Help us with general handyman in Detroit!

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What you offer

20h

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

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

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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.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

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

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: 2 weeks

The Experience

We need with various hands on projects in Detroit, and requires knowledge of basic tools. Please do not apply for this position unless you have experience using common household tools.

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Requirements

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
United States Visa

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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5 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

4.0

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Guest House

4.0

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

1 Developing social awareness
1 Practicing English

Shuyun

China

Nice hostess, pretty young manager. Guests have to clean their own mess, so relatively easy job. Just got bad feet, so didn't go anywhere a lot, but definitely I will be back to see my classmate there. And because hostess there, maybe I will settle down there in the future.

6 months ago

Vônei

Brazil

Working with Karen on the guest house project was important, and I will continue to be available to run projects in the future.

over 1 year ago

Yeison

Colombia

Let's start in the first day in the hause, meeting great people and they are all day help full, I am very happy, I am sure it was a good choose for going meeting the Detroit city, all the bus stops stations they are close the haus, are you will knowing the city the city it's good to go to the river and see the landscape enjoy

about 3 years ago

Alexey

Ukraine

Karen is a great host. It was my first experience as a volunteer and it was fascinating. Chores were as we agree and I had a lot of free time. I've met many interesting people and immerse in local culture. Detroit is a way better place than I thought before I came here.

over 3 years ago

Karen replied

And Alexey is an amazing volunteer and super smart. He helped with so many different tasks both at our NYC location and Detroit and gave me so many different ideas about all sorts of things. We spent hours talking about all sorts of things so that was really fun and I got to learn all about his culture. A very creative mind. Thank you so much for helping in NYC last minute and then traveling to Detroit with me and also sharing your amazing culinary skills with my family too! I pulled out some Borcht in my freezer and it was still amazing. Thank you!!

xoxoxox

Karen

Filipe

Brazil

When we are traveling we did many sacrifices for our trip. It was not good to hear the bad things the host said. I not recommend this place

about 5 years ago

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