Hey V, you'd be more than welcome anytime, we would give you a nice room too, no barn for people I like. We own a hostel right on the beach so accommodation is no problem.
Good with plumbing!!! We may never let you leave, the hostel is over 100 years old, with plumbing to match lol. One of our guests was saying to me the other night, that its lovely that we put a fountain in the back garden, lol , not a fountain just a busted pipe, it was very pretty though, but such a waste of water.
As for my partner, it drives him nuts how stubbornly logical I am, so he thinks we'd work great together, owing to your alien heritage :)