Private bedroom
Rent amount
Singles$305 per week (excludes bills)
Date available
15 December 2024 for 6 months plus
Bedroom size
Large bedroom (queen bed size)
Bedroom furniture
Without a bed
Features
- Shared bathroom
- Walk-in wardrobe
- Air-conditioner
- Ceiling fan
- Good view or outlook
Security bond
1 month
Other information
The room is big. High ceilings, big walk in robe, that doubles as a small study. Ceiling fan and well-serviced split aircon. You’ll need your own furniture, but I have dining table and couch – though room for another one’(and thinking of getting a sofabed for the very occasional guest). Modern kitchen with induction stove, Bosch oven and dishwasher. Not so modern but still cute bathroom, shower only. My room is smaller, with no walk in robe, but I have made the tiny bedroom 3 into my media office and recording area. We could work out use of this as a shared workspace if you need, but please be aware I often have to work with recordings and human rights journalism visuals . And the house is full of plants for extra oxygen, with room for more!
Home Description
Description of the home
I just signed a third 12 month lease on a beautiful 104 year old Queenslander cottage in the forest on the ferny fringe of north-west Brisbane until mid October 2025, but now I need a new and awesome housemate in Arana Hills in Magandjin/Brisbane from December 1., for a rolling yearly lease.
The house is 800m across the creek from the train station, and a 3 minute walk from the shopping centre (Coles, Aldi), with the bus stop too. Loads of great cheap restaurants and a cafe in walking distance. The Kedron Brook Bike/floodway is very close, but we are 19 metres above the highest flood line, and well protected from storms.
As much as a rental can be a home, we have a “good” landlord who wants me there as long as I want. Which is great because there is a lovely community around us. The forest garden has to be seen to be believed – it is a little slice of paradise. We do have to do a bit of garden maintenance which would suit someone willing to put some effort in – bushcare style.
Home features
- Ceiling fans
- Air-conditioning
- Broadband Internet
- Dishwasher
- Clothes washer
- Study or office
- Courtyard, garden or yard
- Neighbourhood views
Bills and expenses
Per person:
Internet $45/month
Gas, Mowing, Electricity $50/fortnight into kitty
Occupants Description
Gender & sexuality
Male, straight
Age group
41+ years
Smoking at home
Non-smoker
Pets
No cat or dog
Main interests
- Art and culture
- Community work
- Creative interests
- Current affairs
- Music
- Writing
About the occupants
I am Nick, an independent investigative, photo and video journalist that works from home or on the street, and often going to do long form stories around the Land. (I report mainly on First Nations, West Papua, Palestine and frontline civil and environmental resistance). I am of Kaurna and Kulin Nations heritage, which is important to me, and 18 other bloodlines. I live with managed disability and immunocompromise so I hope you will be disability respectful. I am passionate about the things that matter, but I also know how to connect to the land on which we stand.
Compatible people
(NB: I am looking for an awesome ethical housemate that will become a friend, NOT looking for an intimate partner.)
I am looking for someone who lives ethically whilst still working to bring about a better world. Someone friendly that will say hello. I am very community minded, but also value my own space and independence. I enjoy deep yarns, but also am totally respectful of the need for quiet. I believe in a world governed by consent in all things, embodied in the boundary setting of a cat (and having a inside cat or other clean inside pet (no dogs due to no fences) is pre-approved, but has to be an inside, desexed cat due to our amazing wildlife – we have a large wire planthouse/ cat run in the backyard, but you will need to make it cat proof and be aware of our resident hawk and eagle).
I am looking for a non-smoking, non substance abusing housemate. No heavy/day drinkers. Friendly and comradely, but with our own lives. Not seeking an intimate partner. I am 48, so I would prefer someone between 35 and 55 – but I am open to intergenerational housing for the right person – and I have good uncle energy for my younger friends. Someone that respects and defends all flavours of the humans that respect others. Someone that believes in community care, mutual aid and disability friendly. Someone that is open to active consent and consensus on daily interactions. LGBTIQA+ friendly, but someone that doesn’t have a problem with having a partner stay occasionally, with respect to each others needs for peace. I get on with most people, but please no racists, conspiritualists or antivax people.
Someone that has their own life and work, and can reliably pay all the shared bills ahead of time, especially rent. In past houses we have always built up a few weeks ahead of rent in the house account – just in case of bank or payment failures, emergency or illness.
Its an old house, so somebody who is happy to split the housework for a clean space, and help with garden maintenance (though I often do that to switch off from my work brain).
Someone who respects quiet time, but also is happy to share a meal, a drink, a table and a yarn, and an occasional weekend fire or music out the back with friends.
I am looking for someone who lives ethically whilst still working to bring about a better world. Someone friendly that will say hello. I am very community minded, but also value my own space and independence. I enjoy deep yarns, but also am totally respectful of the need for quiet. I believe in a world governed by consent in all things, embodied in the boundary setting of a cat (and having a inside cat or other clean inside pet (no dogs due to no fences) is pre-approved, but has to be an inside, desexed cat due to our amazing wildlife – we have a large wire planthouse/ cat run in the backyard, but you will need to make it cat proof and be aware of our resident hawk and eagle).
I am looking for a non-smoking, non substance abusing housemate. No heavy/day drinkers. Friendly and comradely, but with our own lives. Not seeking an intimate partner. I am 48, so I would prefer someone between 35 and 55 – but I am open to intergenerational housing for the right person – and I have good uncle energy for my younger friends. Someone that respects and defends all flavours of the humans that respect others. Someone that believes in community care, mutual aid and disability friendly. Someone that is open to active consent and consensus on daily interactions. LGBTIQA+ friendly, but someone that doesn’t have a problem with having a partner stay occasionally, with respect to each others needs for peace. I get on with most people, but please no racists, conspiritualists or antivax people.
Someone that has their own life and work, and can reliably pay all the shared bills ahead of time, especially rent. In past houses we have always built up a few weeks ahead of rent in the house account – just in case of bank or payment failures, emergency or illness.
Its an old house, so somebody who is happy to split the housework for a clean space, and help with garden maintenance (though I often do that to switch off from my work brain).
Someone who respects quiet time, but also is happy to share a meal, a drink, a table and a yarn, and an occasional weekend fire or music out the back with friends.
Flatmate Preferences
Gender & sexuality
Any gender/sexuality
Age group
25 yrs+
Smoking at home
- Non-smokers
- Outdoors okay
Pets
- Without a cat or dog
- Cats okay
Nick
I live in this home
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