Cottage community looking for a housemate

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We are a group of friends, most of who met by living in our five adjacent cottages and we are looking for someone to join us in the end cottage. Even though the opening is in one of the houses (with two housemates) we are very much a group, so moving in would meaning joining part of this community.

PLEASE NOTE: approx 6 month tenancy with possibilty of extension.

◦ About the room - -

• Upstairs double room, comes with double bed, two wardrobes, chest of drawers.

• The room is available from 1 Nov

• Base rent is £500 excluding bills. Bills are approximately £150. Deposit is £500.

◦ The property - -
• All of the cottages are quirky and characterful.

•Although the kitchen is small, we've managed to feed 30 people for celebrations and we have regular potlucks, so it can be done!

◦ Location - -

• Though technically in Trumpington, the town centre is 15 minutes away at a leisurely cycle speed, Cambridge & Cambridge South train stations are 8 minutes by bicycle, we're just down the road from Addenbrooke's Hospital, the M11 is a 5 minute drive away and housemates commute all over the city every day.

• We have off-road parking, a bike storage rack, a green space with apple/plum trees, a pond, and a hammock. Theres also a garden where some of the housemates grow veg and flowers.

◦ About your potential housemates --
Your potential housemates are a 25yr old Computer Science PhD student, a 29yr old Scientific Publishing Manager and a sweet cat, Gato. We're a friendly household and normally spend some time hanging out in the evenings, and you're welcome to join as much or as little as you'd like!

We unfortunately can't take another pet as Gato only likes human housemates!

◦ About the other cottages --

• Between the five cottages there are 12 people ranging from 23 to 38 with a range of sexual identities. The household you would be moving into is entirely queer but we happy to accept anyone who is respectful regardless of orientation/identity.

• Other almost-housemates (in adjacent but technically separate houses) include a therapist, conservationists and various scientists. We're also quite international, with American, Taiwanese, French and Cambridge locals, past formations have included Australian, South African, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Italian, Scottish, Polish, Greek, German, and Spanish housemates). So a pretty varied bunch.

• We are a community; this means we really want to find someone who will be happy living here! We like to be quite social. People across the houses often eat together, play games, play guitar/ukulele and sing, have fires, watch films or tv, do sports, go swimming in the river and occasionally go on trips to places. It's not required to be social all the time, but we'd like to find someone who would find that aspect a positive thing.

What we are looking for:

• Someone who is nice, friendly, tidy, and interested in joining in things (not mandatory, just some of the time).

If you've got this far and are still interested, send me a message with a bit about yourself and when you are free to see the property.