Building a tiny home from natural materials on my rural farm in Bellac, France

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Última atividade
17/05/2022
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Hi there, Im starting a new project and need willing hands to help on my small farm of 10ha/25acres to rebuild a sheep stable of 40m2 into an Eco friendly Tiny Home.
As well as set up a fruit and veg garden, day to day animal care and various Eco Projects!

 IM NEEDING HELP IN A FEW MAIN AREAS; 

1 - Natural Building Renovation Work
We will be doing a compete rebuild, roof, walls, eventually internal work. Using natural materials & sympathetic methods
Hempcrete walls/floor and natural insulation etc.

2 - Care of Animals
Day to day care, giving food/water and cleaning
Possible Horse Training

 3 - Gardening
Help me set up a new organic fruit and veg garden

 4 - Eco Projects
Build a Solar Shower
Installing Solar Electric System
Building a Rocket Mass Heater
Building/Installing a Solar/Wood Burning Hot Water System
Building/Installing a Home BioGas Toilet

5 - Other
Animal infrastructure.. fencing and shelters
Revamping Caravan

Ive found my health has deteriorated very quickly over the past few years.
A difficult life, has finally caught up with me. Im 50 with joints of someone 25+ years my senior. I now know how my grandmother felt. :(

I would love to get my small home built and set up a more comfortable life. I want a simple, calm life and start to do more things that I enjoy.
Im trying to heal myself naturally… herbs, Ayurveda, TCM, maybe Yoga?!

If you think you might be willing and able to help and are not faint of heart and can rough it, then I'd love to hear from you! :) I know Ive told you a lot what kind of help I need.
If you think my quiet country place might be a good fit for you to come help me, please read further to find out if you’re upto the simple living conditions?! If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to ask. I look forward to meeting many more interesting and special people, whilst we help each other along the way!  Thanks, Karen ;}
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Ajuda em projetos ambientais
Jardinagem
Projetos de construção/faça você mesmo
Cuidar de animais
Ajuda em fazenda
Manutenção geral
Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir
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O que é isso?
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
What its really like to start a project from scratch?
Come experience a simple life in rural France.
Would you like to learn renovation skills or share your existing skills with us?
Learn useful skills to live simply
Is being in nature and with animals something you love to do?
Maybe you would like to experience what its truly like, living the quiet country life, renovating, recycling and creating things with your hands on a small budget?
Improve your English?
Or do you love to spend time with horses and other animals?
Ajuda
Hi there, Im starting a new project and need willing hands to help on my small farm of 10ha/25acres to rebuild a sheep stable of 40m2 into an Eco friendly Tiny Home.
As well as set up a fruit and veg garden, day to day animal care and various Eco Projects!

 IM NEEDING HELP IN A FEW MAIN AREAS; 

1 - Natural Building Renovation Work
We will be doing a compete rebuild, roof, walls, eventually internal work. We will use natural eco-friendly materials.
Hempcrete walls/floor and natural insulation etc.

2 - Care of Animals
Day to day care, giving food/water and cleaning
Possible Horse Training

 3 - Gardening
Help me set up a new organic fruit and veg garden

 4 - Eco Projects
Build a Solar Shower
Installing Solar Electric System
Building a Rocket Mass Heater
Building/Installing a Solar/Wood Burning Hot Water System
Building/Installing a Home BioGas Toilet

5 - Other
Animal infrastructure.. fencing and shelters
Revamping Caravan
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Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Francês: Intermediário
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Este anfitrião indicou que tem interesse em compartilhar seu idioma ou em aprender um novo.
Entre em contato com ele para obter mais informações.
Acomodação
Set in rural land of 10ha/25 acres with 2 small lakes
Simple accommodation in your own caravan .
Compost toilet. 
Only offsite showering facilities, until we build them
Simple solar electric onsite for now
Algo mais...
Well its rural here, so quiet (apart from the cockerels crowing!) 
If you dont have your own transport, then I go into town weekly and could take you in with me. 
And there are always my horses and other animals to spend your relaxing time around?!
Mais alguns detalhes
- Acesso à internet
- Acesso à internet limitado
- Temos mascotes
- Somos fumantes
- Pode hospedar famílias
Pode hospedar nômades digitais
Please check with me on the internet access. Its limited at the moment but hope to get unlimited data soon
Espaço para estacionar campervans
Plenty of space both near and far from the house available to park up
Pode aceitar animais
Possibly
Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?
2
Horas previstas
4 or 5 hours a day 5 days (max 25 hours)

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Inside The caravan

Corrie

Mr Cockerel and the girls.

The girls

Chinese rice.

Potager (Veggie garden).

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Potager (Veggie garden).

Speedy on the left being broody (baby chicks due end of June). On the right Gertrude laying an egg.

House in need of renovation...Can you help?!

Chickens!!

