Help me taking care of an old mountain house in Asturias, near Infiesto, Spain

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  2024 

 Séjour min. souhaité : Une semaine ou moins

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  • Description

    Description

    I'm Julien, 28 yo from Belgium, I moved to Asturias last year in poursuit of a more simple and autonomous life.
    My place needs lots of work and would be great to have some help !

    The long-term project is making a cozy and small rural/touristic place that might work in autonomy with nature, animals and humans, as much self sufficient as possible.

    I would be interested by volunteers with previous experience in work involving :
    Wood tasks (carpentry)
    Masonry
    Painting/sanding
    Garden tasks like basic weeding, planting,cutting trees
    Fencing
    Common tools

    The most important thing is the willingness to learn news skills! A positive attitude toward difficulties and tasks, I'll feel free to help you and show you how to do it, I know it can be frustrating sometimes, do not take it personally please, it is just to make your tasks easier and more efficient! ( I have been doing several volunteering in the past before so I understand it).

    Living in the mountains means lots of fisical efforts, up and down, moving material and organizing areas.
    It's an old house in a process of renovation so you are not expecting to be in a modern place with all the city comfort.
    The bathroom has been renovated, water is cold but can be heated up by a firewood stove, I do plan to use a solar panels system in the future.
    I am open to receive new ideas that you are willing to share to make this place a nice place to live.

    The house is OFF grid, electricity is collected by solar panels and stacked in batteries, it means that the amount of power available can fluctuate, a nice sunny day is usually a good opportunity to work with tools/machines that consume a lot of watts.


    Daily routine :
    We usually have breakfast after 8 and starting working at 9.
    It fluctuate due to climate condition but we usually work until 12/1pm, have lunch and do a little bit more of work if needed in the afternoon.
    Afternoons are free, if its chilly/rainy/humid we usually make a fire to warm up the house and have a hot shower.

    Out of a week of 7 days you have 2 days off, if you stay less usually 1 day off out of them.

    As my place is quite isolated, I do prefer host volunteers for a week or less. (4-5 days mini)
    If you do have your own car/van it does help for a longer stay, it will also depend of the amount of help needed in this period of time.


    My house is located in north of Spain, Asturias, 1h from Oviedo the capital.
    There is buses that goes from the airport of Asturias to Oviedo.


    If you're interested don't hesitate to write me! See you soon

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Pratique d’une langue
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    Aide dans une ferme
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Practicing english, french, spanish .
    Experience from my past years of travelling and living abroad.

  • Aide

    Aide

    Helping in the garden, construction projets, rebuilding things

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Français: Courant
    Espagnol: Intermédiaire

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    I speak french as a native language, I can speak English too and happy to practice Spanish

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    You will be sleeping in a room inside the house or free to camp outside during summer

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    Train/bus available from Oviedo to infiesto. Better to have your own transport, lots of treks and nature to see around.

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Internet works but fluctuate a lot, can be slow or fast or stop working for a bit.

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    A small campervan would be able to reach my home but letting you know that the last little way to my house is not large and necesit good driving skills.

  • Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

    Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

    Cet hôte a dit qu’il acceptait les personnes voyageant avec un animal.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Deux

N° de référence hôte : 241897149159

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