Join our family of four and experience life in the countryside surrounded by forests in Karlskrona, Sweden

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  Description

  We are a family of four with a three year old boy and a one year old girl. We both work in schools, he as a teacher in math and science ad she as a social worker. Before we met each other we traveled a lot and collectively we have been to most parts of the world. Nowadays we live in a 1,5 story house with a big yard that partly has been allowed to be reclaimed by nature. We have a few flowerbeds where we grow some vegetables and we are trying to reclaim some parts of our garden. We are also trying to completely refurbish and renovate and old 19th century cottage we have in our yard. At the moment of writing we have 12 hen and three cats. We live close to nature on the countryside with sheep right on our doorstep, a lake perfect for swimming a 10 minute bike ride away, 10 minutes by car to the closest shopping center and 20 minutes by car to the center of town, Karlskrona.

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  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
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You will be living in our house with us on the bottom floor, you will be sharing our meals and joining us on our activities with our friends and family. Our summers usually include a few birthday parties and going to the beach a lot.
  
  Swedish is the main language of the house and we are very comfortable with speaking English. We can teach Swedish while you stay at our house.
  
  You will be living on the Swedish countryside surrounded by forests, trails and a few lakes. You'll be living close to the summer town of Karlskrona with restaurants, museums, a fantastic archipelago and much more. You will have access to a bike and a car for shorter trips.

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  Help

  1. We require help with the refurbishing and renovating of our cottage, we need to change the roof, completely new exterior (including doors and windows), completely new interior (including insulation of ceiling and walls, new flooring, new walls, removal of second story and building a loft, new kitchen, toilet and more.)
  
  2. General gardening and landscaping, reclaiming parts from nature, making more parts of the garden more accessible. This requires moving quite a lot of dirt by hand, raking, sowing grass. A lot of freedom here to choose where and what to do, making your own designs and experiment.
  
  3. Wood maintenance, there are a lot of wood framing our yard, three big fences, a balcony and logs placed as support along the different levels of our yard. More or less all of these need a fresh coat of paint.
  
  4. Help with the kids, cooking, cleaning and day to day maintenance of the house.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Swedish: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  You will be living on the bottom floor by your self sleeping in a queen size bed with your own entrance and bathroom. You'll have your own TV with chromecast installed. During the summer this is the coolest place to sleep in in our house.

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  What else ...

  On your time off we recommend visiting the lake, taking walks around the forests around the house, go for a bike ride or drive into the summer town of Karlskrona, which is on UNESCOs list over world heritages, and visit museums, restaurants, or visit the archipelago which is very affordable and accessible.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We got a parkinglot availeble for a campingvan, water and electricity availeble.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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