sharehouse
We got SO lucky with this sharehouse situation. First, I love the house and the location. Our bedroom has big built in closets, pergo floors, and 2 big windows. We are at the end of a dead end street, so nobody comes down here unless they live here. Our room is upstairs w a shared bathroom w the other room up there. The stairs up to the room are old and weathered wood. I think they are beautiful. Downstairs there is another bathroom, and open kitchen/dining room w a gas stove/broiler-grill thing and a dining room table - some of the houses we have stayed in do not have a dining room table, and I have found it to be something we really like. There is also a comfy living room w two big couches and a flat screen TV that we can watch netflix and dvds on. The whole house has pergo floors except for the old wooden steps, and when it is clean the house just feels beautiful. The kitchen gets lots of light, one whole wall is made up of two glass doors that slide open, and you look out on to the yard. I love lovelove the yard. It has a huge variety of plants and I love weeding, watering, nurturing.And I get to hang clothing outside on a line, which I also love. It has been ages really since we have been in a real house, and w furnishing that aren't cheap generic rental furnishings. It is a big relief to me that I don't have to buy every little thing. And we will leave lots behind when we move.
And then there are the housemates - the two that are normally here are Nick and Tori. Nick is a music producer and loves a lot of the music we do - from Mali, from India, prepared piano, Gillian Welch - a wide variety. The Necks. Last night he gave us free tickets to Maru Turang - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue5yPW5Y_18 and they were excellent. He is a vegetarian/hippie, happy to work in the garden, work on composting. He is good at fixing things, oh and he also great at finding treasures on large trash night and has a great eye for things made out of wood or steel. I find him very easy to live with. He does have a very nocturnal schedule, but that just means we are never wanting the bathroom at the same time. He is Australian, but sort of Byron Bay/Nimbin kinda guy. I'm guessing late 30s, maybe 40s? has a 19 yr old daughter and an ex-wife.
Tori, our other housemate is away at the moment and has sublet her room, but she will be back mid January. She is from NZ, and very easy to live with. What I love about Tori is that she notices all sorts of details and does little things like squeeze out the kitchen sponge. Actually everyone is good about doing their dishes right away, which I appreciate. We have lived in some really messy shared spaces and didn't like that. In general, this house is pretty uncluttered - nice empty surfaces - so it has a peaceful feeling to it. Tori grew up on a farm in NZ. When we moved in she had just broken up w her girlfriend, so she was sad, but now she has a new boyfriend and seems happy. Tori is also in her 30s, I think the older vibe contributes to people being more thoughtful.
The household is kind to each other, people share food when they have extra, or sometimes we all watch movies together. People don't hide in their rooms. And people are out and about too, so this morning Charles and I have the house to ourselves, which is also relaxing. We have the house to ourselves a lot actually. The funny thing is, I think we would not have chosen these housemates just reading a description, but it turns out this is a easy place to live.
And then there are the housemates - the two that are normally here are Nick and Tori. Nick is a music producer and loves a lot of the music we do - from Mali, from India, prepared piano, Gillian Welch - a wide variety. The Necks. Last night he gave us free tickets to Maru Turang - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue5yPW5Y_18 and they were excellent. He is a vegetarian/hippie, happy to work in the garden, work on composting. He is good at fixing things, oh and he also great at finding treasures on large trash night and has a great eye for things made out of wood or steel. I find him very easy to live with. He does have a very nocturnal schedule, but that just means we are never wanting the bathroom at the same time. He is Australian, but sort of Byron Bay/Nimbin kinda guy. I'm guessing late 30s, maybe 40s? has a 19 yr old daughter and an ex-wife.
Tori, our other housemate is away at the moment and has sublet her room, but she will be back mid January. She is from NZ, and very easy to live with. What I love about Tori is that she notices all sorts of details and does little things like squeeze out the kitchen sponge. Actually everyone is good about doing their dishes right away, which I appreciate. We have lived in some really messy shared spaces and didn't like that. In general, this house is pretty uncluttered - nice empty surfaces - so it has a peaceful feeling to it. Tori grew up on a farm in NZ. When we moved in she had just broken up w her girlfriend, so she was sad, but now she has a new boyfriend and seems happy. Tori is also in her 30s, I think the older vibe contributes to people being more thoughtful.
The household is kind to each other, people share food when they have extra, or sometimes we all watch movies together. People don't hide in their rooms. And people are out and about too, so this morning Charles and I have the house to ourselves, which is also relaxing. We have the house to ourselves a lot actually. The funny thing is, I think we would not have chosen these housemates just reading a description, but it turns out this is a easy place to live.