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kink-friendly housing in a geek commune? (emeryville) $535

We are looking for a third roommate. Here’s a little about who we are, what the house is like, and some things that can help you decide whether you think you’d be a good fit…ready? Ok, here goes: Roomie #1: Uber-cool recent Berkeley grad, early 20s but very mature. Restaurant manager. Punk. Artist. Pierced and tattooed. Straight and in a relationship. Has a wonderful dog. Not here very often...chances of seeing her are almost as rare as seeing the ivory-billed woodpecker. Roomie #2: Comes across as a bit anal at first, but get to know her and you’ll think otherwise. Avid gardener. Graduate student, culturally Jewish, late 20s, female, queer, also kinky. In the house you will find her…holed up in her room working on her thesis, sneaking around in the hallway acting like a velociraptor, and cooking while wearing cute aprons. Oh yeah, and you might hear her having crazy sex. sometimes. sorry. In a relationship! The pets: There live here two big hairy fun dogs, a Border Collie and an Australian Shepherd. During the day they are generally loose in the kitchen/hallway area. They will not be allowed in the bedroom (unless you want it). At night, they sleep in crates. Both of them are friendly and pretty well trained. Roomie #1 has a dog as well, a border collie mix. She only pretty much stays in that roomie’s bedroom though so you rarely see her either. Also, there is an Amazon parrot. She talks sometimes, but also she screams sometimes. Generally speaking, she is quiet and really cool, but then there are those 15 minutes a day… Sorry about your eardrums, in advance. Roomie #3: You? We are looking for someone who is quirky as we are, who has a sense of humor and who is committed to living in community. We want a friend as well as a roommate, but also someone who has good boundaries. Obviously, because of who we are, you will have to be ok with (one) of us being kinky (in part this means that she spend free time scrubbing things and calls her g/f 'Sir', but other than that it won't affect you). It is helpful if you like dogs. Caged pets will be considered so if you have one, cool! Cat allergies means no cats. We are also at the legal dog limit so dog not likely, but ask anyway. The House: Gigantic 1890s Victorian located at 3 points (Emeryville/ Oakland/ Berkeley border), organic vegetable gardening space, grape arbor, flowers everywhere, lots of potential garden space that needs lots of work. Maybe you like to grow your own food? Ducks living in the back yard, some of whom we are raising for meat, some for eggs. An enormous back yard with an original (working) well! Many varieties of fruit trees that produce. Solar equipped. We recycle and compost. We are more geeks than hippies, though. The house is a commune of sorts. Upstairs neighbors are also the landlords. They are Burners, 3 adults, 2 children. They are cool with almost anything within reason and some things that seem bizarre (for instance, it is ok to do singletail/whip practice in the back yard, to do fire performance play in the kitchen, and to do full suspensions from the ceiling in the bedrooms.) Upstairs and downstairs share the yards (front and back), garden in common and share the fruit from the trees. We eat together at least once a month and hang out a lot, but truthfully there is enough separation that it feels like two households. There is one bathroom in our apartment (for now, the second one is being remodeled) so sharing space has to be ok. The kitchen is really awesome (we think), as we have a camp sink, an original ice box (which we use as a cupboard), and a Wedgewood stove. We like to bake. Especially cookies. The room for rent is the middle-sized room of the house, not huge, not small. It has a built in closet and dresser and shelves, lots of plugs, comes partially furnished (queen sized bed that is only a few months old) if you want it. The walls are off white/cream. Re-painting can be negotiated, but you’d have to do the work yourself. Floor is original and has one patch. You are welcome to put down rugs or ikea flooring or anything else you want. This is a really laid back house. Credit check required, along with first and last month’s rent and security deposit (slightly more for a pet). $535 a month includes utilities (water/garbage/electric-solar/gas) and wireless internet. You pay cable if you want it. You must have a job or some sort of regular income to get an application. You also have to be willing to sign a lease that lasts until next year. Please don’t be a drug addict. Also, we are kinda blah even on smoking, even cigs, so if you are going to do that it has to be away from the house. Cool? OK, then, if you think you’ll like us and we’ll like you, please e-mail a somewhat detailed description of what you are looking for and who you are, and we’ll get back to you! All reasonable inquiries will be answered. Move in as early as next week. Looking for someone definitely by the 1st of the month but prefer the 15th of this month! Let's celebrate Halloween in our fun haunted house!

