WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

   LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY IN FAROE ISLANDS DURING 2018 SUMMER

2016 in Austria.

Jason and I , Romanie, are a couple from Ibiza who are searching for a place to rent or exchange for ours during the Summer months of next year 2018.

   I´m a painter and I´m currently developing a new project and want to be away from my environment to do so. Jason is a chess player and also needs this time to develop a tool to teach chess he is working on.

   Ideally we would like to rent from the end of May till the beginning of October. If there is other availabilities we would adapt in that time. The minimum time we would like to be in Faroe islands is for two months.

  I have been checking out the rentals online and I can only find touristic rentals at very high prices per night in shared places.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR 

  An independent home, it can be an apartment in town or an isolated barn far away, we don´t care about that. It would need a minimum of two spaces in it. One room that can be used to paint in (I paint very cleanly, I don´t splash or throw paint around) and an other space that could be the living room or an extra room where Jason would be able to work on his computer. We would need running water, heating, electricity and internet.

We are very flexible as far as comforts, we have travelled a lot and can adapt to many kinds of spaces, although I guess we need heating in a cold place like the Faroe Islands.

Originally I was looking for an Artist Residency Program or a Artist Exchange Program and although I have got in contact with two of your organisations I found they had no availability so I thought we would try a different way.

We come from a very busy island, overpopulated in summer and most summers we try to leave to a quieter and fresher environment.

2016 in Budapest.

ABOUT US

 Both Jason and I are half English and half Spanish but brought up in Ibiza, a small island in the Mediterranean. We speak fluent English, Spanish and Catalan.

 We have been together for 16 years and don´t have children.  We are quite sociable but like a lot of quiet time to read, study and create.

I´m 41 and  I have spent most of my life painting and developing my art but I have also been a fire fighter for ten years. I currently combine my art with creativity classes for children.

 Jason is 46 and  has knowledge in woodwork, graphic design, chess and electricity. He mainly works on his properties while doing other short term projects. He dedicated many years of his life to cycling and then had to stop due to health issues.

We are both great walkers and love mountain biking and exploring.

Sunshine Coast 2012 Canada.

Vancouver 2012, Canada.

Milan 2016 Italy.

Pune,2013. India.

In the past I have exchanged my art work for a place to stay for two months. This would also be an option if the other part would be interested. I have done this is in Italy, Canada, California, Portugal and various places in Spain.

We are looking for a cheap or fair rent for either two or four months in Faroe Islands.  As we are artists we aren´t rich and find a way to either exchange or find someone who would like to rent to us.

OUR HOME IN IBIZA.

 Our home in Ibiza is a ground floor house in a residential area outside of the town of 

San Antonio.

lower house is our house.

entrance 

one of the bedrooms.

living room area.

The house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, kitchen and a nice terrace. It is surrounded by a garden. We have all the normal facilities and a parking just at the entrance. It is 500m away from the beach and two minute walk from supermarkets and any groceries. Main town is a 15 minute walk along the promenade.

In Summer our nearest town is very busy and full of tourists with lots going on 24 hours a day. Our home fortunately is just out of that region and we have quiet neighbours. If we exchanged homes with someone we would have to make it clear it´s not to party in and we also don´t have dogs in this community. Only cats.

sunset from the sea nearby our home.

               

 I also have a website you can check out if you like.

www.romanie.net

 Renting a room in somebody else´s home and share I don´t think would be an option because we need to spend many hours working a day and not get side tracked with other rhythms of life nearby. Our work is a bit like a writers, where you need many hours in silence, quite introspective.

If you have any suggestions or proposals we would love to hear from you. 

Thank you for your interest.

Best Wishes from us both, Jason and Romanie.

  contact: benimussa@yahoo.com

A  few examples of my art: 

"protecting a new world" 2015

"new shoots" 2015