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*URGENT NEED OF A VOLUNTEER DUE TO A CANCELLATION*
I am 55 year old Croat / Dutch citisen .
Have lived in London 2 years , New York 1 year , Amsterdam 22 years .
I have been around a lot , in the 1980 ties , ship crew job for a while .
Fluent in English , Dutch , Italian .
Understand some Spanish , Polish , German .
Worked in legendary Marquee London club 1988 , seen Pink Floyd on a Wembly 88 ,
Motorhead in Hammersmith Odeon , and Queen with Freddie Mercury in 1986 .
In need of help with renovation of 1850 appartment , downtown Rijeka.
Location is A1 , high street .
If you are city life lover this might be a place for you.
General help wanted with renovation ,
You will be living on a first floor , and most tasks are on the second floor .
Would be nice to have few handy DIY people.
Fridge is always full , its a self service and members are cooking themselves .
We do eat meat . Smoking is alowed in the house .
Internet speed is good , optical fibre
.At the moment we are help from 09 am ,
but that can vary ,
The project started one year ago , most
heavy tasks have already been done .
Accommodation is part of the 120 m2 apartment on a floor below ,room size 17 m2 , 27 m2 . No single rooms available .
Hosting up to 5 persons .Profesional bulders can negotiate for extra conditions .
You dont need to have experience and specal skills , but to be motivated for work .
No hands in pockets , no headphones on work Minimum stay is 2 weeks , no maximum stay .
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Teaching part of it , learn :
How to do drywall , how to restore antique rockwalls , flooring , different buiding tehniques .
Please , dont apply ,if you just need a place to stay , but otherwise not into hand work , you have to be a bit handy .
Please be onest about your ENGLISH , I cant teach you if your english is bellow some level !!
Cultural exchange part of it : I started learning Spanish about a year ago ,and I can already understand a lot . I can teach you : English , Italian , Croatian , Dutch . I have interest in Latino culuture . Thank you for looking .
General help .You might asist ( and learn ) drywall making , asist in diferent building tehniques . Restore antique rock walls . Like any renovation , some days are harder , same days are easy .Someone can do some domestic work to ( kitchen , cooking ) .
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Croatian: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Polish: Beginner
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Part of 120 m2 apartment , Internet , Food .
Couples might get own room , boys in a 4 persons room .
Situated in downtown , just of main street , Rijeka has about 120 000 population , this year Rijeka is European capital of culture .Its third bigest city in Croatia , only 60 km from Italy , and 25 km from Slovenia . Covid - 19 situation here is relatively low at the moment .Host as the most crew vaccinated .
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
More than two
5 hours a day x 5 days a week
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