencia. Vivir así se puede. No es simple ni siempre bonito. Si eso te interesa más que el eslogan, acá hay algo concreto: hábitos, oficios y cómo se sostiene de verdad un lugar chico.
  En la mesa se habla español, inglés y alemán. Trae lo que sabes; llévate lo que usaste.

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  Help

  We need help with a whole array of projects but the most important thing is to be motivated.
  Please tell me what you don’t like doing and where your skills are and what gets you fired up, in this way I can look for a job that fixes you and where you are happy and get the feeling you are developing yourself...
  Anyway what I hate most in live is to be a boss, so anybody with good organizational skills, would be very very welcome. Carpenters, mechanics, inventors, photographers, programmers, etc. etc. all welcome too
  
  Necesito ayuda para construir e inventar soluciones ecológicas, administrar los Yurts, diseño y dibujo técnico, . Bueno, la verdad, a cada uno le trato de buscar su vocación, para lo que es bueno

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  Languages spoken

  German: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  English: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  I have yurts for rent, what are beautiful decorated and where you can stay if not rented. If rented, always I will have a room, and if we are full, maybe you will have to share a room.

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  What else ...

  I speak Spanish, English and German fluently so language isn’t a problem. We’re very fortunate and privileged to be so close to the wave at Punta De Lobos but it does mean that the majority of the surrounding infrastructure are other properties with very few shops. If you want to go shopping then you can either cycle into town (20 mins) or take a collectivo for 1000 pesos. There’s lots of great shops in town. We have lots of shortboard surfboards available if you want to surf and we’re good friends with some rental places so you can always hire a board and wetsuit from there through us. We have 1 dog and 5 cats that you’ll see floating around the place all the time who are all very friendly.
  
  Hablo alemán, inglés y español. Trabajaran con más gente, un lugar muy central, no hay negocios cerca, tienen que ir en bicicleta a comprar, 20 minutos. Tablas de surf a su disposición.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  I try to build a place where everywhere it is possible to work and you can concentrate but in a nice environment.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have a lot of space for campervans near a big pond. And toilet very close to...

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  Chatarra

  Chatarra

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