- Rent
- $1,100 per month
- Bills
- Included
- Security deposit
- $600
About the room
VISITING SCHOLARS WELCOME. FRAGRANCE-FREE three-bedroom house. Two rooms are currently available–one of them until August. The rooms are optionally furnished with desk, bed, lamps, console/dresser and so on.
The house is in Albany, very close to the Berkeley border, easy walking and cycling distance to North Berkeley BART and other good things.
Depending on the evolution of the house, in the long run there are possibilities ranging from shared staples to co-op. I’m not a neatnik and am not offended by books and papers being left about. The important thing is some agreement over what’s comfortable and what’s not.
Shared areas include the living room and kitchen, which are more than twice the size of rooms #1 and #2. In the longer run, I hope to equip both shared areas with ample tables or other comforts for writing, study, or project space. The small outbuilding shown in the pictures is nearly built and will offer additional outdoor space that might include a soaking tub or sauna but can also be used for quiet space. I hope to add a small greenhouse for additional outdoor space later on. You’ll share the better bathroom with one person. We use Ethernet (faster, more secure, less interference); no WiFi. Miele washer and dryer in the back bathroom. I can teach you how to use the espresso machine.
A lease of up to 9 or 12 months is fine and can be extended/renewed based on mutual agreement.
About the house:
- FRAGRANCE-FREE, no incense, smoking or vaping (I am allergic and this is not negotiable – I provide shampoos, soaps, detergents and so on that I can tolerate and make unscented products available but I ask that people not bring scented products into the house
- Sonic fiber installation; no WiFi
- Not a good house for PlayStations or Xboxes and the like
- New heat pump heating system with air cleaner and cooling, semi-pro electric stove with slant vent hood, and electric hot water heater
- Newly updated electric service
- Good size backyard soon to get an small outbuilding for relaxation – hopefully eventually I’ll be able to install a soaking tub and sauna
- Entry-level pottery wheel for outdoor use
- Utilities included
- LGBTQ welcome
- Readers, writers, artists, politically interested, social conscience welcome
- Graduate students and visiting scholars welcome
- Bicycles welcome
- Other amenities as possible as a community develops
About the roomies
About me:
- I am a writer working remotely at least part of the time
- Mid-sixties, unconventional, quite liberal and a Bay Area native
- My phone is seldom on
- Well vaccinated for Covid
- U.C. Berkeley grad with a background in the arts, deep interests in (film-based) photography and literary criticism
- Regular listener to NPR weekend shows
- Recently returned to the game of chess
- Omnivorous but focused on fish and Indian food
Walk to:
- Acme Bread on San Pablo
- Patisserie Rotha on San Pablo
- Whole Foods on Gilman
- Juanita & Maude on San Pablo
- Indian restaurants on Solano
- Monterey Market on Hopkins
- Tokyo Fish Market on San Pablo
- USPS on Solano
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