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2024
Min stay requested:at least 3 weeks
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Hey, my name is Bjørn. I live on a small farm from 1850 with my cute and lovely cat Bonus.
I do not run this farm as my day job, and the projects I need help with are not part of normal farm operations.I'm a handyman with many practical skills, and I run my own little company.
I’m going to be busy at work some days, but most days I will be home to assist and work with you on the projects.I hope to get hjelp with tidying up the barn, in the garage and around the farm.
Carpenting inside and outside the barn.
Make a door for the garage. Lawnmowing. Cleaning the house.
Painting walls and ceiling inside the house. Build a small woodshed with doors. Buid a sauna with a fireplace + a big bath tub. Build a greenhouse. Planting and maintaining a nice kitchen garden. Weed flower beds.
Shoveling snow around the yard in the winter.I also brew beer from time to time and I could need some assistance around the brewday.
Cut down trees in the forest and making firewood for the future is another ongoing task.
Maybe you have car mecanic skills? I have several cars that need some repairing.Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects Help with Eco Projects Gardening DIY and building projects Animal Care Farmstay help Creating/ Cooking family meals Help around the house General Maintenance I am very willing and happy to share my knowledge, whatever it may be.
I love to make electronic music and practice DJ'ing, and I like to play different boardgames.
There might be several opportunities to join me on trips, may it be by car, a bicycle ride, rollerblades, crosscountry skiing, snowkiting, mushroom hunting, electronica parties, etc.Possibilities for learning a list of practical skills, like welding and carpenting, three-work, masonry, metal-work, plumbing and many others.
I also look forward to learn from my workawayers, whether it's music production, art projects, or learning some new practical skills.
Help
Building
Repairing
Cleaning
Lawnmoving
Carpenter and painting work
Gardening
Gather wood from the forest
Cut firewood
CookingEnglish: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Swedish: FluentAccommodation
You will be staying and sleeping in my house where you can use the whole second floor (50 m2)
This include your own bedroom and a cozy livingroom with a nice view.
Here is a fireplace, a officedesk, a nice long couch, a good soundsystem and a big 65 inch television for you to use.I will provide food for you, but I might not cook for you.
We might share the cooking and some of the meals, but no fish.. You can eat and prepare what you like.When you arrive I can pick you up at the nearest trainstation (Skoppum Stasjon Horten)
or nearest bus stop (Kopstadkrysset)Nearby forest with many nice pathways. Countryside farmlands with horses, sheeps, cows and chickens.
You will have access to one of my offroad bikes if you like to roam around on your spare time.This is a nice quiet place with few neighbors, and a good distance from traffic and noise, but still quite centrally located.
Distance from my place by car:
Train station: (Skoppum Stasjon - Horten) 10 min
Bus stop: (Kopstadkrysset) 5 min
AirPort: (TORP Sandefjord lufthavn) 30 min
Grocery store: (Skoppum) 10 minNearby cities:
Horten: 15 min
Holmestrand: 15 min
Tønsberg: 20 min
Sandefjord: 30 min
Drammen: 30 min
Oslo: 1 hourNote:
My cat Bonus is very scared of dogs, so it will not be possible for me to host workawayers who travel with with a dog.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
You will have your own livingroom with a officedesk.Internet speed up to 20 Mbps.
Space for parking camper vans
You can park your car/campervan right beside my house.
One
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Art Projects 
Help with Eco Projects 
Gardening 
DIY and building projects 
Animal Care 
Farmstay help 
Creating/ Cooking family meals 
Help around the house 
General Maintenance 
Host ref number: 668348144993
Feedback (4)
7 May 2024
Left by Workawayer (Johannes) for host
Hello so after three month by björne i want to give my review.
It was my first expirience as a workawayer and to be honest i was scared wats gone happen there. But all this was more than innapropirate. Björn looks for the first moment that i feel well i hade my own routines and for with Björn could i made all what i want. I taked my hours on the… read more
(Excellent )
19 Feb 2024
Left by host for Workawayer(Bautista)
First of all, thank you Bautista for coming here! ...Next thanks to myself for saying yes for him to come, i would not miss it for the world having him here. The month he were here was really great. We got to experience so many nice places and things in this short amount of time. I´m looking forward to see him again one day for more… read more
(Excellent )
4 Feb 2024
Left by Workawayer (Bautista) for host
The dictionary defines someone adventurous as someone willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences. I define it as Bjørn. As a host, as a handyman, as a leader, and as a friend, he is always willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences of the highest kind, quality, and order.
I've stayed with… read more
(Excellent )
18 Dec 2023
Left by host for Workawayer(Krisztian)
Krisztian was here for just over a week, but I wish he could stay here longer. He was very good at working while he was here. He works very well on his own and needs little follow-up. He did a good job on the roof and walls of the woodshed that was built while he was here, and he is also good at cutting and stacking firewood. Hope to see Krisztian… read more
(Excellent )
3 Dec 2023
Left by Workawayer (Krisztian) for host
Life takes place on Bjørn's farm. You can try yourself on many different projects. Around the house next to the forest, you can try your hand at fresh air, chopping wood, or cooking in the kitchen, since the refrigerator is always full of ingredients, or with any kind of repair work. If you're interested in the brewing process, you should learn… read more
(Excellent )
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