Newton House

About the Rooms

Room 4 – $1,060/month – 2nd floor

Room 4 is about 180sq. The room has a private door to the shared balcony and a door to access one of the shared bathrooms. No closet. Lots of light from the corner windows; one of the rooms that gets the most sun.

Room 8 – $988/month – ground floor

Room 8 is about 140sq with a private entrance, opens up to the garden in the yard. No closet, but a rack has been added for storage. Lots of morning and early afternoon light.

Other Costs

• Deposit = 1 month's rent + 1st month's rent

• Pets could be considered on a case by case basis. Pet deposit would be included.

• Utilities

  • Newton House members split fiber internet (~$6/month ea), utilities (~$20-60/month ea), and basic house supplies (~$5-20/mo ea).

  • The garage is a separate lease and collective, with leases available to housemates for an additional $120/month, but everyone is welcome to use the space from time to time.

About the House

THE COLLECTIVE

We are a lovely ensemble of 7 queer or queer-adjacent folks in our 20s to 50s (all ages welcome), with 1 small friendly dog. Our little crew share karaoke adventures, board game and movie nights, dancing, late night dive bar excursions, gardening and crafting sessions, dinner parties, and light hearted hijinx. 

We’re all radically-minded humans whose relationships are founded on mutual aid, accountability, kindness, respect, cooperation, and a practice of communal care. While we all get along and spend time together, we also have very different schedules, and the house is large enough to accommodate plenty of solo time for everyone. We are not a mandatory socialization collective, but we do sometimes host various community gatherings which tend toward the chill side of things. 

Finally, we’re definitely intentional in keeping the house on the cleaner side of things, and work together to continually maintain and improve our home! Shared responsibilities include attending bimonthly house meetings, a rotating chore list, and a few working groups which handle property management.

For Covid, flu, colds, etc., we communicate with each other in the event of any possible infection, and when folks are sick, they isolate themselves in their room / mask in common spaces until they’re no longer contagious.

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YOU

We are seeking a collective member who: 

• Wants to join and participate in our collective!

• Shares our principles of mutual aid, accountability, respect, cooperation, and communal care! 

• Can give and accept decent and honest apologies!

• Checks in first, rather than after!

• Does their dishes, chores, and cleans up after themselves!

• Is responsible and reliable!

• Is over their cool-kid phase if you had one!

• Wants to live somewhere they can take pride in!

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

From street level, one stair to get up to the walkway through iron gate gate.

The main door to the house is up a flight of 9 stairs (no handrail), one step through entry doorway.

The available bedroom(s) is accessed via an additional 15 stairs (has handrail).

Full shared bathroom – Clawfoot tub 52 x 24, standing shower 18 1/2 x 70, one step over to clear entry