Help me with some DIY projects in a beautiful pre-civil war farmhouse in a quiet zone WV, USA

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  July, 2023 UPDATE
  
  I've taken some time away from Workaway due to several important life changes, so I apologize for all unanswered inquiries. My family had moved from Ukraine to this house and spent 8 months recovering from war, getting their stuff together and starting new life in the states. Now, that all this is over and they happily moved to their dream destination, I'm willing and capable of taking helpers. We've made big progress and here are some of the projects for July-September 2023:
  
  installing new water softening system
  new vent systems in both attics
  rainwater catchment system design and redirecting gutters,
  prep for my future perennials garden - fencing, laying irrigation system and weed killer
  small projects like putting wallpaper, painting, pruning, mowing grass, etc
  
  I generally prefer people, who don't need to be managed and micromanaged. I'm happy to present the scope of work and let my workawayers choosing their pace and timing, as long as I'm seeing a progress, I'm not gonna clock on timing. But i've had people who started greatly and then abused my trust by slacking for days, pretending to work, instead of working.
  
  May, 2022 UPDATE
  
  I've made some incredible progress with help of a few amazing fellows. We've done some heavy pruning. We've planted a few fruit trees, rose bushes, some junipers. More shrubs will be coming, last frost date is at the end of May for the zone 5a. We've started process of rehabilitation of a neglected garden, it was covered with cardboard and mulch. It's doing great so far! This will be my main planting area for this year, it's still need to get fencing done. I also have couple more areas, that were neglected to work on - wild roses there!
  
  I'm starting a project of converting garage into a small gym - need to put some pre-pandemic muscle back! If you into weight lifting - there is a future perk here. And I bought a kayak for a relaxing trips down Greenbrier river! Pictures uploaded!
  
  Feb, 2022. I'm a working remotely TV Producer, photographer and introvert. I've been living most of my life in all awesome big cities (New York, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Moscow to name a few), but pandemic opened a door for me into the new world. I just purchased this beautiful pre-Civil war farmhouse with 2 acres of land just 5 miles south of Green Bank Observatory. There in no cell service in the area (google quiet zone) - people drive with paper maps (or rely on their memory, I know, shocker), and do not scroll their phones endlessly. Cass railroad is just 20 minutes away. Snowshoe ski resort about 35 minutes away. Greenbrier river bike trailhead is couple miles away. There will be wifi at home - you can watch Netflix and make wi-fi phone calls, bit that's about connection you can get with the outside world. Nearest Cell tower is in Marlinton, WV about 25 minutes away (very cute small town).
  
  I have 3 spacious bedrooms and 1 full bathroom that we would have to share. There will be no microwave in the house. No radio. Other then that it's pretty up to date. I may even have landline phone. You probably must be LGBT friendly.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Anything about photo/video production. I work for large TV network. But it's also a growing community of people who are moving into the area for the digital detox. I certainly did. I speak decent Spanish, but like any language always need practice. I also studied permaculture design and I'm planning to apply principals for my garden. There will be a squat rack installed at the garage, I studied some kinesiology as well. So if you like tho pump some iron, you may find this interesting. I'm happy to correct muscular imbalances we all have due to poor lifestyle and lack of movement. Former NASM Cert personal trainer here. I also just got a kayak and already explored Greebrier river. You should as well!

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  Ajuda

  Various projects in and out - mostly gardening at this point - see above!
  
  The plan is also to bring 5000 gal water tank and redirect rain gutters from the house to collect that water for garden and house purposes.

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Fluente
  Russo: Fluente

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  Acomodação

  There is a spare bedroom

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  Algo mais...

  Washington DC is about 4 hrs away, Charlottesville VA, Roanoke, VA - about 2 hours away, Elkins WV (very cool little town) - 1 hr, Pittsburgh, PA - 4 hrs away. The stars are beautiful. And it's really quiet.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  Este anfitrião indicou que adora hospedar nômades digitais.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  There is enough place to park, and you'd be welcome to use house facilities. But I don't have water/electric hook ups as of now.

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  Pode aceitar animais

  I love well behavied dogs and plenty of space for them to play.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Horas previstas

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

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