Community Wellness Artsy Social Worker Enclave 1 br avail in 3 br house (Shared Housing)

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GREAT VALUE SPACE and AMBIANCE FOR ACADEMICS, COMMUNITY WELLNESS PROFESSIONALS, ARTSY SOULS AND OTHERS!

WILL BE SHOWING THE PROPERTY THIS WEEK.

Rent includes washer, dryer, internet, water; WILL BE PRO-RATED FOR A... JAN 3, 2025 MOVE-IN

General PG&E is shared between all tenants


NO PETS (already have 2 friendly indoor clean cats)

110 SQ FT

10 MINS WALK TO LAKE MERRITT, 5 MINS DRIVE TO HIGHLAND HOSP

SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS 5 MINS WALK

SHORT BIKE RIDE TO BART AND THE AFFORDABLE, DAILY SECURE STORAGE

Yoga & Art fans here...Working with upcoming Sustainable Urban Dev Art Show

Are you a fitness person who can sometimes eat cake?!?

What’s a good film you’ve seen this year?

And what kind of artsy stuff do YOU like to do???

Any suggestions for a good book you’ve read lately?

Do you like gardening???

How good are you at listening to other points of view and respectfully sharing a discussion???

How do you feel about two INDOOR-roaming, friendly, CLEAN cats?!?

What's your ideal healthy meal for a middle-of-the-spectrum food house?

A sweeeet room in our CALM, furnished, diverse house has come free, and we'd love to offer the room to another community-living-experienced person. Ideal for academic or medical staff, art lovers, yoga fans, etc. Mixed cuisine, light on scent (not scent-free), minimal TV.

We are seeking a long-term team-oriented member who, like the 3 others, tends towards a structured life, where there's a reasonable balance between full-time studies or work, independence, and basic, effective house dynamics such as short, monthly snack-infused house meetings, to safeguard communication and house harmony. We’re not a party house, just people positive.

We’ll be chatting with interested folks these next few days.

Here's a little more info:

It’s a big 1904, cozy American Craftsman house, as part of an Artistic pocket of the San Antonio-Clinton neighborhood. A fully furnished house with comfy stuff, and a semi-furnished room itself (has a small bureau - 3 feet high X 3.5 feet wide, and spare lamps, if needed).

This is a calm, peaceful, creative and sustainability property, continuously upgrading to green. Not boring, just balanced. Not dogmatic, just decent. Independent, yet, for the sake of effective sharing, reasonably team-focused. Occasional fun group activity, ranging from mixed gardening, quarterly pizza party (owner paid) deep cleaning, to relaxing art projects, while not monopolizing people's time. Fun film screenings can also happen, using the big HDTV n free HBO Max in the spacious, ventilated living room. We’re vaccinated and doing well. It’s NOT a good place for untreated addicts, especially since the block’s other residents, while respecting privacy, work in tandem towards community wellness.

The available room is held at a great rate, with a semi-private bath and shared utilities ranging from $20-90 p/month (depending on the season, and the price of natural gas!). Occasionally, other typical house hygiene expenses occur, such as shower curtain replacements, cleaning supplies, etc. We STRIVE for healthy surroundings, given the past tragic wildfires, and ongoing Bay Area Air Quality challenges.

As far as specifics, the double window room of approx. 11ft x 10ft is bright, with frequent sun and warmth, plus some shading. It includes a large 5'x5' walk-in closet. The room is also snuggly in the middle of a house having total hardwood floors, plus central heating, with WIFI (this last part included in the rent)...Writers, Healthcare workers, Yogi's, and artists generally prefer the place.

There is also a remote, basement-placed, top-of-the-line, no-cost washer/dryer. Two other residents share the kitchen, including dishwasher, utensils, cookware, spacious (new) refrigerator, electric stove, a whole-leaf tea area, etc. There are additionally two bathrooms. BRIEF, MONTHLY snack meetings help us plan housecleaning and critical tasks for wellness and supplies, while clarifying anything. We try to keep the gorgeous wooden interior dust-free and healthy for all. To that end, we run HEPA Filters, along with keeping the place constantly ventilated.

