Helping to bring an old house and farm back to its former glory near Modena, Italy

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  Description

  We've been working on our own to bring this beautiful property back to its full glory, but could do with a few extra hands.
  
  We offer accommodation, fresh home cooked food. We are veggie so no meat or fish, but plenty of homemade cheese, butter and yoghurt (happy to teach how to make these if interested), fresh homemade bread (again can show how), and one night weekly takeaway pizza from a brilliant place we have found a few miles away.
  
  We have two female dogs who are friendly. We have a young Rhodesian Ridgeback who is growing fast and loves playing ball, plus our nutty Dalmatian who loves cuddles.
  
  Help could also be needed with looking after the cats and dogs we have rescued and who live in pens outside. And of course our brood of chickens that give us fresh eggs every day.
  
  I also make homemade soaps which I sell at local craft fairs if anyone is interested in seeing how these are made or having a go yourself.
  
  Non smokers only please and no residency applications. Only genuine willing hands.
  
  Plans for 2023 include:-
  1. Installing more solar panels, a new inverter, more batteries and a generator so we can come completely off grid.
  2. Putting in a new water tank and running new water connections in the house.
  This is so we can turn things off in the house rather than having to rush to the mains connection which is up the hill.
  3. Laying slabs in the cat area so its drier over the winter months for the cats.
  4. There are still more trees that need pruning and another area of land we would like to clear ready for planting.
  5. There is also some decorating needed in the house. painting etc.
  6. Help to build our new kitchen area which I will use for my handicrafts.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Helping to bring an old house and farm back to its former glory.

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  Aide

  Hands to clear land, dead trees etc to get it ready for organic farming.
  We urgently need a fully qualified arborist, or arboriculturist (tree surgeon), with climbing experience to cut some of the larger trees.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Allemand: Intermédiaire
  Français: Débutant
  Italien: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  We have a two king size room available in the house, or tents can be provided or bring your own if you prefer. There is plenty of hot water for showers etc. Meals will be provided, totally vegetarian or vegan if requested.

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  Autres infos...

  Modena is accessible by car, about 45 mins away from where its possible to get trains to Venice, Florence etc.
  
  As you would only be expected to work 5 out of 7 days per week we have no issue with dropping into Modena and collecting if want to explore on days off.
  
  There is also a local bus route into Castelorano and Sassuolo where its possible to get the train to Florence and other locations.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have a decent internet connection via satellite which I also use for work. Mobile signal here is also pretty reliable.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Plenty of room for parking and we can also run a power cable if needed.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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