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My name is Andrea, I live in Valchiusella, a valley located in the Alps from Piemonte region, near Val d’Aosta, Gran Paradiso National Park and the city of Turin.
I’m a musician (into experimental music and soundtracks) and I run a little no profit independent music label. I’m a secondhand records and books street dealer. I live with Lau, a 12 years old dog, in an isolated house surrounded by a quite wild wood, reachable only by walking for less than ten minutes. The trail starts from the charming and decaying abandoned village of Chiara and then continues immersing in the wood through an old stone mule track. For the transport of heavy materials the house has a self-built cableway.
The house, built in wood and stone around 1900, is divided into two sections : the housing part, in excellent condition and already livable, the barn and the stable thet need a renovation. The land of one and a half hectares is terraced, one part suitable for the gardens, the remaining guarantees the subsistence for winter heating through the recovery of woods but also for the collection of chestnuts, mushrooms and wild herbs.
Inside the property there are 3 small waterfalls with pools.
I decided to live in this place to learn as much as possible from the wood, the mountains and the animals that live here. Trying to refine respect and attention to everything that surrounds me.
I love company and sharing but also moments of solitude and silence, therefore I require Workawayers a certain amount of autonomy.
I’m interested to experimenting in construction and renovation through materials mostly recycled and waste or recovered directly from the forest, my attitude is probably not so professional but creative and devoted to the art of "do it yourself". The most imminent projects are the renovation of the barn / stable, the cleaning/renovation of the attic, the cleaning of the wood, wood stores for the winter, prepare the ground for the gardens, construction of a shed in front of the house and other small wooden buildings like outdoor kitchen, sauna near the stream, chicken coop (and eventually other animal shelters - without exploitation purpose) a small cottage for guests ...
I’m interested in deepening knowledge about the garden and recognition of wild plants, so all the workawayers with these skills or who want to learn with me are welcome.
ps
My English isn't very good : )
Gardening
Building
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Farmstay
Help with Eco project
Help in the house
You could make a real experience about how to live in the mountains, far from modern world mentality, in a close contact with nature.
A minimum of adaptability and practicability is required, considering a daily constant relation with nature and a lack of comfort normally expected.
GENERAL TASKS:
- wood management, garden...
- participate in the household duties (cleaning, cooking, etc.)
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
There is a private guest room, on the first floor of the house, with two beds, heated with a wood stove.
the accommodation includes vegan only meals.
STUFF YOU NEED:
-sleeping bag
-good hiking/working water proof boots
-warm clothes
-working clothes
-head lamp
-water proof/wind proof jacket
++ Please don’t bring chemicals soaps and detergents.
You will have two free days a week that you can spend at the river, hiking, rock climbing or simply chill at home, meet and spend time with my friends around the valley. You can also easily reach the city of Ivrea and from there, in around one hour of train, go to Turin or Milan.
HOW TO GET MY PLACE: you can reach Ivrea by train and then take a cheap bus to Traversella, my village. . It starts directly at the train station in Ivrea and can leave you at the bus stop where I can pick you up (I can send you the timetable if you need it). For more information please contact me in advance and please try not to arrive on a Sunday .
Sometimes, if I have a car in that time, I go to Ivrea so I can directly pick you up at the train station.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Two
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