Two yearly small, fun community art shows occur in the garden. It’s a big backyard, with comfy hammock, for everybody's use. Current Oakland laws prevent bonfires without costly inspections and permits, especially after climate change, but there's a lot of magical green space here ;-). We are currently hoping to add a safe, stone-based fireplace while growing more veggies along one side of the yard.

Some storage is available for your bicycle that is used for commuting. NO PETS please, we already have TWO INDOOR, FRIENDLY, INDEPENDENT CATS, and really can’t tolerate any 4-legged power struggles, injuries, or many comings and goings in a feral cat neighborhood.

In summary, we are a mature, fun-loving, hard-working, and considerate household, who are passionate about our artistic and community wellness stuff, in addition to our day jobs. The fragrance of healthy home cooking is frequent in our home. No one monopolizes the kitchen, but we quite enjoy decent cooking and occasionally sharing the creations, while cleaning right after the prep. Our age rang is 30's-50’s. It’s important to really note that the BRIEF monthly house meetings are part of the deal, to eliminate confusion, strategize for economic resources, and keep a good group experience. The gatherings have proven to be the most effective system for the group’s harmony, since work, friends, and school otherwise see different timelines and lives for folks. So, we do short, monthly gatherings that respect everyone’s schedules, and sometimes even add fun brunch, dinner, or dessert ;-).

A little about us: House Manager, mid 50’s (she, her, hers), from a very mixedfamily, PFLAAG, Italian, French-English speaker, some Dutch, learning Spanish, marketing for multicultural arts and renewable energy. Follows ongoing studies for it all. In non-pandemic times, also hosts monthly puzzle soirees and watercolor breakfasts. Looks out for house safety, admin, city reqs, and property maintenance, while adding to the street-sponsored bi-annual pancake block parties, in which most neighbors participate, and where the folks get to discuss any neighborhood concerns.

It is an increasingly close-knit neighborhood, while respecting privacy and social distancing, due to earlier decades of challenges.

Also, the street surface was recently repaved, so even your car will like this deal!

Other tenant is an early 30's recently graduated culinary artist (she, her, hers), Bay area native, homeopathy fan, and relocating closer to SF-based job.

Once a month on-site owner is American-born Chinese male, late 40's, civil engineer by day, very OFTEN travels as a nature photographer, for work and for outside family. Coordinates maintenance with on-site manager. He mostly stays in San Francisco with his long-term partner.

Past long-term housemates have included an early 30's UC Berkeley male historian who got a better job; a late 20’s LGBTQ gifted vocalist and pianist (practiced on silent keyboard), who then got a scholarship to overseas grad school; an early 30’s Latinx fresh juice distributor who had done some impressive international bike tours, an early 30’s LGBTQ social worker who later went pre-med, then got into med school; an early 40’s public high school teacher who taught Social Studies, a late 40's dancer and English teacher from Barcelona, late 50's talented landscaper and seamstress, and a 30-something social justice paralegal who then went to law school for human rights law;

Key attributes for all housemates are: CLEAN, TIDY, considerate, with GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS, plus PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE LIVING COLLECTIVELY, including with DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, DIET TYPES, and INDOOR, HABITUALLY FREE-ROAMING FELINES.

We’re mostly a sober household; some do drink alcohol at dinner gatherings, etc, but we all usually prefer tea over coffee, and fresh juice with meals.

Please be employed. NO COUPLES, HARDCORE DRINKERS OR STONERS.

Serious inquiries will provide three references with credit report, school ID, and/or employment info at interview.

PREREQUISITE FOR INTERVIEW: Please respond via email describing yourself, and show us how you may be a collective fit to our team-oriented household. We’re giving EXTRA POINTS when you answer the fun questions at the BEGINNING of this POST, while including:

1)Your experience in community living, with ANY COMMUNITY WELLNESS story.
2)Your CLEANING habits,
3)Work schedule
4)Reason for moving
5)Great travel experience
6)Your typical work day and what you like about your job,
7)Anytime you had to solve a community living challenge.
8)Anything else?

Please be sure and leave your phone number, so that we can chat for a few minutes before scheduling a visit. We require an in-person interview. Thank you! Read More