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Description
I am a young woman bubbling with energy, creativity and inspiration. I'm passionate about creating harmony and kindness within myself, my life-style and with my friends and family.
In 2017 I embarked upon my dream! Building a beautiful house and home in the Archipelago of Southern Finland. The house will be built using natural and recycled materials as much as possible. A roundwood timber frame with a reciprocal roof, natural stone foundation, strawbale insulated and clay covered walls. I have been hosting volunteer guests since 2018 and it has turned out to be a wonderfully enriching experience!
Now in 2023 the main house of Loitsukallio (that is the name of my place) stands as a bare timber frame with the foundation of the fireplace ready and the ceiling nearly ready. I have a huge goal in mind for this year, as I wish to have the house "livable" before the next winter. This means finishing the roof, building the chimney, fireplace and walls with the clay cover at least on the outside and the first floor with insulation.
So this year I am particularly calling out to those workawayers who are skilled in building and preferably ones who wish to stay for more than two weeks. The main building months are May till September. There is also help needed in cooking, cleaning and some gardening.
So when writing a message please let me know what kind of work you are interested/skilled in. :)
The week will have 5 days with work. About 5-6 hours a day. These 5 days include breakfast and lunch. During weekends there will be food in the house to use for cooking and if we all like we can cook and eat together on those days too. The food will be vegan or vegetarian and the ingredients will include harvest from our garden and forest.
During your stay it is possible to enjoy the peace of the forest, the heat of the sauna, sitting by a campfire, heart-sharing circle, yoga or playing music together or alone. I have a lovely guitar and love singing! It will depend on what we are interested in enjoying together. There is also a lovely lake 3 km from the place for swimming in the summer. I live as part of a community village, about 70 inhabitants, so meeting other community members and joining in community activities may be possible to.
For those who are interested I have written a blog about the building project and I can send the link on request. The blog is in Finnish but with lots of photos.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
A visitor may experience the beauty of the Finnish archipelago, the relative silence and calmness.
The fresh air and beautiful sounds of the forest.
Visitors will get to experience the Finnich sauna as well as locally and personally grown food.
I am happy to share my life experiences and all I have learned about natural building.
If a visitor requests I am happy to speak Finnish to them. :)
Help
There are lots of different ways to help out in the project such as:
-Building with wood
-Handing me materials while I build
-Moving big and small rocks and building walls
-Carrying lots of building materials
-Repairing old windows
-Painting windows and doors
-Cleaning the building site and house
-Chopping & stacking firewood
-Cooking, cleaning, gardening
There are tasks for every level of craftmanship! :)
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Volunteers can choose between a few sleeping options.
1st option is sleeping in the main house that I currently live in in. I have a small room for myself and I can host a few guests in the living room. There is currently one bed in the room and another mattress.
2nd option if it is warm enough (which in summer it probably will be) is outside in one of the outdoor buildings. It is not heated but I have lots of warm blankets to borrow.
3rd option is a tent in the forest at Loitsukallio (the building site). At Loitsukallio there is a campfire spot and an outhouse toilet.
Workawayers will primarily be dinning with me. I will provide vegetarian food or ingredients for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Workawayers will need to buy their own food for snacks . There is a small village shop very near by and bigger food shopping is done about once a week in town by car.
There is an ok shower in the house and a sauna where one can wash with warm water and/or hot sauna.
What else ...
I live in a community village, half and hour from Naantali and 1 hour from Turku.
Visitors may wish to spend their free time at various village events.
If it is summer swimming, cycling and sitting outside by the fire are nice past times.
If one wishes to visit the town or city, busses go every weekday and hitchhiking to town is something I encourage, because it works wonderfully here, especially in summer.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
I have had a few volunteers stay in a campervan at the building site. So it is possible.
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
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (13)
Thank you so much for opening your home to me for eight inspiring and unbelievably cozy days!
Luckily we talked about our experiences with each other already in detail in person, so I won't elaborate on that here, but rather will dedicate the rest of this feedback to tell others about your place and my experience:
I was… read more
I also enjoyed life in this village with other volunteers from around the world.
I stayed just one week, it was too short...
I hope to see and stay her house someday!
Kiitos Sini, see… read more
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Thank you so much for opening your home to me for eight inspiring and unbelievably cozy days!
Luckily we talked about our experiences with each other already in detail in person, so I won't elaborate on that here, but rather will dedicate the rest of this feedback to tell others about your place and my experience:
I was… read more
I also enjoyed life in this village with other volunteers from around the world.
I stayed just one week, it was too short...
I hope to see and stay her house someday!
Kiitos Sini, see… read more
I ended going to Finland very tired and wasn't as concentrated on my stay that I've could have been. I hope that I wasn't a burden sometimes.
Livonsaari is a very beautiful island and I was amazed… read more
Sam and Beth worked beautifully as a team. I was… read more
Thomas brought alot of… read more
I have spent 2 months at Sini's place in Livonsaari and I wish I could have stayed a little bit more !
Sini is a lovely person that has a rather different philosophy of living than me but it is trully amazing ! :)
Sini's place is at a very peaceful and quiet location, close to nature that every "nature lover"… read more
I feel we both gave each other a good experience. I got… read more
I was so happy to have him here that I felt a bit sad when he left.
He is easy to work with, ready to tackle any task, enthousiastic about big and small things. Like baking that lovely bread. Hmm. :)
Thank you Andy for bringing your presence to my home and project!
We will meet… read more
Arno brought calmness and a curious attitude with him. He was happy to work and easy to work and talk with. Though sometimes communication in English was a bit tricky. :)
I hope you do come back to visit again!
Thank you Adrian for your contribution! Thank you for the time you spent here, for your encouragement and sharing of thoughts. Thank you for your humourous personality,… read more
Her project is as unique as she is as a person. I had a lot of fun while working there.
The nice nature and the humble lifestyle made the whole experience even better.
It was very relaxing and I learned a lot there.
I can suggest this project to everyone who considers… read more
Thank you Elisabeth for your help. Thank you for carrying drinking water to the house every day. :) Thank you for the moments we got to share talking, being in the sauna and enjoying meals.
I hope… read more
I found him a considerate, gentlemanly type of person. Very easy to get along with.
I thank him for his presence, company, listening, helpfulness, openness and dedicatedness to all the tasks I gave, especially cutting glass bottles (which was the main task when he was here, making bottle bricks for… read more
All the people where very friendly, the work wasn't hard but various and I even had my own room. At my arrival she picked me up in Naantali so it was very easy to go there.
Because of the snow we spend the most time working inside except for the preperation of firewood.
When you're looking for a calm… read more
