Room Available in Fantasy House

Come join our 8-person group house complete with a pond, nutria, a heron, an egret, ducks, geese, and a red-tailed hawk! Enjoy fresh plums, apples, nectarines, blueberries, blackcaps, raspberries, strawberries, jostaberries, mulberries, figs, asparagus, chokeberries, sea berries, red and white currants, grapes, peaches, and a fully stocked organic garden! Spend your evenings twirling around on an 11 foot dance pole! Catch some sunbeams in our solarium! Soak your cares away in a hot tub and cold plunge! Elevate your reading experience up in our reading beam nook! Bulk cook with ease on 2 luxury induction cooktops! The house also has a virus-killing upgrade to the main floor hvac system. The kitchen is fully furnished with all dishware, glasslock storage containers, cast iron, carbon steel, and all clad cookware. Generally once per week there is a free group meal.

Location:
Beaverton, Oregon, 173rd & Walker

Your Room - 1 of the three:
$750/month:
11’8”x9’10” with 7’x2’ closet. Total square footage: 129’. You will use the shared bathroom with another roommate. That bathroom is separated into separate vanity, shower, and toilet rooms. This room is cheaper because it’s a requirement that members of the house be able to access the circuit breaker box, which is in that room, at a moment’s notice.

$800/month:
11’8”x9’10” with 5’8”x2’ closet. Total square footage: 126’. You will use the shared bathroom with another roommate. That bathroom is separated into separate vanity, shower, and toilet rooms.

$1100/month
11’2”x13’0.5” with 6’2.5”x6’11” walk-in closet. Total square footage: 187’. The shared wall between bedrooms is sound deadened. You will use the shared bathroom with Lance. That bathroom is separated into separate vanity, shower, and toilet rooms.

Expenses:
Deposit required: same amount as rent.
Split utilities: Generally $70/month (seasonal dependent) for electric, gas, internet, water, sewer, garbage. This might go down since we’re changing the air conditioner to a heat pump.
Penalty for beyond 2 weeks late rent: $75.
Eviction if more than 2 months late.
We use splitwise to handle rent/utilities.

Lease Term:
6 month lease, then drops into month-to-month and after a year, the rent is raised to match current market rates. We all interview potential housemates, and want to spend that time on someone that fits for longer term than just a couple of months - we want a friend. At the same time, we are aware that sometimes personalities unforseeably clash, and don't want you locked into a miserable year.

About Us:
We are 4 chill roommates ages 27-47, generally introverted but sometimes have social events.

Lawly is an artist with a hundred hobbies, a thousand puns, and a million silly songs. In their free time they love to explore the wilderness, make fanciful art and crafts, travel, exclaim at pretty colors, and accomplish new physical feats of strength and balance, especially those that are acrobatic in nature. Lawly is a people-loving introvert who values authenticity, creativity, and curiosity. They are curious to meet you!

Lance is the chill but hardworking homeowner with a regular software engineering job, whose passions are meditation, emotional intelligence, gardening/permaculture, energy work, and ecstatic dance.

Makonnen is a former social worker whose interests are reading nonfiction, spending time in nature, occasionally making the kitchen smell good, meditation and spontaneous road trips to Texas.

Alaia works from home earning her primary bread and butter as a DevOps support engineer. Outside of work she likes to regain her sanity with music, gaming, art, walks in nature, dancing at the clubs, or just hanging out with great people.

Zach is a medical assistant whose interests include camping and being outdoors. He enjoys picking up random hobbies every now and then, but has taken an interest in fixing his truck lately. He is always happy to learn something new and tries his best to continually do so.

If you’re interested, please please please read the entire house rules below:

