Our apartment needs one more housemate!

[rigel]

Invisible Housemate is likely moving out. Know anyone who's looking for a place to live as of September? Contact us here! (Or, y'know, over e-mail.)



Asylum / Event Horizon, our amazing Porter Square apartment, is looking for one more friendly, responsible, geeky housemate to fill out the apartment as of 9/1/2008! Do those terms fit you or someone you know? If so, please contact us!

The Apartment
As mentioned, Asylum / Event Horizon is a gorgeous second floor apartment in the heart of Porter Square. We've lived here in some configuration or another for something like six years now, and have an excellent relationship with the landlord. Presently, rent varies from about $700 to $950 a month (including oil!) depending on the size of the bedroom.

More about the apartment . . .

• Location - The house is on a quiet tree-lined street off of Elm Street, the main thoroughfare between Porter and Davis Square. The walk from here to Porter is a bit over five minutes.
• Large Bedroom! - The bedroom that's freeing up is the single largest one in the house. If you're looking for a large and private bedroom, you'd be getting the Master Room. If that sounds a little pricy, one of our housemates in a smaller room might be willing to switch. There's a lot of flexibility!
• Space and Amenities - We have a nice-sized living room and dining room, a big kitchen with modern amenities including a fairly new stove and a dishwasher, and a free washer and dryer in the basement. We also have two porches: a finished one in the front, and one that will be receiving some sprucing up in the back.
• Furnishings - Most of the common rooms will be pre-furnished with our things, but we'd love additions to the place! Come see; it's pretty swank.
• Landlord - The landlord only owns this property. He's kind, respectful, attentive, timely and cares a lot about his tenants; he's offered us a lower rent (the price listed is the lower price) than he would offer to new people, and he's had us over for dinner multiple times in the six years we've lived here.
• Geekery - The apartment would come with everything we own, including a full entertainment system (with Playstation III, XBox and Wii), a computer armoire for house computing, a laser printer and tons of board / card games, and wired and wireless Internet options.
• Misc. - No pets. No smoking, even on the porches; you'll be asked to do it on the curb. No children.

The Tenants
We're all young professionals working in either the creative (web design) or administrative (system coordination) elements of IT, library science or psychology. We all enjoy the arts (acting, writing), cooking, recreational gaming (board / card games and so on) and general puttering around on the Internet. We also have individual interests: rhya enjoys rock climbing, contradictacat likes knitting, rigel is part of a fantasy radio drama troupe, and so on.

You!
We're looking for someone who . . .

• Pays rent and other bills on time, and takes responsibility for managing the cost breakdown of one utility in the house.
• Keeps the apartment clean. We're not obsessive about it, but we like to think of our place as a home as much as possible, and that includes keeping it tidy. Feel free to check our posted chores list for more information.
• Is open-minded! At least one of our housemates is bisexual and polyamorous, and we prefer to live with people who are comfortable with that.
• Is communicative. We try to address any house concerns in a forthright, tactful manner that respects everyone's perspectives, and we expect the same behavior from our housemates.
• Preferably, is geeky and somewhat social. If you prefer to keep to yourself or aren't into what we're into, that's totally fine. But we welcome those who indulge in our hobbies and would enjoy our occasional get-togethers.

So, that's us. If this sounds like your cup of tea, please feel free to reply to us here or ask us for an e-mail address at which to contact us. Thanks for reading, and we look forward to hearing from you!