Hello and a warm welcome!
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We’re the two man team running The Old schoolhouse.
Magnea is Icelandic born and raised in Reykjavík, while Greg is from the south coast of England.
We’ve spent most of our lives in southwest London, where we raised two kids and pursued our careers. Greg was a teacher & headmaster in a private school for boys and Magnea was in aviation heading up the European/Asian sales department for a large international corporation.
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We’re now in an exciting new chapter of our lives!! In early 2024 we stepped away from our jobs in London.
With the kids now out of the house, we went travelling for couple months — staying in guesthouses, learning yoga, and taking the time to dream big about the future.
We have swapped the jetsetting, the busy city life, and the business attire to gardening gloves and Icelandic woolly jumpers.
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From 2017 when we bought Gaulverjaskóli - The Old School House, we ran it alongside our full-time jobs in London, with the invaluable support of family and friends. Early on we decided to offer the house exclusively to private groups — a more manageable setup while living abroad.
Every vacation and spare moment since has been dedicated to bringing our vision for Gaulverjaskóli to life. As a family, we've spent each trip building, painting, planting, and slowly transforming the space into something truly special. In October 2024 we reconfigured and refurbished the whole house and added bathrooms for each bedroom. Making it more comfortable and attractive for our guests. ​
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Now we live here (upstairs) most of the time, and run it as a guesthouse.
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​The best thing about running our business - is that we get all kinds of people from all over the world to come and stay with us.
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We can't wait to welcome you!
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Magnea & Greg
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Mission
The mission is LOVE. Do what we love.
Then everything becomes fun!
Its as simple as that.
Trusting what we like doing - other people will experience and enjoy
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We then better clarify what we actually love :)
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To garden, plant and grow
To design, create and build our spaces
To always listen to music
To spend time with people
To go fishing
To cook good food
To exercise
To read and travel
To appreciate art
To be in harmony with nature
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Vision
Gosh, the ideas are many and the vision is big!
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Bricks and Mortar kind of stuff: We are hoping to be building a large lounge / multi functional room for guests attached to the kitchen house in the near future. There will be a further WC/Shower room.
Near the hot-tub we envisage a cold tub, an outside shower and a sauna.
We also want to add three private self contained cabins on our land.
Finally a polytunnel for growing vegetables.
Concepts: Ultimately we want the place to be one of happiness, fun and education in whatever form that takes.
We have ideas of multitude of retreats, volunteer tree planting work, music gatherings, art exhibitions etc.
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This is all doable - but will take time to implement.
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Gaulverjaskóli Iceland