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We're looking for a handy person to work and stay at our canal-side hostel on the Bierkade. Think paint work, laying flooring, small repairs and general fixes around the building. You work a few hours a day and stay with us in return, right in the middle of guests and the team. Handy with paint, wood and tools? Send us a message and tell us what you can do.
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.
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.
Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.
Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate English
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
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The Golden Stork is a canal-side hostel on the Bierkade in Den Haag, running for nine years and owned by the people who work here. We're looking for a handyman to join for a work and stay period, helping fix up the building while living in it. The work is real and visible: paint, flooring, lockers, small repairs, the kind of jobs that make the place better week by week. You'll be based in a working hostel with guests, staff and evening events going on around you, and be part of a small team that runs its own place.
Daily work covers paint work through rooms and hallways, laying and touching up flooring, fixing lockers and doors, and general hands-on repairs as they come up. You'll usually work a few hours a day, most days of the week. Tasks are assigned each morning based on what needs doing that day, and once you're shown how something works you're trusted to get on with it independently.
Tools and materials are provided; bring your own basic kit if you have one. Work is expected to be done carefully and finished properly, not rushed. Quiet hours and house rules apply the same as for guests. Any damage or issues with tools or materials should be flagged straight away rather than left. We ask for reliability: if you can't make a shift, let us know as early as possible so we can adjust
Many worldpackers have been applying to this position recently. The host will probably not be able to respond to all of the applications, so we recommend that you also apply to other hosts in our community and not just this one :)