Comentário feito pelo e sobre o anfitrião (18)

18/09/2020

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Gaston)

Gaston is the loveliest of people! A real pleasure to have around, both helping with the work and with meals.
He's great at making veggie burgers, soja milk, he can whip up some tasty simple food in no time.
He stayed with me back in 2018 for 4 months, I took a break from hosting, so we couldn't leave reviews back then.
We still keep in touch, and… read more

(Excelente )

16/09/2020

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Gaston) para o anfitrião

😍 I don't know from where I can start

I spend 4 Months with the lovely Karen, really was one of my best experiences workaway than I did have (ps: I use workaway every year since 2013 so...) She is so good person, we can chat with everythings, also she help me with english and french. Her house is simple but is so cuzy, her food is awesome (dinner… read more

(Excelente )

14/09/2020

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Stefanie)

Stephanie is an amazing person, open, perceptive, creative and grounded.
She was very easy to be around and a total pleasure to have here helping me.
She is hard working, has common sense and can be trusted to do what you asked.
Whether I was there or not, I had confidence in her to get the tasks done well.
She also uses her own initiative and… read more

(Excelente )

14/09/2020

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Diana)

Diana is a special lady, she's perseptive, passionate, spontaneous and we had many interesting conversations.
I really appreciate the help she gave me with the gardening, cleaning and decluttering.
My farm is chaotic and cluttered, it can be overwhelming. This isn't an easy introduction for her first time Workaway experience, but she handle it… read more

(Muito Bom )

04/10/2017

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Peter)

Pete is an exceptional helper, its not common to come across a helper with his array of skill sets. He is very competent and practical. He's very capable and confident to deal with a variety of different jobs. Pete is a self starter, once he knows what work needs to be done he works carefully and conscientiously through the work. He prefers to… read more

(Excelente )

01/10/2017

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Peter) para o anfitrião

Had a great time at Karens farm stripping part of a roof then cleaning, sanding then treating oak beams. Also extended the horsebox so good luck in your newish home Karen. She's a wonderful host, cooks good filling food and is one of the most conscientious and caring animal lover I've met so far. Happy chickens, geese, rabbits and ducks all free… read more

(Excelente )

11/04/2017

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Bertus & Naomi) para o anfitrião

We stayed at Karen’s place last summer (I know, review long overdue!!!) for about a month.
It was amazing! Karen is a wonderful woman. I have never met someone who is as persevering, enthusiastic and optimistic as her.
The farm is very basic, but that never bothered us. We had a very comfortable bed, a toilet that we made ourselves and an outdoor… read more

(Excelente )

24/08/2016

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Bertus & Naomi)

Bertus & Naomi are a great couple!
I really appreciated all the help they gave me in the 3 weeks they stayed with me. They were doing the same work, which was cleaning off the old damaged wood from the beams, which can get very boring, but they worked very well. They are a nice couple to be around, we had a good laugh! They mucked in with… read more

(Excelente )

18/11/2016

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Piotr) para o anfitrião

It's been over a year now, since I've showed up at Karen's house doorstep. Even after such a long time I can easily recall all the memories from that period - like every time warm welcoming by Cookie and Pup Pup at the front of the gate!
Karen was very helpful during my whole stay (we managed to find a proper pair of wellington boots for me :))… read more

(Excelente )

02/03/2016

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Archibald)

Archie was such a great help! He's a very hard working young guy. He took on the mainly sole responsibility for the horses, as he was staying at a friends where my horses were kept. He looked after them very well. He's kind & patient with the horses. He has a natural way with them.
He's very curious, & puts in time & effort, to improve his… read more

(Excelente )

17/02/2016

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Nikki & Joey)

Nikki & Joey are a lovely couple. Very friendly, warm, flexible, hard working and able to get on with tasks alone. They mucked in & helped with various jobs.
Thanks very much for all your help!
Karen :)

(Excelente )

06/11/2015

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Nikki & Joey) para o anfitrião

This was our first workaway and it was such a pleasure! We helped Karen clearing weeds in the garden, caring for chickens and building them a new house, organizing the garage and refinishing the exterior of the guest house. Lunch and dinner were always prepared for us and were always DELICIOUS! We will miss our long talks about movies and life,… read more

(Excelente )

16/08/2015

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Emmanuel)

Emmanuel has helped me on many occasions over the last few years. He is honest, trustworthy, hard working, disciplined, conscientious & likes to see a job through to the end. He is a wonderful person, kind, considerate, polite & easy to be around. He's also very well house trained & will willing help around the house. Just dont ask him to… read more

(Excelente )

25/05/2015

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Francesco)

Francesco is an amazing person & helper! He is kind, conscientious, thoughtful, practical, intelligent, self motivated & very hard working. He has lots of common sense, uses his own initiative & seems to thrive on physical challenges. He worked way beyond what was expected of him & totally tamed my extremely overgrown garden of brambles, by… read more

(Excelente )

12/12/2014

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Jono) para o anfitrião

I had a great time working with Karen and the horses. Karen is super willing to teach what she knows about natural horsemanship, and is happy to trust a beginner with helping train and, when possible, ride the horses. And although Karen has a consistently busy schedule, she made the hours work and the meals abundant. Sorry for taking a while to… read more

(Excelente )

18/11/2014

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Jono)

Jono is wonderful! What a lovely guy..... mature for his years, very hard working, conscientious, intelligent, practical, fast working, self motivated.... the perfect helper.... just make sure your fridge is stocked up with food! lol
He was also very keen to learn about basic horse riding & training, he jumped right in, listened & worked well… read more

(Excelente )

10/10/2014

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Fiona) para o anfitrião

Karen was a pleasure to work with, happy and kind even helping find othe experience's in the area. She made sure there was free time to explore, great food and company and she was alway happy to adapted her day if you needed.

(Excelente )

28/09/2014

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Fiona)

Fiona is hard working & gets stuck in with the work. She's experienced with working with horses & cows! Would always lend a helping hand with making food & a positive person to have around!

(Excelente )

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