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Live in Estremoz & Learn How to Renovate Abandoned Homes

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The experience

Calling happy energetic people to help us with various renovation tasks, with whatever skills you have or want - such as wall prep, painting. jetwashing, gardening, furniture restoration - and more! We are currently restoring 2 projects and can teach and train how to renovate.

You get a 70m2 suite in our town-centre home: a living-dining room, bedroom, bath + patio (shared kitchen). Excellent wifi too! See our profile for more details.

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

3 days off per week

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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Fluent Portuguese

Over 18 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

Our current projects include...
- Clearing and landscaping a garden
- Jetwashing, cleaning, repairing & painting walls
- Installing a kitchen & bathroom
- Restoring furniture & woodwork
- Moving rubble and furniture within your ability
- More advanced work for those interested such as use of a power tools
... + more tasks of a similar nature!

We also have very fast wifi & good work spaces, so if you have your own work there's plenty of time & space for focus.

We will share a kitchen, and offer a €70 stipend per week on top of the breakfast provided, to assist with grocery costs during your stay (70€ for individuals, 100€ for a couple). We LOVE trying new foods, so if you have any recipes you'd like to share/cook we will be delighted!

We are a UK-US couple who moved here 4.5 years ago, and love meeting new people and learning new things!

Activities & Shift

We are flexible! We will train you in a task, and then you can do it at your own pace. For example, you can work a bunch of hours a few days back-to-back and then go exploring for the rest of the week, or you can do a few hours per day - it is up to you. :-)

We're interested in couples or friends, and can include some cooking time in the total hours worked where cooking is for the 4 of us (or maybe up to 6, if 2x couples are volunteering at once. Great if you're looking to experiment & expand cooking skills too! Of course we'd cover our side of costs completely on top of the stipend.

We are <1 minute's walk from the town centre, which has loads of great restaurants, bars & cafes at all budgets. We are also in wine country, with 25+ wineries within 15 minutes' drive, some walkable.

There are easy buses to Evora and Lisbon too, so you can explore the area and Portugal as you wish.

Rules

We are quite flexible, but ask:
- No drug use please
- No smoking inside
- General respect that it's a shared house e.g. music volume, cleaning up after yourself and others, clear communication, etc.
- Please follow our health & safety instructions, safety always comes first, especially when doing building work!

Re: cooking, we will provide the above stipend, and ask that as a default you make your own breakfast, lunch and dinner - although we will definitely have shared meals throughout the week too :-)