Help me rebuilding a house for artists near Vila nova de Cerveira, Portugal

Portugal

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24/11/2021
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2021

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Description
Writer. North Portugal. Love the village. Write and work. Funny. Like to work by myself and with people. Read a lot and love to listento lives stories of people I meet.
i am a journalist for the last 35 years and a writer of 11 books .
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Help with Eco Projects
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
as a writer and a new comer to the area i will vlet the worker know all what i found for my research and also i am considerd to be a good listener. that also part of my profession
Help
Rebuilding a house for artists. People with good hands and will to help 3-4 hours per day. Good hands needed and good eye for nature and beauty
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Beginner
Accommodation
Old Home of two rooms kitchen bath and great garden. the one that come will live in a comfortable simple appartment at the site and will get all what he need to prepare his own food in the kitchen there
What else ...
It’s a sweet village in the wonderful alto Minho area. Paradise.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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(5.0)

Cultural exchange:
(4.8)

Communication:
(4.7)

24/11/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Charlene & Jannis )

was lovely to be with this couple. inteligent and sweet. too short

(Excellent )

23/11/2021

Left by Workawayer (Charlene & Jannis ) for host

Igal took us in very spontaneously, we had some easy work to do and the artists house is quite nice (much more progressed than shown on the photos). Although our stay was quite short we had some inspiring conversations. We felt very free about the work and around the house.

(Excellent )

11/05/2021

Left by Workawayer (Franck) for host

i definitly recommand ! Igal is a very interesting person, he took us to many beautiful places to visit, we met some of his nice friends, if you go there it won't be boring ! The work is stressless, he lets you work when you want. There is a pub few meters from the house, where the owner is adorable. Igal wrote some very good books that you can… read more

(Excellent )

15/11/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Maria & Pawel)

i couldnt hope for more than this couple.
maria and pavel are a gift to any good host.
clever, motivated, polite and skilledddddddddddddd. and a great company. we became friends quickly. and enjoy work and talking.
they are resposible hard working people. miracle.

(Excellent )

15/11/2020

Left by Workawayer (Maria & Pawel) for host

Feedback from Pawel & Maria stayed from 4.11-15.11.

Igal is a very special person, we had a warm welcome and came along very well. His sarcasm and humor came along well with ours. We had a nice appartement with kitchen and warm water in his house. For work we went to his building project: the robinson house.
There Pawel (as a Carpenter) faced… read more

(Excellent )

07/11/2020

Left by Workawayer (vanessa) for host

Igal, he's a convergent person. From a very interesting culture, when it comes to analysing its professional and personal path... Very creative and determining when building new things or giving life to things we think they don't have. He's interested in the well-being of others all the time :)

Thank you so much for everything!!

(Very good )

04/11/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (vanessa)

vani is a sweet happy person. she help as she can. she moves between laguages and teach me. her english is week but her will is strong. she is great with kids and with the kids side of you. polite and pleasent. i had nice time with her presence.

(Very good )

27/05/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Richie)

richi is a great guy
hard worker clever good company
he build a new openning to a room with a lot of skill
very devoted
i recomend with all my heart

(Excellent )

21/05/2020

Left by Workawayer (Richie) for host

Igal is one of life’s characters to say the very least! What a fascinating person and amazing company. Myself and my friend, Cat, had the pleasure of being Igal’s first volunteers and we couldn’t be more grateful that he was willing to have us in such strange times.

Travel restrictions were just starting to be lifted when we were looking for… read more potential projects, but hosts weren’t exactly keen given the circumstances around Covid 19. Igal had only just arrived back in Portugal himself after making a crazy longwinded journey from Tel Aviv in order to escape the confines of lockdown in a stuffy city.

Back in his countryside haven in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Igal was keen to crack on with tidying up his budding art residency. This place is the dictionary definition of quirky! Full of random ornaments and art pieces both old and new and organic and manmade, there’s something really special about it.

Our main tasks were to clear the back yard of old tiles and debris from years of neglect, and to tackle the issue of the gaping hole in one of the bedroom walls! This was to become a tall window overlooking the lovely countryside, but it was a mammoth task bigger than any of us anticipated.

We got all the materials we needed and, using the sand and cement Igal still had from his own house renovation down the road, and what amateur means/primitive tools we had, myself and Cat managed to install four concrete lintels into the old decrepit walls of the room. It was thoroughly satisfying work and a fantastic project to get stuck into.

We had originally agreed to stay a week as he wasn’t sure we would even attempt the window job but, once that was underway, we obviously were committed to finishing it and we ended up extending for a couple of extra days. Until we started on the window, the yard clearing work was done at our own pace from 9am ‘til 2pm and, with us being his first ever volunteers, Igal was completely open to whatever suited us and left us to our devices. He provided whatever food we wanted and we had the evenings and place to ourselves.

We had the pleasure of having a couple of evenings and lunches at his own fantastic house he’d previously renovated, and the funniest and most memorable conversations. We’ll definitely be back to visit and to fully enjoy the area Igal was so keen to show us if it only it wasn’t for the limitations imposed by the virus.

I can’t thank him enough or recommend working/staying with him and seeing this beautiful region. Oh and the first day he bought us lunch and brought us to the beach which is only 20mins away!

(Excellent )

25/05/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Caitriona)

cat and richy are the ideal help. clever. intelligent in mission. plesant in life. funny. and very responsible.
just what ones need in work away.

(Excellent )

22/05/2020

Left by Workawayer (Caitriona) for host

I had an incredibly special and memorable stay with Igal. Igal is a super host, a fantastic storyteller, with an amazing sense of humour, and a wonderful chilled-out attitude to life.

I went to Igal’s place with a friend and we were the first WorkAwayers’ to assist Igal on his amazing project, renovating a characterful run-down house and shop… read more

(Excellent )

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