User:Becha/Lika/Lodge
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Lika Lodge
We have a house that is open for sharing with friends.
It can be used for short stays, retreats, as a nomadic base, for “digital detox”.
It is available for free (not paying the rent, only the running expenses).
(like free software: high-maintenance, steep learning curve, favors function over form, you are free to use it & modify it, but you also have a responsibility to contribute, and to share it with others – with dormouse, with extended family, and with the community of future users).
How to get there
Address: Gubavcevo Polje 11 , Gracac, Lika, Croatia
OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.34056&mlon=15.93629#map=17/44.34056/15.93629
GoogleMaps: has a street-view (up until the "graveyard")
Last Part of the Road
- From the road Gracac-Knin, take a turn to Deringaj
- Follow that road - asphalt, not a great quality, may curves & turns - to the "graveyard"
- Turn right to the gravel road, between two low stone-walls
- After 100 meters turn RIGHT again, onto the GRASS ROAD
- Follow that, over the fields, to the house number 12
- on your right you will pass "transformation-poll"
- just before the house, there will be a plum&apple orchid on your right
- Leave the car next to the HUGE WALNUT
- Walk to the right, up the hill, to the Lodge - UNDER THE HUGE LINDEN TREE
Instructions
Before You Arrive
- Get the keys from Vesna
- PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS & get more verbal introductions from Vesna / Arnd
- Make agreements with Vesna about the expenses
Upon Arrival
ELECTRICITY & WATER HAVE BEEN SWITCHED OFF before last people left last time
- Turn the electricity on
- there are fuse-boxes behind the front door
- write down the values on the electricity meter
- plug in & turn on the appliances: fridge, cooker, lights, heating...
- Close all the water taps & "ventils"
- water-heater in the kitchen has a "ventil" for this purpose
- all the taps
- washing-machine "ventil" & "filter"
- Open the water - on the mains!
- mains-ventil is in the MANHOLE on the BOTTOM OF THE HILL!!! (get verbal instruction from Vesna)
- check for any burst pipes
- let the water RUN for a while, to get all the dirt from the pipes out, before you start drinking
- Only then turn on the water-boiler
- Open the windows to air the sleeping room
- Clean all the dust
- start from the TOP & go "down"
- "dust off" all the cobwebs
- remove the moths, flies and other bugs , from the CEILING BEAMS
- remove spiders & bugs from the walls, with the duster
- use the cloths to clean the horizontal surfaces: table, cooker, stove, chairs...
- use the broom to brush all of that from the floor
- eventually, also to remove possible mouse-shits from the floor
- THEN use the vacuum-cleaner to remove finer particles
- Set-up the GARBAGE collection:
- Line up the "bucket(s)" with the rubbish-bin liners (plastic bags, large; black or yellow)
- Plant-material & egg-shells can be composted (compost heap is near one of the walls of the old "garage")
- Plastic & glass can be recycled , and should be collected separately
- Paper can be burned in the fire , if you are using the wood-stove
- TAKE THE GARBAGE with you REGULARLY when you go away; one collection container is close to the church-ruin; others are in Gracac or other "cities"
Before Departure
LET THE WATER OUT OF PIPES, CLOSE THE WATER MAINS & SWITCH OFF ELECTRICITY
- Do everything in reverse from when arriving ;-)
- RESTOCK on the firewood
Where is What
inside the house
- the "small" cutlery is in the drawer INSIDE oft the table
around the house
- the old "stable" is a ruin, be careful of the walls possibly falling down :(
- the well is not functional.
- there is a swing on the "linden" tree
- there is a "Big House" nearby, the first one you see when you drive in. it belongs to my cousins and my parents. for emergencies, you can (try to) get shelter there, os some supplies, like chopped wood. there is NO ONE LIVING THERE during the year, only sometimes the family visits, from Zagreb or Belgrade.
- the other neighbour is Mara - she lives in Gracac, so she visits her own house more often, possibly every week.
