I know, I always seem to post stuff about food.
But here is a good one: a site aimed at promoting growing your food
since you have all that lovely roof space, a few growbags with potatoe and tomatos and salads would be good up there?
more edible plants also in the city, the public gardens etc.....
and what happed to the post about a guest schedule?
this is how other places do it: if the guest availability on any given
day is say ten people, then simply have a scheduler that says the house is full if all ten beds are taken (with some flexibility, since people can always come for a shower, or a meal, or a chat and cup of tea etc). Also since 5-6 people seem to be long term residents, then guests shold perhaps rotate a bit to make room for others. it would be nice if guests can contribute to the house development and maintenance, but it is important also that they can come and just take something, if that's what they want to do
Of course that does not apply to burglars, heck.
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No guests, no booking
Hey Paola,
Thanks a lot for your suggestions... at the moment the rooftop garden is lacking of cure and water, but mostly intiative. The main problem is bringing the precious liquid up there... we need to create a system to recycle rain so that is easier for who stays upstairs to give water to the plans.
just a few things I want to point out.
We don't believe in the relation host-guest, therefore we never use that word. Anyone here is host of himself and others. In principle, everyone contributes in his/her own way to the life of the house. This means taking care of the daily basics and beyond: initiative, helping with cooking, cleaning, listening to others, hacking, repairing bikes, dumpster diving, gardening, sharing skills, stories, dreams, songs and so on and so forth.
The house is also there for people who need some good rest after a long journey and for people to grow and to be inspired by others. This is also why we are trying to limit the use of Couchsurfing and our presence in this hospitaly exchange network: somehow we are able to attract the right people without compromising our principles of sustainable hospitality.
This is also why I love this place. This is what makes it different from everything/everywhere else.
So, no guests (and no tourists!).
Moreover, I personally disagree strongly with the idea of fixed schedules. We love to accept last minute requests if we feel the person can fit in the house or really needs a space (think cyclists from http://warmshowers.org or smaller hospitality networks with more committed people such as http://bewelcome.org We really want to give these people a place).
So, the rule of "first come, first served" does not apply here and would jeorpadize what this place stands for. This is not an hostel, we don't want to think in terms of booking places. And is no fixed number of residents either. The temporality and transience of this space is very important and worked very well so far.
Having said this, what we do want to improve is simply tracking who has been in the casa and when. This for the reason that we want people to directly grab contact details of the new friends they met here, and to be able to communicate relevant information. In addition, and maybe most important, we want the (long term) hosts here taking active decisions in managing hosts requests without falling into chaos.
hugs.
This is a great way to look
This is a great way to look at host-guest relationships. We should all be hosts to ourselves and one another and I thank you for this perspective.