Enjoy a nice time at our home and support us with gardening, construction near Porto, Portugal - Orto

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 3 weeks

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    Description

    I am a Portuguese living with our two kids Tilda and Ivo at a wonderful place close to Porto.
    Architect born in Porto, I lived and work in Paris and Berlin for 10 years. Together with my family we decided to dive into a new adventure here developing a life project.
    With plenties of ideas in our minds we would love to make projects and workshops happen in the future related to craftsmanship, food and art, mind and nature, quality education and social equality.
    In the search of tradicional simple and respectful ways of construction I am renovating the barns and the land; constructing all kind of small structures, garden cabins, chicken coops, fences, etc.
    A permaculture project is planned and being implemented on our land and any help and knowledge on that field would be very interesting and helpful for us.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Interests

    Interests

    Plant care
    Photography
    Performing arts
    Music
    Languages
    Gardening
    Drawing & painting
    DIY & crafts
    Cooking & food
    Carpentry
    Books
    Art & design
    Architecture
    Water sports
    Sailing / Boating
    Nature
    Cycling
    Camping
    Beach
    Charity work
    Culture
    Events & social
    Farming
    Movies & TV
    Pets
    Politics / Social justice
    Self development
    Sustainability
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    As we are about to build a project there and there is still plenty of space for new ideas and exchange.
    We are open-minded and curious to hear other peoples opinions.
    With us you can practice your German and Portuguese but we speak French and English as well.
    We love to share and to have food together and to spend the evening with some wine around good conversations.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

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

  • Help

    Help

    There is plenty of stuff to do in the garden, that we would like to be a permaculture / forest garden in the future. There is always something to do for our animals (sheeps, Pot-bellied pigs, gooses, chicken, ducks, cats, dog). The vegetable garden needs to cared, trees planting and pruning, water pond, etc

    Also there is a lot of building and DIY work to do around the house and the barns. We are renovating the existing buildings with traditional materials and deep respect on the old techniques.

    Everybody who wants to is invited to cook while cleaning is a job for the whole team.

    Helping around the house / maintenance works are also a part of the tasks.

  • Languages spoken

    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Portuguese: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have lots of space and nice rooms in our house. You will have your privat room. Probably the bathroom will be shared (depending on how the construction in the house is advancing).
    Our charming traditional countryside house is some ways simple. So we heat the kitchen in the winter with wood. But we also do have some gas heaters for the rooms.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We live in a typical Portuguese village 15 minutes from the sea and 30 minutes from the center of Porto. There is public transport you can use to discover the area and to go to the beach, to Porto or Vila do Conde.

  • 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 very good and strong internet signal.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    yes, but this needs to be talked about

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    25 hours, 5 days max per week, minimum stay three weeks. We are especially interested in long term stay

Host ref number: 843184223665

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