Join our family of three and help with our many projects in Galicia, Spain

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  Description

  ¡Hola!
  We’re a family living in Northern Galicia with our two little ones—Zen (5 years old) and baby Nui (8 months). Over the past years, we’ve poured a lot of love, time, and energy into restoring this place. One of our projects has been rebuilding a house next to our own—what once was a ruin is now a solid home with three floors, a new roof, new windows and doors, and a finished top floor that’s cozy, bright, and offers stunning views over the surrounding nature.
  
  Since welcoming our newborn, we’ve realized that we simply don’t have the time or hands to finish this house ourselves. That’s why we’re now looking for one person, a couple, or a small family who would like to live in this house and, at the same time, invest some of their time and energy into finishing it.
  The remaining work mainly focuses on finishing the bathroom and the kitchen, plus some final touches. The structure is done, the top floor is ready and very comfortable, and the house already feels like a home, it just needs that last phase to become fully functional.
  
  Our place is surrounded by cliffs, surf beaches, and wild forests, and we live on 1.5 hectares of land inspired by permaculture and regeneration. While the land and garden are part of our daily life, the main exchange here is really about co-living in the house and helping to finish it, rather than regular garden or maintenance work.
  You’ll have your own private house, spread over three floors, with lots of space, light, and privacy. Electricity and fresh spring water are available, and you’ll be living right next to us, but with plenty of independence.
  
  We share our life with a friendly dog, cat, and chickens, and we live in a small, vibrant community. Our neighbor Laida is also building her home next door, and close friends Ben (a cook) and Nina (an artist) are often around for shared meals, projects, and good conversations. Life here naturally includes surfing, climbing, BBQs, jam sessions, sailing days, dancing, creativity, and connection.
  Chris is an adventurer at heart—sailor, survival guide, photographer, and nature lover. Simcha is a midwife, nurse, and dancer with a deep love for movement and balance. Our goal is to give our children an adventurous, grounded, and joyful childhood, close to nature. Zen is a happy and open-hearted 5-year-old, and little Nui is just starting to smile his way into the world.
  
  If you’re someone (or a couple / small family) who enjoys hands-on building, appreciates living independently in a beautiful place, and feels inspired by the idea of helping finish a home while living in it, we’d love to hear from you.
  
  Happy thoughts,
  Chris, Simcha, Zen & baby Nui 🌞🍃🌊

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  DIY and building projects

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Self development

  

  Pets

  

  Farming

  

  Events & social

  

  Charity work

  

  Writing

  

  Plant care

  

  Performing arts

  

  Photography

  

  Music

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Carpentry

  

  Animals

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Winter sports

  

  Water sports

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Nature

  

  Mountain

  

  Hiking

  

  Dancing

  

  Beach

  

  Camping

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Living with us means becoming part of a slower, more intentional way of life. Travellers will learn from hands-on building experience, community-based living, and raising children close to nature. There’s space for cultural exchange through shared meals, conversations, and everyday life, as well as outdoor adventures like surfing and exploring the Galician coast.

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  Help

  The main tasks are completing the bathroom and kitchen, plus some final interior details.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Spanish: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  A private three-floor house next to our home, offering lots of space, privacy, and beautiful views. Electricity and fresh spring water available. Outside warm shower and compost toilet until the bathroom in the house is finished.

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  What else ...

  Check out the Ortigueira area on Google. Many many things to do over here! You will need a car if you want to explore a bit on your own as well, also handy if you need to do some shopping etc. (hiring over here is around 10 euro's a day). There are as well trains and busses going but not often a day!

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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

  At our place there is connection if you have internet on your phone. No WIFI available. In town there is a library with good internet connection. I like to go there to work, also they have outside picknick tables.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Enough place to park your van, cool view as well ;)!

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Pets are welcome as long as they can live together peacefully with a cat, dog and chickens.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Vaiana

  

  Aya

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