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The renovation of Austistua, a farmhouse from 1866, in Surnadal, Møre og Romsdal. |
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 General information: In February 2004 I bought this old house in the countryside, a beautiful valley in the county of Møre og Romsdal, with a breath-taking view on the sunny side of the valley. I will eventually open a Bed & Breakfast here, but need to do quite a bit of renovation work first. Myself, the owner, I'm an architect by education. I built a house in Oslo in 1991 where I have been running a B&B for 12 years. Some stories from 2004-2005 The summer 2004, Sefano, a 21 year old student from Italy, came to stay here for 4 weeks. We built the scafolding around the house, made some urgent repairs of the roof before the winter. We torned down some walls and paneling inside the house and built little platforms outside; one for our afternoon coffee and one platform for the saw and other tools. We also made bird-houses, went for walks in the forest, blue-berry picking, fishing in the fjord etc. The summer 2005 I have so far had 4 visitors over the summer, each stayed from two to four weeks; Romain, 21 years, from France, Danila, 18 yrs, from Russia/Germany, Kim & Dave, 38/35, from Texas, USA. We mounted a new roof and scraped and painted walls of the outhouse. We cut lots of firewood for the coming winters. We also fixed up a shower room in the neighbor's barn, so finally we've got access to an indoor shower. Our outdoor shower ended up as a pile of wood after a storm one night. Danila made me a big wooden box for drying and storing little firewood pieces and Kim found an old bicycle wheel in the outhouse which she made into a rack for hanging pots and pans over the kitchen stove. Also this year we went blueberry- and mushroom picking, Danila was the mushroom expert, and both Romain and Dave went berserk in the blueberry field, as Dave stated; 'This is blueberry-heaven'. And we went fishing; Our best fishing trip gave us 20 small fishes, rather small, but a lot of fun catching them - and several good dinners. The meals here has been quite elaborate with everything from Caribian quesadilla, Russian apple cake, French choclate pastery, American blueberry-pie, to Norwegian dishes like wale-beaf, blood pudding, fish pudding, sour-cream porridge etc. There are many possibilities for outdoorsy activities here. Some of the guests have joined hikes in the mountains together with the locals. Two bikes are available to use, either over the hills or along the fjord. Working guests also stayed here in 2006 and 2007. Last summer (2008) I had no time to spend on the site as I was busy in Oslo. 2009 Again I would like to invite people for a free stay for free work, preferable a minimum of two weeks. In 2009 I hope to build a flat roof over the new structure (a little cabin with parking on the roof). A lot of work can be done with landscaping around the building. I am also going to build a small new addition to the old house. When that is up a professional company is going to put on a new roof of the whole house. The work will be varied from tearing down, masonry work to build a wood construction. Also it is time to start making more firewood as my storage is getting empty soon. The volunteres will be participating in work which is in relation to their skills and abilities. To consider yourself as a canditate you don't nessesarily need to have training or experience, but consider yourself as a person of practical hands. There will of course be free time to go for hikes, go fishing, go to the beach or do other activities in the area. We work 5 days per week, and take 2 days off. We take breaks to watch the view whenever.... Location: The house is situated in Surnadal, a valley between the cities Trondheim and Kristiansund. Contact info: If you want more details about this upportunity, you are welcome to write to me at: rominorg@online.no Address: Anne Marit Bjørgen Dalsegg, N - 6653 Øvre Surnadal, Norway Phone: (+47) 71 66 02 66 Mobil: (+47) 99 23 77 99 |
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