Private bedroom
- Shared bathroom
- Wardrobe or rack
- Desk available
Prefer an occupant who is completely unpartnered. Someone with regular, reliable income.
- CLEAN, about 3.5m x 3.5m, polished floorboards, wallpaper (discrete striped pattern) & high ceiling. FULLY furnished with retro things.
- Gets good morning light, but can become reasonably dark after about 3pm - fantastic for shiftworkers needing to sleep!!
CANNOT be rented partly furnished or UNfurnished. The house has nowhere to store anything.
- $330pw, calendar monthly $1434 includes: Utility bills (gas, water and 'fair use' of electricity) bedlinen, bedding & some household basics (laundry powder & dishwashing liquid)
- Includes exclusive use of a separate small (150 litre) fridge plus a bike with helmet.
- Internet is only suited to emails/surfing NOT streaming/gaming.
Home Description
Description of the home
- Fantastic safe & quiet spot, easy walking distance to everything (400m or less) like shops, parks, transport, gyms, library, cafes and pubs.
- Ideally suited to WHVs, 'new arrivals', students, shift-workers, or eco-friends seeking quiet, private, cheap, no-frills housing (for 3 months or more), where super-convenient location & lifestyle compatibility with housemates is more important than the age & size of the house.
- No ZOOM/Facetime interviews! (You must come meet us & inspect the room/house/location in person.)
- Victorian-era cottage retaining its heritage look - VERY cute, cozy & historic (has some cracks, squeaks & wobbles common to its age) and lived-in type clutter, because it is completely set up and we've lived here forever!
- No couch in the living room as a small centrally-placed meals/sitting area fills that function. There is a TV in there, so this sitting/meals area is the communal hub of the home. At the end of the hallway & next to both the kitchen & bathroom - it can be a high traffic zone!
- Kitchen is fully fitted out, but small. Gas cooking
- Internal toilet & internal bathroom that doubles as the laundry. The shower is over the bath. Gas instant HWS.
- Garden is a 'natural' TINY shady-green unkempt urban jungle wilderness, NOT big enough for entertaining or BBQs. It attracts lots of birds and critters - we always leave out dishes of water they can access. There is a compost bin, a few trees, lots of potted plants, a tiny paved area & good sized washline for drying your laundry. Also currently much random stuff is stored out there.
- It is a NO PETS house.
Home features
- Clothes washer
- Courtyard, garden or yard
Bills and expenses
Rent includes bedlinen, bedding, the use of a separate small (150 litre) fridge, a bike, helmet & 'basic' Utility bills. This means gas, water and 'fair use' of electricity cost. Internet cost is included (BUT it is for emailing/surfing, NOT gaming/streaming as it is TOTALLY unreliable and crashes frequently in the WHOLE neighbourhood). We live a reasonably wastage-free and environmentally-conscious lifestyle, meaning the bills are generally fairly stable all year - we turn off lights and things not being used. The house is well insulated, so close doors /windows first & put on a jumper, before simply turning on a heater (they TOTALLY suck the power, so if you want to live only in t-shirts & shorts during winter then run heating 24/7, you'd be asked to pay extra to cover your heating costs!) We dry our laundry out in the open air, not in a dryer or in front of a heater (it is dangerous).
Some household basics are also included (dishwashing liquid, laundry powder)
Occupants Description
- Female, straight
- Male, straight
- Animals and pets
- Art and culture
- Community work
- Cooking and food
- Creative interests
- Current affairs
- Health and fitness
- Natural therapies
- Personal development
- Reading
- Spirituality
- Television
- Travel
- Writing
Envera - a quiet-living, busy person doing LOTS of voluntary community work, 7 days a week including in rural Victoria, so away sometimes. Each day can be 19-21 hours long, so EXTREMELY conscious of time & schedules. Many diverse interests including research, DIY / crafts, cooking from scratch, keeping fit /active /strong & horticulture. Friendly, clean, considerate, kind & thoughtful, not into creating class divides. Loves being active, informed & productive! Rarely does much other than work/volunteer/study/house/garden stuff & never gets food delivered! May half-watch TV docos, doing something else at the same time. Loves deep, philosophical or spirited conversations not small talk. Semi vego, simple- and frugal- living, right into reducing 'consumption', waste minimisation, recycling, repurposing, upcycling, passivhaus climate control & all sorts of eco stuff. Minimizes chemical use around the house as has a SENSITIVITY / ALLERGY to alcohol (including most cleaning products that contain it) Also ALLERGIC to chilies (!!!) Housemates need to be (very) occasional drinkers at home and non-partiers, as even smells of SOME alcohol types can trigger symptoms.
Arash - quiet-living very well-travelled, very well-educated International guy moved from USA who's in his late 40s, omnivore, non smoker, almost non-drinker (loves an occasional beer!), optimist, polite & respectful, friendly, & working part-time in demographic analysis/ social research. A good cook really into study, (doing a PhD thesis, so VERY focussed!!) sports (rugby, soccer, AFL) research, politics, music, technology, volunteering, deep conversations & occasionally goes out socializing - particularly his culture's gatherings. Unfortunately, despite being a really great guy, he will often not do cleans on any regular basis.
NOTE: The house can only accommodate a MAXIMUM of four people at any one time, but usually there is only 3 people living here (one person per bedroom) - not overcrowded at all.
- Unpartnered (tiny house means no extra people can fit)
- Reliable, communicative, honest, team-player,
- Down to earth, quiet-living or studious, not into BS, creating dramas or class divides.
- Natural disposition towards compromising, non-aggressive behaviour and keeping their word. Takes personal responsibility/accountability
- Considerate and respectful of others' time, space and belongings,
- Busy, informed, active lifestyle (not a life-waster)
- Shares all household cleaning chores willingly, regularly & fairly, without needing to be prompted, or rostered. It would be nice if they also liked doing a bit of gardening/yard maintenance (clipping back, blown-in litter removal)
- Clean (not OCD about it) and reasonably tidy. Cleans up after themself.
- Eco-conscious: composter, waste minimizer, recycler / repurposer, chemical abhorrent. (NO candle-burners, oil-burners, incense-burners or electric blankets - the house Insurance Policy forbids it)
- Prioritizes rent being paid in full & on time (as rent INCLUDES the share for bills).
Strange as it seems, people of shorter stature (under 190cm / 6ft 2in) are best suited to the house, due to low-hanging lightfittings, rangehood and shower rail.
Flatmate Preferences
Envera
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