Help us build a wheelchair accessible, offgrid house in the middle of nature, near Oradea

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello there!

    We are a friendly family living near Oradea.
    After having converted a 16 seated bus into a wheelchair accessible motorhome with the help of workawayers, a year ago we started building our tiny family house.

    The modules of the house were prefabricated in a small workshop and it was assembled on the spot, on a pylon foundation.

    We would like it to be a passive house (energy efficient) so we are using modern technologies and best quality materials. We also follow the guidelines of a professional building company.

    Akos had a rock climbing accident 12 years ago and now he is in a wheelchair. He is very handy with everything, but most things he just can`t do himself, so help is more than welcome.

    Andrea is on maternity leave, taking care of our 2 kids, handling the cooking and groceries.

    We mainly got the skills, but we really need help with hands on work.

    The house we are building is located 8km from Oradea, near the forest, in the middle of nature.

    We can offer accommodation in the house (which is not fully furnished yet), or if you come by own van, motorhomes can park here without a problem.
    We also offer healthy home made food.

    We work in the afternoons, between 12.00-18.00.
    You can enjoy free time in the evenings and mornings, we can go sightseeing or small trips in the weekends, cook together, make BBQ etc.

    We have finished 90% of the work. Next things would be:

    -shading for the terrace
    -garrage (walls)
    -furnishing (assembling Ikea furniture etc)
    -arranging the garden, planting trees etc
    -building the fence
    -other small tasks
    -help with children and house chores is also included in the daily tasks

    If you are interested, don`t hesitate to write, we will answer asap.

    Kinds regards,
    Andrea, Akos, Felix and David

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Interests

    Interests

    Van life
    Technology
    Music
    DIY & crafts
    Winter sports
    Nature
    Mountain
    Hiking
    Cycling
    Camping
    Adventure sports
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are open minded, relaxed people. We like to have fun while working. In weekends we can have common activities, go for sightseeing, camping etc.

    We cook at home, so you can taste traditional Romanian and Hungarian dishes.
    Akos is very knowledgeable in many fields, a walking (rolling) encyclopedia and very patient teacher. You can learn from him a lot.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    If you think you can help us, please know you should be a handy person, knowing your way with the tools or interested in learning. It is a creative DIY project.

    What we expect from you:
    - be open minded and proactive
    - experience using most hand tools
    - pragmatic mindset and problem solving
    - good level of communication in english for efficient taskflow

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Hungarian: Fluent
    Romanian: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    In the house we have a guestroom, (so far used as storage).

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have a good internet connection.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have plenty of free parking space near the house, water and electricity.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Only if the pet can live outside the house and not dangerous to children. Please keep in mind that we did not build the fence yet.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 634121797226

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