Andres Uus is the co-founder of Vanaajamaja and it is very much thanks to his enthusiasm and expertise that today we have a fully renovated training centre in Mooste and a wide variety of courses every year. He is a founder and partner of the log building company Hobbiton since 1997 and a logbuilding lecturer at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. But the core of Andres’s heart belongs to old wooden houses, therefore he also runs projects to rescue houses that have lost hope to survive.

andres@hobbiton.ee
52 50 516

Ragner Lõbu was one of the first log-building teachers in Estonia in the mid-1990s. As one of the co-founders of Vanaajamaja, he was a visionary of the organisation from the very beginning but has stepped back from active tasks by now. Ragner is also a partner in the log-building company Hobbiton.

ragner.lobu@gmail.com
566 91 553

Margus Palolill is a carpenter and teacher of Estonian traditional log-building. Born and raised in Southeast Estonia where heritage buildings are still amply present, he started with carpentry in 2002, first taking an interest in shingle roofs and later in various traditional building styles – log-house, timber-frame and earth building. He joined the Vanaajamaja team in 2009 and is presently one of the tutors in our popular heritage building courses. His company Metsaveere Meistrid provides carpentry and building services.

palolillele@gmail.com
555 97 126

Ahti Puksa is one of the main log-building tutor in Vanaajamaja. He first worked as a master in log building companies and has experience as a carpenter since 2000. Since 2014 he has run his own one-man company Ahkra Palkmajad, which builds new and restores old log buildings.

puksaahti@gmail.com

Mikk Mustmaa has graduated from TalTech Tartu Colledge Restoration faculty and worked in the field since 2008. His company Majakratt undertakes mainly renovation works on log and historic buildings. Mikk has led log building courses in Vanaajamaja since 2017.

mikk.mustmaa@gmail.com
566 04949

Piret Uus ensures the smooth workings of the organization. Piret’s ability to manage projects, raise funds and develop new training courses is essential to our operations. If you have a cooperation proposal, Piret is the right person to turn to.

piret.uus@gmail.com
566 58 117

Mari Palolill joined the VAM team in 2009 and her consistency and attention to detail are crucial in our applications for funds and ongoing donor communications. Presently she helps with project management and is constantly brainstorming on new fundraising opportunities.

marikaisel@gmail.com
534 33 346

Germain Joyet  is a building carpenter and cabinet maker. Originally from France, Germain has lived in Estonia since 2015, after participating in Vanaajamaja’s first international log-building course in 2014. With his engineering education, he is skilled in making building drawings, designing furniture, and making windows and doors. But above all, he is passionate about traditional woodworking, such as timber framing and log building. 

germain.joyet@gmail.com

Märt Vahtramäe has graduated Hiiumaa Vocational School in log building and Tartu University Viljandi Cultural Academy in heritage building and dedicated to his own building projects in OÜ Vahtrame since then. Märt has led timber framing courses in Vanaajamaja since 2023.  

vahtrame@gmail.com

Sven Andreson has studied almost everything from smithery to theology and is able to build a roof of whatever material, preferably from shingles, but last years also from tin. He has done tin roofs on private houses as well as appartment buildings and he was the one who led the works on the tin roofs at Lalsi church during Vanaajamaja workshop.

sven.andreson@gmail.com