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experienced handyman

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The experience

Voor onze geitenboerderij in de groene bergen van Monchique zijn we op zoek naar een echte handyman die kan helpen bij reparaties en onderhoud rondom het huis, de stal en de moestuin . We zoeken iemand die ruim ervaring heeft, zelfstandig werkt en met plezier rondloopt met gereedschapskist, boormachine en kwast.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Fluent Dutch

Between 25 and 65 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are really looking for volunteers with experience and/or education. Someone who is able to build with wood. We need especially people who can handle a chain saw, sawing machine and brush cutter. We build compost toilets, shower rooms, a chicken coop, raised garden boxes. We cut down trees and process them into firewood and for building. We are also looking for people who have experience or education in growing fruit trees and vegetables. Preferably biodynamic, but that is not a must. If you feel addressed, you are very welcome to join us for a while in this unique place.
We are also looking for people who like to cook and do household chores, such as laundry and cleaning.

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Activities & Shift

Our days begin at the rooster crowing. First we milk the goats and take care of the chickens and cats and then ourselves. During breakfast we discuss who will do what this day. Then we get to work in the garden: watering, weeding, sowing, planting, harvesting and pruning.
We also work on all current large and smaller projects: building raised beds, a compost toilets, an outdoor showers, an outdoor kitchen, a new chicken house and make a pond.
In and around the house you help with baking bread, making yogurt, preserving and fermenting vegetables and fruit, making kefir, cheese and kombucha and various household chores. At noon there is a joint warm vegetarian lunch that requires cooking. At the end of the afternoon we walk with the goats in the mountains to let them graze.

Rules

We are really looking for someone who is an experienced builder or handyman. Sometimes the work might also include cooking , cleaning, animal care, painting or gardening. If both sides like our cooperation, a longer stay is possible in consultation.