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Help us to redevelop a derelict homestead in Kras, Slovenia

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a family of 4, two young daughters, and we are redeveloping a derelict homestead in Slovenia using permaculture principles and organic/biodynamic. We wish to build a hempcrete house, microcabins and a natural swimming pool as well as develop goat sheds and chicken coops and a garden.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Farmstay help
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are situated in the Kras area of Slovenia very near the Italian border, a wine area with good gastronomie and with Venice day-trippable from where we are. We are new to the area so we are discovering the cultural connections, society and community ourselves.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

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

  • Help

    Help

    At present we are mainly preparing the ground so the help is mainly manual labour. However we also need help to develop a website for our project, shepherd our goats, settle in the chickens, help with our children, help with the garden and eventually design and build a natural swimming pool, hempcrete house and microcabins.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    German: Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Pimped up old caravan.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    You will need to be a self-starter, motivated and be able to do hard, repetitive work. After hours, you would need to be able to entertain yourself with such activities as reading or engaging in your own sports or hobbies; although we enjoy to socialise we cannot entertain all the time as we have young children to look after. You will also need to be able to handle summer heat and winter cold. If you are high maintenance, precious, need to drink alcohol through the day every day or possess any other deviance please do not apply. If you are willing to work hard, play hard, are reliable, fun and easy going then you are most welcome. It is a great area with world class climbing, cycling, cultural history and cuisine in the region and you can have a good time with effort.

  • 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

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    One

Host ref number: 896631247333

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The image depicts a weathered stone building with overgrown vines, situated in a rural area with a dirt road and lush greenery surrounding it.
Two young girls, dressed in rain gear, walk through a dirt yard towards an old, dilapidated building with overgrown vegetation on its walls.
The image depicts a weathered, abandoned building with a dirt driveway, surrounded by stone walls and lush greenery, set against a gray sky.
The image shows a woman and a child in front of a window, with the woman\'s face partially visible and the child\'s face blurred.
The image depicts a man sitting at a table with two young girls and a dog, set against a street scene with parked cars in the background.

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