Come help us with our daily routines, DIY-projects and gardening between mountains by the fjord in Vestnes, Norway

Infos

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  Description

  Hi!
  
  We are a family of four; Daniel 39, Elise 36, Robert 9, Jenny 4 and our chickens. We live in the middle of Norway, near the coast. We run our own building company together and Elise is also working with cooking classes online.
  
  We live in a quiet neighborhood in walking distance to the community center, and have a big garden where the chickens live their best days. We love to be outdoors, knit, cook, read books, look into the fire, wood work, bake sourdough, work out, meet new people, listen to music and play Playstation. We also do voluntary work with The Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT).
  
  Since we have a lot going on with work and kids, there is always need for more help! We need help with daily routines both inside and outside the house, and in the garden. You will, for the most time, work alone since we have work during the daytime on weekdays. So this is a suitable place for a couple or two friends, so you have each others company.
  
  We eat mostly homecooked food and spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking and baking. We eat meat, fish, eggs and dairy every day. We do not use highly processed vegetable oils, but use butter and animal fats in our cooking, so if you are a vegan/vegetarian this might not be the place for you. Elise will cook dinner that we eat together, other meals you will cook for yourself in your own living area.
  
  Staying with us will give you a lot of time to enjoy the Norwegian nature as we live close both to the mountains and the fjord.
  
  We love to meet new people, but since we run our own company there is not much time for travelling.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Here you will experience the Norwegian culture and beautiful nature. As we run our own companies you might learn about entrepreneurship, construction, or baking sourdough, make broth and fermenting foods.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  We need help with the daily routines in and outside the house; like organazing and cleaning the house and garage, maintenance of the house outside and garden.
  
  We are flexible, but we expect that you will help around the house and garden 5 hours per day, 5 days a week. Or approx a total of 25 h per week. We hope we can talk openly about any expectations regarding this.
  The most important thing: As long as you are kind and respectful, eager to help out and take initiative you are very welcome to write to us.
  
  This spring-summer we need help to:
  - Daily cleaning indoors and outdoors
  - Paint our buildings (the main house, our guesthouse/officebuiding and our chicken coop)
  - General maintenance of the buildings
  - Establishing our new vegetable garden and other garden work like weeding and cut the hedge
  - Clean the chicken coop
  - Build a new terrace
  - Build outdoor furniture and make a cozy outdoorspace
  - Paint inside
  - Organize and clean the garage
  - Pick flowers/berries and make jelly, jam and drinks
  
  According to your skills, interests and abilities we will together agree on what you will do when you are here.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Norwegian: Courant

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  Hébergement

  You will have your own space in the guesthouse with your own bedroom (with a double bed) and livingspace, and a bathroom with a shower. The guesthouse also houses our office (seperate rooms with joined entrance), and it will be people there during the daytime and some evenings. There is good WIFI-connection in both our houses.
  
  You will have your own fridge and some kitchen supplies in the guesthouse, so you can make your own food. We will provide you with homemade bread and food in your fridge. You are welcome to eat dinner with us every day and spend time with us or our kids during the evenings. We expect you to be social and interested in getting to know us.

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  Autres infos...

  Here you can enjoy a hike in the mountains or a walk by the fjord in walking distance from our house. We have a lot of hiking gear if you want to sleep in a tent or go for long or short hikes in the mountains, or fish in lakes or the fjord. There is also one of the worlds best disc golf courses (Øverås Discgolfpark) a 10 minute drive from our house.
  We live in walking distance to the community center where you could visit the library, café and shops. You could also travel to the towns Molde, Ålesund and Åndalsnes within one hour by bus.
  
  We expect you to:
  - not be smoking in or around the house, not get drunk nor use narcotics.
  - share about yourself and your culture, to take initiative and share a good vibe.
  - have clear communication so that there will be little misunderstandings and so that we can talk about things that is not according to your/our expectations.
  - tell us what we can do to improve our role as workaway hosts.
  
  You need to bring: Clothes according to season, it can be freezing and wet all year, but also hot during the spring/summer. Waterproof boots is mandatory, as we do get a lot of rain! You also need clothes for working and getting dirty/painting.

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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 very good internet connection.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

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