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We're working to turn our house into a vibrant co-living. Our goal is to create meaningful connections and offer a lifestyle that feels truly fulfilling. Highlights will eventually include: a yoga shala, ceramics studio and creative space, regular family dinners cooked in our large community kitchen, community skill-shares, surf equipment, outdoor space with a fire pit, sauna, and hot tub, and much more!
We are two Americans - yoga teacher, amateur cooks, surfers, and software engineers - who have lived in Portugal for 5 years. Plus a fluffy little pup named Paddington. We're both outgoing and love sharing, learning, and teaching. We're dedicated travelers who fell in love with the idea of community and shared living space to enable a joyful and sustainable lifestyle.
We are looking for volunteers to help cultivate community and help us maintain our personal home (some light cleaning and maintenance)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer a beautiful house in Ericeira, Portugal, just steps from the coast, where workawayers can get some sun and surf. We love to cook and will share beautiful meals. We also offer the affection of the snuggliest puppy, Paddington. We're beginning to pull together a quiver of surfboards and wetsuites. We can also share vinyasa yoga classes. Once the ceramics studio, sauna, and hot tub are complete, those will be available to workawayers as well!
Help
The only required skills are to be organized, clean, and an interest in being social with other people in the home.
We are going to be putting in a garden that will be ~10 square meters next to our home, so helping us plan and do light outdoor help for that. We also have a part of our property that we are going to be putting furniture and making look nicer over the summer/fall.
We offer free accommodation (a private bedroom with a shared bathroom and shared kitchen) in exchange for 15 hours of help per week.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Portuguese: Beginner
Accommodation
Private room with shared bathroom
What else ...
Surfing, yoga, visits to Lisbon
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have internet and a dedicated coworking area. There will be construction on the property, so noise may be an issue at times.
Space for parking camper vans
We can accept 1 van and it will be parked next to the house.
Can possibly accept pets
We have a small dog and would be open to other pets, as long as they are friendly with dogs.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Paddington
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Nick and Carolyn are great hosts and found a lot of other nice workawayers from all over the world that I stayed with. I had my own bedroom and two meals a day, the work was very interesting and I got to do a lot of carpentry stuff and after work there was always time to spend time with… read more
