Lovely communal house in Arthurs Hill

What sort of room is it?
We have a couple of large, double rooms available in our unusually shaped Victorian end-of-terrace house. Both of the rooms are located on the ground floor. The first room has a west facing window onto the street and the second room has a East facing window facing the inner yard. They both have floorboards and some furniture. Both have a double bed and a chest of drawers/clothing storage. There is a desk in both rooms. You are welcome to add or remove anything, there is plenty of furniture in the house so you can have your pick!

And what sort of house?
It's a colourful 6 bed house near the park, that's a well-run communal house. Not the scary sort with strict rotas and rules but one based on sharing and enjoying living together. The house has been a shared home for 30 years. We share food (rather than have 6 bottles of milk in the fridge), cooking for and with one another most days. It means that you cook about one evening a week and have a tasty, healthy meal cooked the other days. There's a wood burning stove in the living room to enjoy and no broadcast telly to make life even better!

Who lives there?
We are currently 2 women and 2 men from late 20s to mid 40s, with various interests in woodwork, reading, cycling, tea drinking, writing, food growing, philosophy, politics, music, mending things and cosy evenings around the fire. We are an international crowd hailing from around Europe, and use English as our common language.

Who are you?
We reckon that mixed gender and aged households are happier and healthier, however, we acknowledge gender fluidity and are primarily looking for the right people. There is no need to be within our age bracket, just willing and able to be part of a shared household and contribute towards a happy and healthy home. Organisational and practical skills may well be an advantage (the landlord is exceptionally 'hands-off'), but they aren't necessary. An interest in co-operative living or willingness to learn is a plus.

What about bills?
The rent £261 and covers all bills (but we're relatively careful with gas use so it isn't a hot house...) including council tax, water, broadband etc. It also covers a weekly, local, organic veg box, occasional Suma orders (dried and canned food goods, eco-cleaning products etc) so all in all, it's a really good deal. There is an easy system for making extra food purchases fair between each of us; the infamous German System, which is so good, it gets copied by other shared houses.

Please get in touch and **tell us a little about yourself and why are you interested in communal living**. Hope to hear from you soon!