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Description
We live on a beautiful piece of land where we dedicate ourselves to maintaining the buildings, the property, and pursuing self-sufficiency. Our home is a historic 15th-century water mill, nestled beside a small river and surrounded by 14 acres of forest. You'll find a wood-fired sauna, a swimming spot, and much more to discover. Come and see for yourself! :-)
At the moment, we are 5 adults and 3 children living in several houses / apartments. Soon another family will join the community.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Help around the house
Light maintenance
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Gardening
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Nature
Camping
Hiking
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our community consists of eight people, each bringing unique skills and experiences to the table. We moved into our home about four years ago, and we’d love for you to join us and help our project grow.
While our property is incredibly beautiful and the work is rewarding, maintaining it can be a challenge without enough helping hands. Transparency is key for us: unlike 'high-intensity' communities where everyone is around 24/7, most of us have regular jobs and individual lives.
What we share is our love for this place and the work we put into it. This means our community life is flexible—some weeks are filled with shared meals and activities, while others are very quiet as we focus on our own schedules or need personal downtime.
We actually see this as a benefit: We offer a space that is free from the pressure to be 'always on' or part of every social gathering. If you are someone who enjoys their own company, values independence, and likes to recharge in nature after work, you will fit right in. You are always welcome to join in when things are happening, but there is absolutely no obligation to be a 'social butterfly.'
In exchange for your help, we provide:
A cozy guest apartment or a beautiful spot by the forest for your van.
Full access to all amenities: electricity, water, toilet, shower, and high-speed internet.
Food and a shared kitchen.
After finishing your agreed hours, your time is truly your own. Whether you want join in if something is happening or simply enjoy the peace of the forest by yourself, we appreciate and respect both.
Help
We are currently renovating one large building and could use some help with various tasks. And then there is a lot of outdoor tasks to be done:
- Cutting, splitting and bringing firewood from the forest
- Vegetable garden
- Food preservation
- Lawn mowing (ride-on)
- Painting wooden windows
- Construction / Clean-Up projects
- House-hold chores
......
We are very flexible and will talk about what suits best: If you like to be a lot by yourself, that's fine, we'll find suitable tasks. Otherwise we'll do tasks together on the different projects.
We just grow veggies for our consumption : we do not sell anything.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: 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
We have different options: There is a flat above our workshop. It's simple but cozy and you'll have your own space, kitchen and there is a bathroom downstairs in the workshop. Camping in a van or tent is also possible, the property offers a thousand and more beautiful spots.
Food: Our idea is, that you'll get any food you want for your own kitchen. Either you go shopping and we give you the money or you give us a list and we buy it. You usually prepare your own meals but we can plan common meals, whenever both sides are interested. This can be every day or once in a week.
What else ...
We can pick you up at our nearest train station: Ibbenbüren HBF
In your free time you can borrow bikes and explore the area
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
High speed internet is available
Space for parking camper vans
If you travel with your own campervan, you will fall in love with our place. As described above, we have 14 acres of beautiful forest right next to our home and there are dozens of great spots for your vehicle.
Can possibly accept pets
We made some negative experiences with pets in our guest apartment. For example lots of hairs after departure or friends that couldn't use it anymore due to allergies. This doesn't mean we don't accept pets to our guest apartment but we prefer them in camper vans or kindly ask to give the flat a very good clean-up before leaving ;)
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
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Malte replied very quickly and welcomed me the next day, which I really appreciated. 😊
Most of the time I helped Stefan and Annamarie with renovating their house.
I supported them with laying flooring, small electrical tasks, installing doors, and various other… read more
Für das Essen war immer gesorgt. Zusätzlich haben wir ausreichend Geld bekommen, um selbst einkaufen zu gehen – auch mit unserem großen Hunger hat es mehr als gereicht. Das hat alles… read more
During those four weeks… read more
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Malte replied very quickly and welcomed me the next day, which I really appreciated. 😊
Most of the time I helped Stefan and Annamarie with renovating their house.
I supported them with laying flooring, small electrical tasks, installing doors, and various other… read more
Für das Essen war immer gesorgt. Zusätzlich haben wir ausreichend Geld bekommen, um selbst einkaufen zu gehen – auch mit unserem großen Hunger hat es mehr als gereicht. Das hat alles… read more
During those four weeks… read more
Bob helped a lot with our eco-renovation project, and once I handed him the Makita tools or gave him a task with the skid loader, it was hard to convince him to call it a day – he just wanted to keep going and… read more
This was our very first Workaway experience as a family — and honestly, what an unforgettable start!
From the moment we stepped out of our camper and shook hands for the very first time, we all said nearly the same thing at once: it felt as if we had known each other for years. That sense of warmth and familiarity set… read more
Sören, you are a very thoughtful and… read more
He brings a lot of life experience, skills, interests, honesty, calmity and is really keen to help out. Besides all the project work he really contributed to the group feeling with his community spirit and pleasant… read more
Advi brought so much joy to our home and it was super nice to see him playing around the garden each day.
Please make a stop on your next roadtrip… read more
Stefan and Annemarie were very friendly and patient, with both the tasks that I was learning to do, and my attempts to speak German :)
Good luck with all… read more
They are wonderful people, smile and laugh a lot, bring heaps of positive energy, are thoughtful and good, motivated workers.
Travelling with their own campervan, they settled in a nice, quiet spot on our property and so it was the… read more
We were welcomed with open arms by a community of wonderful, authentic, and deeply present people. The project takes place in a rural setting surrounded by untouched nature and wild animals, on a property of over 15 acres. We helped with the renovation of the house where the family… read more
They helped us with a variety of projects, worked hard, showed interest and never complained. We had some nice dinners together
I wish you all the best for your next… read more
ich hatte schon beim Video-Call Malte gesagt, dass ich gerne handwerkliche Skills lernen möchte. Und gleich am Freitag ist Malte meinem Wunsch nachgekommen und wir haben Regale im… read more
"hey, ich könnte morgen vorbeikommen"
"wirklich? gerne, aber unsere Gästewohnung ist gerade belegt - du könntest ein zelt haben oder eine matratze in der gästewohnung"
"kein problem, ich komme morgen mittag mit dem fahrrad / zug… read more
Am Anfang meines Aufenthalts hatte ich ein bisschen Angst vor meiner Sprachfähigkeit aber Malte war… read more
Die Arbeitszeiten waren sehr flexibel. Während der Woche haben wir hauptsächlich… read more
Bei uns gilt die Absprache, dass Workawayer grundsätzlich eigenständig sind und sich Abends… read more
Sebastian and Aq'ab'al are wonderfully pleasant, thoughtful, skilled and hard-working. They are well experienced as workawayers and asked intelligent questions during our initial video call. Once on site, they told me that they prefer to really get… read more
