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I am 55 year old . Left Yugo land in 1988 , and back in CRO land in 2012 .
Have lived in London 2 years , New York 1 year , Amsterdam 22 years .
So I am also Dutch . Dus , ik spreek Nederlands !
Also as a ship crew have been around a lot , long time ago .
Fluent in English , Dutch , Italian . Understand some Spanish , Polish , German .
Worked in legendary Marquee London club 1988 , seen Pink Floyd on a Wembley 88 ,
Motorhead in Hammersmith Odeon , and Queen with Freddie Mercury in 1986 .
In need of help with renovation of 1850 house downtown Rijeka. Location is A1 !!
General help wanted with renovation project of the 1850 building ( one floor only conversion into 3 apartments ). Just off main street Korzo. Living on a first floor , and work on the second floor .
Would be very happy to host few handy DIY people , all kind of building school trade very welcome .
I expect of you 25 hours of help a week . Fridge will be always full , its a self service or one of the crew members is cooking .
The project started one year ago and is now maybe few months to to be finished ,most
heavy and dirty work is already been done . There is more work on a top floor but that can wait .
Electrical and Plumbing is done , faze one . ( No fittings jet ) .
Now we will need dry walling works / knauf , rockwoll insulation , and finishing works .
Walls smoothing / skim coat experience over a new plaster / Roodband ??
Also some re-painting of the first floor in the meantime .
Some materials have to be carried up to the second floor , and some stuff to bring down .
Some plastering and painting / laminate / furniture assembly .
Carpenter needed to hang 12 doors and some terrace roof work maybe .
Accommodation is part of the 120 m2 apartment on a floor below ,room size 17 m2 , 27 m2 .
Wanted 1-4 persons . Work should be 5 hours a day or more depends on agreement and your skill .
Duration few months from October 2020. Longer stay is possible .
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
I have lived abroad for 25 years . Amsterdam , London , NewYork . If you are young person still searching for your way what to do with your life , you can get lots of first hand experience and advice from experienced mid age person . Especialy if you are out of EU and want to stay and live in EU , I can learn you some tricks as I have done that 25 years ago .
Now we are into Dry walling works , insulation , and similar finishing works .
Acommodation is part of the 100 m2 apartment on a floor below ,room size 17 m2 .
Wanted 1-2 persons . help can be 4 hours a day or more depends on agreement .
Duration 1-2 months maybe .
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Croatian: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Polish: Beginner
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Part of 100 m2 apartment , Internet , Food .
Own room size 17 m2 .
Situated in downtown , just of main street , Rijeka has about 200 000 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 .
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
anything not to big
More than two
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
