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*IN NEED OF A VOLUNTEER * Need people which can come NOW , without 1 monrh writing in advance .
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 , 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 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 .
Would be nice to have few handy DIY people. I dont expect of you to replace
professional tradespeople.
Food , its a self service and members are cooking themselves in a free time .
Due to limited funds - fair use of a given food ,and no " wish list " expencive food .
We do eat meat .
Smoking is alowed in some parr of the house .
Internet speed is good , optical fibre
.At the moment we are help from 09 am ,
but that can vary ,
Accommodation is part of the 120 m2 apartment ,room size iis 27 m2 . No single rooms available at the moment .Subject to availability .
Hosting up to 4 persons .
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 .Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
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 .Help
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
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Croatian: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Polish: 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
Part of 120 m2 apartment , Internet , Food .
Couples might get own room , boys in a 4 persons room .What else ...
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 .
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day x 5 days a week
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She happens to be an arhitect, so she did what she is best in - some drawings of possible interieur solutions .Everybody loved her in a crew .Do come back some day ! Thank you for all .
Beacose of his age and ecperience he was far best in his group, can work intependant without supervision .He is realy handyman, can do things with great precision sometimes like profesional.
One of the few that takes work realy serious and never tryed to freeload .
Wish I have more… read more
I enjoyed my time and work in this place. The city is small, but every weekend we had time with the other volunteers to see many places and share a great atmosphere.
About Mladen I must say that everything we talked about by… read more
Mladen (host) is a real stand up guy, generous, and understanding, although sometimes stubborn but very likable.
Accommodation is conveniently located on main street and is a close walking distance from the main bus stop.
Skills will be developed, laughter will be shared, and memories will be made.
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She happens to be an arhitect, so she did what she is best in - some drawings of possible interieur solutions .Everybody loved her in a crew .Do come back some day ! Thank you for all .
Beacose of his age and ecperience he was far best in his group, can work intependant without supervision .He is realy handyman, can do things with great precision sometimes like profesional.
One of the few that takes work realy serious and never tryed to freeload .
Wish I have more… read more
I enjoyed my time and work in this place. The city is small, but every weekend we had time with the other volunteers to see many places and share a great atmosphere.
About Mladen I must say that everything we talked about by… read more
Mladen (host) is a real stand up guy, generous, and understanding, although sometimes stubborn but very likable.
Accommodation is conveniently located on main street and is a close walking distance from the main bus stop.
Skills will be developed, laughter will be shared, and memories will be made.
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Work is as expected sometimes harder, sometimes softer, sometimes you work more and others you work less.
He will be pleased if you are an independent person able to work by yourself.
Gonna… read more
I would come back some day
I spent 2 weeks there.
In general, the experience was good, but compared to the other 3 opportunities I had, this was the one I felt least comfortable with.
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Mladen is a good person, just look at several other positive feedbacks shared by… read more
Muchas gracias Mladen por todo vamos a extrañar tus chistes en español!!!
Thank you for all the love and attention you gave us
Atte Paloma and Nicolás
the super central place you have the theater, the castle of Trast and the beach nearby.
We did construction work, cleaning and cooking, the work time and free in our case I was respected.
The group of volunteers was also positive while we lived here :)
We are very grateful for the… read more
Real handyman , especialy good with wood . He was of great help with our project .
Also very nice personality , showing good manners; polite. Thank you , always welcome .
Good speed which… read more