We are four clean, friendly people seeking another housemate for the second largest room in the house.

-The second largest room is available as of July 1 in our shared apartment, the room is rented unfurnished.
-This is a month to month lease. (month to month is defined below)
-Monthly payments of 900$ per month includes $850.00 /mo rent, and a flat fee of $50 /mo for your split of the utilities; (gas/ electric/ wireless internet), and a 1/5 share for staple expenses like cleaning supplies, spices and TP.
-$1750 to move in $900 deposit, plus first month's payment by July 1.

Room:
- Second largest bedroom; 11' x 12' 1/2"
- two built-in closets
- 11' ceiling with fan /OH light fixture
- window faces SE, /w fire escape and view of a nice grassy lot next door.


Apartment:
Top floor of a historic building 2 blocks from the Kingston - Throop C, and 4-5 blocks from the A express at Nostrand Ave. Laundry, groceries, etc. on Fulton Ave. close by. The building is an old walk up with no elevator.

Semi-renovated in mid-2009 with appliances from that time. The whole apartment has 11' ceilings with original moldings, radiator heat, refinished wood or newly tiled floors with excellent sunlight and airflow throughout. Living room is a very large and open space (12' x 17') with built in bookshelves and two big windows.

House Culture:
We have more of a well maintained quiet, retreat and life-project space than a collective, a restful and peaceful place to de-stress from city life. Independent, responsible people that value privacy and order tend to love it here. We are friendly, but mostly cultivate our social lives outside the home and are looking for another who is the same. We usually don't host social gatherings beyond dinner with a friend once in awhile.

There are a few agreements we have come to as a house and we have systems in place so that there is rarely any interpersonal conflict, it is always really clean, rent and utilities are paid on time every month, and we never run out of TP or cleaning supplies.

Each of us cleans a designated part of the house weekly and we also always neaten up after our kitchen and bathroom use, so no one ever has to do their housemate's dishes or deal with anyone else's hair in the shower, and we have never had roaches.
We usually observe quiet hours in the living room and kitchen starting at 10 in the evening weekdays to accommodate those of us who have early schedules.

We each limit our overnight guests to 3x week and negotiate shower timing amongst ourselves. As a courtesy to the other housemates, we send a group texts to announce our guests and discuss in advance plans for the common space that would impact everyone else's use and enjoyment of the apartment.

Flatmates:
There are four other housemates. about half of us ID as queer, trans, etc. and we're all between the ages of 28 and 40. We sometimes have friends over for casual dinner and low-key hang outs but no hard partying happens here. Diets range from vegetarian - omnivorous. We don't usually get together as a group but see each other in passing + mostly keep in touch via text and email for the day-to-day stuff. Such is NY.

Current housemates are:
WCM (LA native, food industry, comedy writer)
QWTM (Legal worker, clicktivist from Detroit)/
QWGQ) (NYC teaching fellow from CA)
WCF (Art Therapy student, Barista, from DC)/
( C means cisgender, and T means transgender GQ means gender queer)

You should be:
- one adult person
- able to communicate clearly and dependably
- financially stable
- 9-5'er or student
- a non-smoker
- not a pet owner
- super clean/ receptive to feedback on maintaining house standards
- quiet and respectful of common spaces
- POC or antiracist if you are white and queer/trans friendly if you're str8/cis
- considerate and mature
- conscious and bringing life experience
- preference for people staying for a specific term, although this is a month to month sublease.

Ultimately, we're looking for a roommate that is meticulously clean, wants the same home life as we are cultivating, communicates well, and understands what shared responsibility and space is about. We consider ourselves to be responsible, considerate, mature and want one more roommate that is the same.

If interested, please respond with relevant information about yourself, such as why you are moving, what you are looking for in housing, why this ad appealed to you, your contact information (email and cel), and your availability to meet and see the space nights and weekends.

Apt 8 'mates

++ 'Month to Month' means the lease is terminable by either party with at least 30 days notice before the 1st of the month preceding a vacancy.
++ 'Security Deposit' means that the tenant's security (800$) will be held in escrow and returned upon move out given reasonable wear and tear, in other words the subtenant is responsible for providing adequate notice of their intention to move out and for leaving the premises in good repair (reasonable wear and tear) at that time. The lessor is responsible for reimbursing the security upon full payment of rent, adequate notice of vacancy, and timely vacancy with reasonable wear and tear.