Help with cat sitting and repainting my house in Herrjunga, Sweden

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  Description

  Cat sitting in Winter 2024 Jan - March and Repainting my house in May - August 2025
  
  I am an English woman learning Swedish and learning how to renovate my 1930's home in the beautiful Swedish countryside, right by a forest and 10mins from a huge lake to swim and paddle board in. Ideally im looking for a couple or a woman to stay as I live alone, plus I only have one room to offer you right now. As the house develops there will be more space for more people, or two friends to have their own rooms.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  If we get on and you like the place, you can then stay whilst i'm working in London and have the place to yourself for most of July, the best summer month in Sweden. Just feed and cuddle my cat, borrow my paddle board and car if you need it and keep painting if we haven't finished the house yet.

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  Help

  In the summer of 2025, I need to paint the outside of my house. Id also love to learn to plant a kitchen garden.
  
  2 hours x 7 days: In the months of January to March, i'm open to a couple or friends to come and stay cat sitting whilst I travel. Its really not a time to renovate in the winter, just to have a home and cat sit. As that is the case in the winter, id cover the very high heating bills but id need you to provide your own food. You could help yourself to whatever is there, but I wouldn't afford to also give you a food budget as the power bill shoots up and you'd just be living at my house, not working.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Beginner
  Swedish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  I love learning new languages and have stuggled with Swedish as I live so remotely. I can help you with your English if you help me with your Swedish. Otherwise if you speak Spanish, I can offer the same as I spent time in Mexico and can get by more in Spanish!
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  Accommodation

  It's a beautiful 1930s traditional wooden house with a huge balcony and conservatory, land all around and plenty of corners to read and rest. I have a downstairs room for you with a very cosy Ikea corner couch sofa bed. Otherwise, if I have it finished in time, or if you help me with it, you can have the attic with more space and double futon. I just need to paint it and buy the futon! It has electricity up there.

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  What else ...

  You can go on hikes, go swimming in the lake, paddleboard, go to Gothenburg about 1.25hrs away for city life.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  I work remotely for a London based company. I have great wifi. I am absolutely happy for you to be working remotely in whatever other work you have. I am flexible around your work needs and being able to help me paint the house or renovate. I will need to work also, so we can figure out a win win situation together.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  I have a really big parking area in front of my house. I have electricity in my barn next to where you would park also if you need to plug in. You can of course still wash clothes, cook, rest or do whatever you need in my house, but if you'd prefer to stay in your space, im happy for you to do that.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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