Creative eyes to help me plan and restore an old house in Sala, Sweden

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  Description

  I have a huge interest in how to adapt old ways of living sustainable into modern everyday life. By recreating, repairing and taking care of houses, clothes and all everyday objects and eating food that is locally produced, I try to minimize my carbon footprint step by step.
  I'm looking for like minded ppl, I believe everyone can have an impact, but we might need help to realize what.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  These old wooden houses are a base in Swedish heritage, some of the houses in Hälsingland are now part of Unesco's world heritage.
  This house is about 300 years old and not much have changed, I'm planning on only using old methods and materials in restoring it, so if you have an interest in old work methods this is a good opportunity to be part of that process.
  As soon as the other workshops are up and running, any one interested in working with glass/ceramics will have good opportunities to create there.
  I cook mostly vegetarian food, but I'm really good at traditional Swedish food too, and I'm hoping that we can learn from each other. I buy as much that I can locally produced and organic.
  The house is located in the countryside, close to forests and surrounded by open fields, but only 8 km to the nearest town, I have bikes if you don't have your own car.

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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

  Hello,
  I have an old house that I'm currently restoring using old work methods.
  This is a huge project, and I'm not expecting everything to be completed in a year (or ten), I see it as a process and I'm letting it take the time it does.
  
  In 2023 most of the inner walls were torn down, so for the summer of 2024 we will start building this up again. The walls will be covered in clay daubing, some with heating underneath. The kitchen will get partly a new floor made from clay with heating and I will expand the batteries for the solar panels and try to come up with a cleaver way to hide them in the house, maybe under the floor?
  
  So what you can do for help is basically anything, there is a garden that can need some care, it will be modeled around the existing landscape, with lots of herbs. If you can some basic carpenter skills (no plastic will be used), that would be great, but most of all I need an extra set of arms and a creative set of eyes.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I would love to get better at speaking French!
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  Hébergement

  You will get your own private room

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  Autres infos...

  Link to the closest town:
  Closest bigger city:
  I work as a guide and can show you around to heritage sites in the nearby area, for instance rune stones, painted churches, places related to folklore etc
  
  If you by any chance can make webpages in Wordpress, I have a paid job also creating a website for my yet to be started company.

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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

  There is a good internet connection

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  It used to be a farm, so there is plenty of parking, electricity can also be arraged.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  I have a cat myself.

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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, I have a full time job, so I work on the house weekends and evenings (in the summer when it's light)

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