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Help renovating our Cottage in the Woods in Asturias

The experience

We are a ecological farm with many activities on our schedule of the following months but specifically we are planning to renovate an Horreo (a typical wooden barn), we have a cottage in the woods in process to finish the pointing of the walls and work on the isolation and wood structures. And we have another little shed to convert in a small Healing cottage hidden in the woods.
We have plans for the future tu build a tree house and more things

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

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

2 days off per week

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

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

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

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 Intermediate Spanish

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

If you have some construction knowlegde or experience that can be great. We have some experience in a few things but not everything, so we can share what we all know

Activities & Shift

We will organize activities in the farm apart of the renovations, so it can be a bit of everything depending on the necessity.

Rules

We are looking for volunteers with main interests in: farming, nature, animals, plants, gardening, organic farming and living, working in outdoors, the tranquility of a small village in the countryside to disconnect from cities, consumerism and machines, cultural and cooking exchange,… Persons willing to learn, strive and share the different things we can offer.

We would like to receive volunteers that are enthusiastic and want to learn by participating in the farm life and self-sufficiency. People responsible, tidy and able to follow the rules, with good humour/sociable, well fit for walking and work, people who can learn and contribute quickly, that after a few days learning we don’t have to check everything done, so they can be in some way independent and show initiative. We especially welcome people with agriculture machine or construction skills or with some experience in farms already or who can do hard working. And we prefer volunteers who doesn’t smoke and that doesn´t drink alcohol or only in special occasions. And NO consume of drugs, abuse of internet, etc., and without mental disorders. Also no lazy people who just wake up 5 minutes before starting.