Room in Large 5-Bedroom Smart Home • Free Cleaning
Free biweekly cleaning • Gigabit internet • Quiet & well-kept with lots of freebies
🖥 Internet included
🧑🦽➡️ Accessible property
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly
• All ages/genders welcome
• Flexible prorated earlier move-in available
🔸— The Rooms —🔸
• Two private bedrooms available on the second-floor
• Room 1 - Large enough for a king-size bed, dressers, and a chair or small desk with a standard closet
• Room 2 - Large enough for a full size bed, night tables, but has full wall-length double-closet
• Carpeted
• Bedroom furnishings available (bed and dressers, optional)
• Room lock and key for privacy
🔸— The House —🔸
• A spacious, calm 2700 sq ft, 1980's build home where everyone has room to breathe.
• Full kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, dishwasher, and cabinet space
• Shared living room
• Full-size, in-unit washer & dryer (first floor laundry room)
• Central heating and A/C (no need for window units)
• Outdoor spaces: front patio, back patio, yard, sunroom, and fire pit
• Keyless entry
• Handicap-accessible entryway + indoor stair lift + grab bars
• Double-pane windows
🔸— Free Cleaning & Shared Supplies (Included) —🔸
• No worrying about dividing chores
• Free professional cleaning service for common areas (bi-weekly, ~$270/month value included)
• Free common area supplied with toilet paper, hand soap, trash bags
🔸— Gigabit high-speed internet —🔸
• Signal boosters throughout the home — strong, uninterrupted connection in every room and even outside
🔸— Safety & Security —🔸
• Locking bedroom door
• Ring doorbell
• Outdoor camera system
🔸— Parking —🔸
Plenty of street parking year-round with driveway parking available during snowy nights
🔸— Household Vibe —🔸
• The home is quiet, respectful, and well-maintained — more relaxed evenings than parties.
• Live-in property manager, so maintenance issues are handled quickly
• Big house means no one is on top of each other
🔸— Location Highlights —🔸
🚉 Big Timber Metra Station — 5 minutes (quiet area)
🛒 Randall Road shopping, dining & errands — 5 minutes
🏞️ Downtown Elgin — 8 minutes (tacos, gym & rec center, Hemmens performances, riverwalk, Gail Borden Library)
🏥 St. Joseph Hospital & Advocate Sherman — 5–6 minutes
🎓 Elgin Community College (ECC) and Judson University — 8 minutes
✈️ O’Hare Airport — ~30 minutes directly down I-90
🏙️ Chicago — ~45+ minutes directly down I-90
🔸— Utilities —🔸
Gas, cable, and internet are included for free. Electric and water are split evenly between residents. Rough estimate is $100–$150 per month.
🔸— Lease Length —🔸
12-month lease, with the first 3 months as month-to-month to make sure we’re a good fit. Prorated start date available for sooner.
🔸— Move-In Requirements —🔸
• Credit score 600+ • Background check & references • Single occupancy only • Income of at least ~3x rent 🐾 Must be cat-friendly for one very chill cat that lives here (No dogs or additional cats at this time.)
🔸— Housemates —🔸
• Early-40s courteous professional that manages the property — that’s me
• Quiet, kind, respectful grandmother retiree (part-time work outside the home)
• One additional roommate moving in soon
Interested?
Feel free to let me know your name, occupation, and little about yourself.
Happy to answer questions or set up a showing.
- House share
- Elgin
- 60123
- $895 monthly
- large
- $895 monthly
- large
Availability
- Available
- Mar 15 2026
- Minimum term
- 3 months
- Maximum term
- 15 months
- Short rentals considered
Extra cost
- Deposit
(Room 1) - $895.00
- Deposit
(Room 2) - $895.00
- Utilities included?
- Some
- Fees apply?
- No
Amenities
- Furnishings
- Furnished
- Parking
- Yes
- Garage
- No
- Yard/patio
- Yes
- Balcony/roof terrace
- No
- Disabled access
- Yes
- Living room
- shared
- Broadband included
- Yes
Current household
- # roommates
- 3
- Total # rooms
- 5
- Ages
- 40 to 75
- Smoker?
- No
- Any pets?
- Yes
- Occupation
- Mixed
- Interests
- films, travelling, art, video games, writing, work, gym, museums, comedy, board games, meditation, meeting new people, coffee, technology, bowling
- Gender
- 1 Female, 1 Male, 1 Other Roommate
New roommate preferences
- Couples OK?
- Yes
- Smoking OK?
- No
- Pets OK?
- No
- Occupation
- Don't mind
- References?
- Yes
- Gender
- No preference