Archway flatshare for female 45+

Bedroom

Hello!

I'm looking for someone to move in to this flat with me (and two cats) in Archway, N19. It’s located on a quiet residential street within a conservation area, surrounded by green and single family homes.

TENANCY
The tenancy will initially be for 3 months and will be continued if all is good between us.

FLAT
The flat is a 1 bedroom, so no living room. It is an old flat, with quirks but …. our bedrooms are on opposite ends of the flat. The bathroom was refurbished a few years ago and all the windows are double glazed. There’s also a basement and unruly garden…..


BEDROOM
The bedroom is a proper double - you can fit a double bed, sofa etc in there. It’s technically unfurnished but there is a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers. The room is at the front but the street is quiet and the windows are double glazed. It’s also a very sunny room.

ME
50s. Considerate, honest, friendly, straightforward, respectful. I come from a visual arts background and like cooking, tennis, current affairs, walking, travelling, eating, visual arts, culture, history, doing nothing, laughing, talking and tons of other stuff ….. I work full time for a newspaper doing a standard M-F job and wfh, in the common area, 1 day a week (Friday).

HOUSEMATE
Looking for someone who genuinely likes cats, is friendly, honest, positive, engaged with life, considerate, self sufficient, optimistic, has common sense, female, 45+

I would rather live with someone who doesn't work the same standard M-F type of job as me (not a deal breaker) and your work is not mostly home based.

I also don’t want to live with anyone who is going to have people over regularly (particularly the weekends).

You like a calm, peaceful and clean home, but not obsessive, no hot/stuffy environments (please), conscious of energy usage, able to pay bills on time …. We don’t need to besties, but I do want to engage with the person I’m living with! Someone who wants to live harmoniously, not selfishly …..

and lastly ….. I have a deep, deep aversion towards pork (particularly the smell when it’s being cooked - yucky!) - so please, no pork in the home. Anything else is fine.

BILLS

TOTAL monthly bills are below (these are the current amounts and are split 50/50). As usual, most bills increase from April each year.

Rent - £1200
Electric/Gas - £91
Water - £80 (I just got a water meter so this will, hopefully, decrease)
Council Tax - £184
Internet - £24

There's also an annual charge for garden waste collection and the usual general household expenses such as cleaning products + toilet paper.

Deposit is £800.

Proof of identity, ability to pay bills and the right to live in the UK required.

Please get in touch if you think we might be a (genuine) fit - and please have a full profile so I can get some sense of who you are!

I think initially it would be best if we meet virtually. The carpet is being replaced in the room on the 20th so I'll have in person viewings once that's done.

Thanks!