queer-friendly vegan haus! (oakland west) $325

WE ARE looking for someone drug-free & rad for the first of november for one medium-sized room at our house in west oakland. our household is drug/smoke & alcohol-free & the kitchen is kept vegan as possible. staples, farmshare & utilities/internet are shared. (utilities are ~$50 a month). the room is medium sized, has a small closet, & faces the street with a large window. you'd be living with rad queerz & cats! (& a mean kitten.) the house has a large yard (with a lemon tree!) that needs some gardening love to bring it to its full potential & a lot of common space including a living room & large kitchen. please be tidy, on top of things, & willing to perform regular chores that include yardwork! looking for someone that can commit to at least 6 months to a year. pets of all kinds welcome if they are well-behaved & known to get along with cats. ($100 add'l pet deposit.) first month & deposit = $650 move-in.

****Queer Apt. - Couples Welcome! - Spacious!*** (potrero hill)

We are looking for a queer couple to share our spacious 3-bedroom apartment in Potrero Hill. Available after August 15th -- Move-in date is flexible. The available room is spacious and has its own private full bathroom (with a huge bathtub!) -- so it is like its own small studio but then you will still have the rest of the spacious apartment to enjoy as well. Nice kitchen with newer appliances, free private washer/dryer, balcony with great views of the Bay, 2 bathrooms in the apartment... The other 2 rooms are oocupied by 1 queer woman and 1 queer guy. We're both friendly, laid back and open minded. We are creative, fun and respectful. The cost of the entire apartment will be split evenly between all 4 people living in the apartment -- $630 per person. We are looking for a couple to share the large room which has its own private full bathroom. The couple will pay $630 each ($1260 total) for the master bedroom with private bathroom. If interested, please write and I can send you photos and answer any questions you may have. Thanks! *We will consider renting the huge room/private bath to a single person but a single person would have to pay $1000/month. **We do not currently have pets but they are allowed so we will definitly consider people who have pets as we are pet friendly! :)

Two bedrooms available in 4 bedroom house (berkeley) $650

Hello there and welcome to our craigslist posting! As the title said we are seeking two people to join our new house, so new in fact we just signed the lease a few days ago. The housing market is tight, as we know, so when the opportunity came up we jumped on it. Let's start this introduction to the house off with a little about us... We are two females, Rachel and Tayton (not a couple) who have lived together previously in a Cooperative setting in a pleasant house in San Francisco's mission district. We love SF but are looking to establish ourselves in a quieter neighborhood. We are new to Berkeley and very excited to do some exploring around the city to find our niche. We are in our mid to late twenties. What we are looking for in terms of roommates: We are queer and queer friendly, so you must be too. It would be nice if you were clean, not hyper clean to the point where it bothers you if there is water on the sink after someone brushes their teeth - but in good practice of gently cleaning up after yourself (e.g. taking care of dishes, deep cleaning with the house or on your own about once a month). It would be preferred if you were at a place in your life where you want to leave the party and come home, not bring the party home with you. We both are pretty busy in our daily lives and it is necessary that we get quality sleep. Ideally you would be good at communication and willing to talk about things, not just when issues arrive but sharing details about your day/life. Also it would be nice if we could establish a monthly fee for household food items, this is negotiable. Since we are from a Coop where we were good friends with everyone who lived there it would be nice if we could also be friendly with you as well. We don't need to be your best friend since we have healthy social lives and busy schedules, but we do want to maintain a warm enviorment. Now on to the house. It is the lower level flat of a two story older home. It is .5 miles from ashby bart and about the same distance from downtown Berkeley. It is on a quiet street. The house has a large shared backyard (shared with three other houses) that we would be responsible for maintaining - big plus if you like to garden! Hardwood floors throughout, completely remodeled kitchen with granite counter tops, 1.5 baths, washer dryer hook ups. Now the downside of the house, there isn't a common living space.. it has all been converted into four decent sized bedrooms. We're not sure exactly how this will play out but we imagined socializing will take place in the kitchen or bedrooms? something we're going to have to get used to as well... I guess you just have to see it! One more thing we should mention before we go is that there is a dog, henry, who will be living there as well. He is a four year old lab/hound mix? - his breeding is unclear since he is a rescue, but what is for sure is that he is well trained (worked with a trainer for the first 2 years of his life) and very loving. Other pets might be considered but that would be a larger conversation and they would have to get along with Henry. Move in costs: first, last, and deposit bringing your total to $1950. We don't know what the utilities run since we haven't lived there yet, but we know we don't use a lot of energy... Please contact us through email and we'll get back to you as soon as possible! Best, Rachel and Tayton - Henry