Help with Renovations in Portugal

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What you offer

20h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.

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

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

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.

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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

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

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 1 week

Stay up to: 3 weeks

The Experience

My grandparents used to live here but they passed away so this is not just an old house but a loved home. Now we're turning it into student housing (there's a big housing crisis in Portugal now) The house is already livable but still needs work to be fully concluded. At the moment we're fighting with a water infiltration and also need a lot of restauration work - sanding, painting

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Portuguese
Between 20 and 40 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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1 Review

5.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Shared Home

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

1 Immersing in the local culture
1 Developing social awareness
1 Meeting locals
1 Learning about sustainability

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

1 4. Quality education
1 11. Sustainable cities and communities

Claire

United States

I loved my time with Inês, she was extremely nice and very easy to work with. I chose to work in the morning so from 9-1300, then we would have lunch and I spent the rest of my time exploring. Over the weekend I took a trip to Lisbon and when my train got delayed on the way back Inês was super understanding and we had no problems. The two other people in the house are working on their masters degrees so I didn't see them too much, but when I did they were very kind and helped when I needed it. I mostly worked on sanding hand rains and door frames, as well as applying varnish.

5 days ago

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