Daragh respondeu
Wow -If Marijus applies to be a volunteer at your property do not delay one moment he is the best out there.
Its hard to write a review for someone who has become a great friend. Marijus arrived in October 2023 and left in February 2024. I think this was a superb experience and I enjoyed his company immensely. Calm, measured, unflappable and instantly likeable - easy to please and very low maintenance, he makes virtually no impact on you and very self contained.
Firstly Mariju's arrival is fabulous he integrated so quickly with our small team and adapted swiftly to many changing tasks, he was so kind and gentle with the pet dogs and chickens and looked after them like his own, in fact he rescued a little lost kitten and cared for it so gently.
Marijus is liked by everyone he met. Our family felt like we were losing a son when he sadly decided to move on for study and work.
Not only is Marijus an amazing well read and worldly informed well travelled guy, he is intelligent and super empathetic, he was one of the most genuinely skilled and talented volunteers we have had stay here in over 7 years of hosting.
Marijus has extraordinary building skills and has an intuitive creative finesse which we tapped into and together created one of the most exciting projects we have created to date.
From scratch Marijus designed, specified materials and worked doggedly on several incredible structures built to enhance our property. He retrofitted insulation and wall mortar in a summer garden house making it a cosy dwelling for our volunteers.
Marijus build a 20 foot tall medieval gothic arch door for our wood shed and most elaborate of all he created from scratch one of the most beautiful woodland folly buildings.
"The Chapel" is a wood panelled small garden room with a lantern tower, hand made shingles and exquisite hand carvings throughout. I will never do justice to Marijus' skills .
As a volunteer he was kind and caring and responded so reassuringly to manage the property when I was suddenly taken to hospital with an emergency. My stress levels lowered knowing Marijus was calmly carrying on and taking on a huge daily responsibility while I was in care for 2 weeks .
I will forever be indebted to Marijus for that as I dont know what would have happened if he wasn't in residence..
I could go on and on with examples oj his building and carpentry talent and the quality of his personality and Im sure Im missing loads of details - suffice to say Marijus was incredible, and shared far beyond the effort levels of a normal volunteer.