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Garden Studio Build & garden landscaping Help Required

The experience

Able bodied person with common sense and building experience needed to help owner construct a solid, well built garden studio in the rear garden. Studio will need to be watertight, to deliver arts workshops promoting wellbeing. You will be expected to help erect walls, lift the occasional heavy beam, hammer nails in, screw in wood planks and windows. Knowledge of plumbing, bricklaying, 1st and 2nd fixing or electrics useful too.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Handyman: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

What you get

4 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Between 25 and 65 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or pairs)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Three days a week, five hour days, the remainder is up to the volunteer to choose how they spend their time.

Activities & Shift

The outdoor building activity will depend on the weather. If it is raining, then you would not be expected to work in those circumstances. The hours would have to be shifted forward to times when it is likely to be dry.
Some landscaping in the garden also needed.

Rules

Pretty laid back but do not tolerate smoking indoors. Outdoor footwear to stay outdoors. No pets (we have two cats). Alcohol ok so long as its not excessive.
You are welcome to use the kitchen to prepare light foods ( with the exception of fish & red meat ). Not a fan of loud music. Prefer guests not to bring strangers into my home without asking first. Just general curtesy and consideration both ways works wonders.