About Lika Lodge
Basic Description
- Lika Lodge a small house, with two rooms:
- kitchen / living room
- + bathroom & toilet
- sleeping room with 3 beds
- kitchen / living room
- Available
- Drinkable Running-Water from the municipal aqua-system (voDoVoD) - coming from the spring in Glogovo
- hot water "boiler" both for the kitchen & for the bathroom
- Electricity from the grid
- for the lights
- for the kitchen equipment
- for heating
- for water-boiling (kettle)
- WASHING MACHINE
- fully-equipped kitchen (fridge, sink, plates & cups, cooking pans, cutlery...)
- electrical cooker for cooking food
- with the gas-stove
- and the gas bottle
- wood-stove, more for the atmosphere then for the heating (or cooking)
- there are some dried branches, outside, to burn
- fire-starters are in the drawer
- matches are in the old-fridge-used-as-cupboard
- bathroom (shower & toilet)
- with cosmetics: soap, sun-cream, insect-repellent, sanitary pads...
- electrical heater (fan / builders dryer)
- 4 electrical blankets!
- bed-linnen , cushion-covers, duvets, sleeping-bags - enough for 4 people
- extra tents for extra people
- one twin mattress
- two inflatable mattresses, single size
- hammocks
- storage-fridges, full of food & kitchen-equipment & spices & coffee & tea
- plastic Ikea storage boxes, full of equipment for painting, camping, household items...
- Vesna's spare clothes & shoes
- BOOKS (mostly in English and Dutch)
- Solar lamps from Ikea
- TOOLS
- screwdriver
- small hand-shears for branches
- 2 AXES (since June 2017; if not stolen in the meantime...)
- What is NOT there:
- There is NO Internet!
- There is no GARBAGE disposal -- take everything back with you!!!
- There is not SHOP for buying food nearby
- There is NO food garden or market or shop or a restaurant at the walking distance
- Local / public transportation is MINIMAL
- there is NO hair drier ;-)
- There are NO neighbours!
- There are NOT MANY TOOLS available
-
THERE IS NO AX for cutting wood for the wood-fire! - not many umbrellas...
Emergencies
Expenses
Running expenses
- Electricity: 1 Euro per person per day
- Other expendables: 1 Euro per person per day
Expendables
What needs to be restocked periodically, because it gets used up over time
- Gas: the propane bottle can be refilled in "Tommy" supermarket ; COST? HOW OFTEN?
- Firewood : either cut & collect yourself, or had to be bough somehow (still not sure where & how much it costs)
- Toilet paper
- Kitchen paper
- Cleaning supplies: dishwasher liquid, washing powder , all-purpose cleaning spray, SOAP, shampoo...
- Light bulbs
- Batteries
- Fire-straters & matches & lighters
- Candles
- Sun-cream
- Insect repellent
- Sanitary pads & tampons
- Coffee
- Tea
- Long-stay milk
- Some staple food (tins, oil, salt, spices, pasta, rice...)
Optional expenses
- If using the food that is there: pay what you think it's fair, or restock
- If using communally bought & prepared food: make agreements with the group (estimate, for large groups: 10 Euro per person per day)
- If using the car that is NOT yours: agree wit the car owner (for gas (to drive you to the shop or attractions), tolls, wear & tear, damages...)
- If someone provides the Internet over 3G / 4G: share the costs of setup, equipment, subscription, SIM, and running costs
History
https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/User:Becha/Lika2017
https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/LikaCamp2016
https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/User:Becha/Lika#2014
Start of the project: 2013; Main Page: https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/User:Becha/Lika
Plans for the Future
We might organise another LikaCamp in 2018: let me know if you are interested!
Even longer term, I would like to attract many people to come and live In Lika, in that area, with us – in a commune, or in a village, or in the little town; in the rural area, in the mountains, on the farms... It will take another 5-10 years to achieve this dream, do join if you like it too!
