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Building Tiny House wagons & eco projects from recycled materials

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The experience

Hi, I'm Julian from England, living in Sweden. Now building a number of Tiny Houses in the Beautiful Swedish forest surrounded by lakes, trees and wildlife. We've had many volunteers with all kinds of backgrounds and had great times: People confident in using power tools, and design/ making things /construction most welcome. In return for help with building, you will have the chance to learn loads of new skills, good laughs and enjoy the forest.

What you offer

32 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.

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

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 Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

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

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 18 and 60 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Building the tiny house wagons gives the chance to learn more about (for example):
Design aesthetics.
Design factors and planning Tiny House projects.
Preparing, finding and gathering suitable used and surplus materials.
Electrics.
Water piping and systems, fitting showers, wash basins etc.
Fitting stoves.
Safety considerations.
Woodwork.
Welding.
Solar power installations.
Insulation.
Painting.
Teamwork.
Realistic expectations and where to save/spend money on projects.

Activities & Shift

Up early and a quick breakfast followed by cracking on with sometimes hard but usually interesting work. Sandwiches/light lunch followed by more work. We usually stop around 3 or 4pm. This far north, we have 24 hour light at midsummer, so evenings are very long and there is plenty of time to enjoy swimming in the lakes, fishing, hikes, tracking etc. after the day's work.

Rules

We've had soooo many different people here over the years and experience tells me that the people we want are those who enjoy efficiency and work - simply because that's the best way to learn for themselves: As each task is completed we move onto something new, so by cracking on you get the chance to learn and experience more things you want/need to know. We don't stress, we work steadily on as a team, have a laugh, think about new ideas and implementation and discuss ideas. We're here for people who grab chances in life and want to get on and make sound new friends.

So please, no drug abusers. We drink and have fun in the evenings. We're flexible with spaces and meals and can often cater for vegetarians. We generally cook together but that too is flexible. Most often you will have a Tiny House to yourself to stay in, (sometimes shared) sometimes a place in the guesthouse.