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Maintenance in a forest village in Bayındır, Turkey

4.5
(2 reviews)2

The experience

I used to grow mushrooms and build ecological/earthbag structures here.

The house and farm are in the middle of a pine forest on top of the 600m high mountain.

It's nice place for those that like calm and nature, away from city life. It's 1 hour with public transport to a busy district of the city.

Volunteers can practice their skills in house maintenance, landscaping, craftsmanship etc..

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.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

1 day 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.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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.

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

Requirements

Fluent Turkish or Fluent English

Between 18 and 50 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The compound has been abandoned for a while and it needs to be tidied up. I would like to make a nice interior/exterior to be able to rent it.

I will be available early in the morning or late at night, but you can help me any time you feel like to..

To-do list in order
- Cleaning up an old mushroom growing building
- larger repairs and steel/wood work in a separate compound where I would like to build a small wooden house

Please be aware that this is not a social place because people around don't speak English and I'm quite busy with my own job. It's good for people/couple that like to spend time on their own, invest time in their personal development.

Activities & Shift

During the week you can help me any time you feel like to. I prefer early morning and late night so in between you can visit somewhere you like in the daylight. Important thing is I need your help during weekend, because thats when im available most. You can take your day off within the week.

Rules

The house ise big and it's heated by wood. There are plenty of wood, stick and conifer around and I expect you to handle your heating.

Most important thing is I need solid 6 hours of work. If you are not into doing the work please don't waste my time. Time spent on heating, cooking, eating doesn't count as work to me.

It's a multi-task venture that includes everything in building. we need to make some tiles, welding, carpenting, landscaping, garbage cleaning etc.

I expect you to keep the house clean and tidy otherwise this is a time lost for me.

I will give you clean linen for the bed and please remove them and put into washing machine before you leave.

Keep the house, kitchen, bathroom clean.