Sylvia's room

Glenside, PA 19038

ROOMS FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Please take time to read this description so you can decide if it makes sense for you to write me. It is important that it be a good fit for everyone concerned.

The three spare bedrooms in this home, the full-time residence of a professional, are rented throughout the year as single rooms to young professionals or full-time men undergraduate and graduate students from the nearby universities. One room is now available starting on July 1.

With original hardwood floors and furnished with antiques, this large house is 113 years old. Each bedroom is fully furnished and has own TV set. Each bedroom is rented out as a single. No exceptions. If you are a couple, this will not be a good match for you.

The rent for each room, with shared bathroom, is $700. The cost of utilities and wireless high speed internet are included in this price. The lodgers have kitchen/ laundry privileges, access to huge back yard and off-street parking. I am sorry, but I can neither reduce the rent nor enter into a formal arrangement permitting a lodger to perform certain services in lieu of partial rent.

For security reasons, I want that person to give me a link to a Facebook or LinkedIn page that shows the same information he is providing me with and has been up for at least six months.

The house is in Glenside, walking distance from Arcadia University, and only a mile from Westminster Theological Seminary. It is a 10-minute drive from Salus University. Its location is just north of the Philadelphia city line in Montgomery County, in an extremely safe neighborhood.

It is half a block from a Wawa convenience store and minutes’ walk from the Glenside commercial section and train station (including a line that goes to the airport). For someone without a car–or whose car has broken down– it is an exceptionally well-connected suburban location.

I rent out rooms in units of time that correspond to blocks of time on the academic calendar. In this case, the lease on the room would be at least until Labor Day 2026. I do not make exceptions to my policy of only renting out rooms for such blocks of time. If you seek a very short term lease or a month-to-month arrangement, this will not be a good solution for you.

If you think we have a good match, please write me. Tell me about yourself (required if you want a reply), your age, where you work, or what school you go to and what you’re majoring in, etc. I will be delighted to hear from you.

Some things to be aware of, based on the above: 1) Do not just write back “I am interested” or only communicate a phone number you expect me to call. 2) Do not go straight into wanting me to give you a date to come see the house. When someone’s home is at issue, it is customary to wait to be invited. 3) If this ad is up, it means the room is still available. Please do not write to ask if it is still available. 4) If we have a good match, I will get back to you. I do not respond to every piece of correspondence I get.

I expect people to read through this ad, because it contains important information for you to decide if you want to move forward on it. If your text tells me you couldn’t be bothered to read it, and in particular the above paragraph, I will have no incentive to get back to you.

No pets, please.

I am the property owner and this is my full-time residence. I am an artist and a language interpreter. At present there is one college student living here. His major is computer science.