House Rules
Quiet hours:
All evenings: wind down is 9:30pm, quiet is 10:00pm (unless everyone is up), until 9am. Negotiable on an individual time basis. During this time, talking and quiet cooking is allowed in common space, but don't wake roommates. Roommates may be awake in their rooms, and you may hear a light murmur or chuckle through the sound deadened walls. You may also hear the microwave beep. This sound is not against the rules.
Weekdays: 9am to 4pm is semi-quiet, 10pm-9am is quiet. We have multiple people home much of the day and need to work during that time. In the common space, talking and regular noise is expected, and quiet-needing people should retire to their own quiet space. If noise is intruding on the quiet room space, loud people should tone it down to a non-intrusive level.
Guests:
Text housemates ahead of time if possible
No more than 3 evenings per week - negotiable
Overnight guests are fine
Unaccompanied guests can sleep until the morning, but must leave since you're not there.
Longer term guests (longer than 1 week) subject to house discussion, and that guest should offer something to the house (like cooking a dinner)
You are 100% responsible for making sure your guest follows the house rules.
If housemates really want common areas free of guests at that particular time (rarely happens), guests should hang out in host’s bedroom.
Prefer that guests sleep in the host's room. If not possible, then the solarium with the understanding that housemates may want to have the lights on or cook quietly in the common space during the night.
Guests of guests: host is still 100% responsible for guests of guests. Host should only leave guests of guests alone for very short durations, and have them hang out in host's private space.
Noise:
Needs of people who need quiet generally get prioritized over those that want to be loud - see above rules.
Outside: BBQ level noise level. Music is fine, but don’t upset the neighbors.
Inside: Workout room grunts are fine, music is negotiable. Our house is well insulated, so as long as windows and doors are closed, party music can be pretty loud without bothering neighbors.
If a housemate or their guest(s) is being loud past quiet hours and is reminded that quiet hours are in effect, and still wants to be loud, and all other options (earplugs, noise cancelling headphones, etc.) are not acceptable to the one that wants quiet, that loud housemate should offer to pay for a hotel room for those that want quiet. Keep in mind that still may not be acceptable, in which case the loudness should quiet down.
Larger parties (15 or more people)
No more than once every 2 months - negotiable
Sex:
Sex noises are ok, but only outside of quiet hours
Nudity in shared areas is not common, but also not unexpected.
Chores:
There are assigned chores, negotiated upon each new roommate. Once volunteered, you are responsible for remembering to do your chores.
We sometimes have a group house cleaning/yard work day.
Always take care of your own dishes!!!!!!! Counters are always kept dish free unless the dishwasher is running, though sometimes they aren’t completely wiped down.
Keep the common areas clear of clutter
Food forest fruits outside are kommi - available to all
There are planter boxes and yard space for plants, planting is up to house discussion.
Some baking supplies are kommi expense
Drugs
Personal use ok, but don’t bother your housemates with smells and such.
No cigarette smoking
Hippie drugs ok, no corporate drugs
Driveway use: first come first serve. There is always space on the curb.
Keep the doors locked, even when you’re home
Shoes off in the house - take them off in the entryway
No pets (we have allergies). No guest animals on the property without landlord approval.
Small partitions of the 1 garage bay and the large walk-in crawlspace are available for everyone's storage except the master bedroom. Doesn't mean you can store an entire household of stuff there.
No kids - Adults only. Kids can visit very infrequently, negotiable.
General sickness:. If you're sick, you must wear a mask in the common areas. You may eat in the solarium with the doors closed. If you're REALLY sick, try to stay in your room as much as possible, and Clorox common areas you touch.
Please indicate that you have read these house rules by strategically inserting the word "Peppercorn" in your initial contact email, and also introduce yourself and how you think you would fit into the house

Other considerations:
We live in an AT&T dead spot. Other cell companies are fine.

Desired Housemate Qualities
You don’t have to excel in all of these qualities, but this describes the kind of house we have:
Communication:
Super open communication - state needs. No repressed unsaid frustration or passive aggressive behavior
Open to improvement suggestions.
Be open to multiple solutions to problems.
Be familiar with non-violent communication.
Punny! - many stupid puns.
Be willing to find a quieter way to do your thing if requested :)
We want a friend, not just a roommate!
Acro, pole dancer, hiker, dancer, workout buddy, artist/maker, meditator.
We are a trans/queer/poly friendly household
Financially stable
Rental history/references required
Not a consistently loud musician - must be very considerate.

House Rules
Quiet hours:
All evenings: wind down is 9:30pm, quiet is 10:00pm (unless everyone is up), until 9am. Negotiable on an individual time basis. During this time, talking and quiet cooking is allowed in common space, but don't wake roommates. Roommates may be awake in their rooms, and you may hear a light murmer or chuckle through the sound deadened walls. You may also hear the microwave beep. This sound is not against the rules.
Weekdays: 9am to 4pm is semi-quiet, 10pm-9am is quiet. We have multiple people home much of the day and need to work during that time. In the common space, talking and regular noise is expected, and quiet-needing people should retire to their own quiet space. If noise is intruding on the quiet room space, loud people should tone it down to a non-intrusive level.
Nudity in shared areas is not common, but also not unexpected.
Guests:
Text housemates ahead of time if possible
No more than 3 evenings per week - negotiable
Overnight guests are fine
Unaccompanied guests can sleep until the morning, but must leave since you're not there.
Longer term guests subject to house discussion, and that guest should offer something to the house (like cooking a dinner)
You are 100% responsible for making sure your guest follows the house rules.
If housemates really want common areas free of guests at that particular time (rarely happens), guests should hang out in host’s bedroom.
Prefer that guests sleep in the host's room. If not possible, then the pole room with the understanding that housemates may want to have the lights on or cook quietly in the common space during the night.
Guests of guests: host is still 100% responsible for guests of guests. Host should only leave guests of guests alone for very short durations, and have them hang out in host's private space
Noise:
Needs of people who need quiet generally get prioritized over those that want to be loud - see above rules.
Workout room grunts are fine, music is negotiable
Outside: BBQ level noise level. Music is fine, but don’t upset the neighbors. Our house is well insulated, so as long as windows and doors are closed, music can be pretty loud.
If a housemate or their guests is being loud past quiet hours, is reminded that quiet hours are in effect, and still wants to be loud, and all other options (earplugs, noise cancelling headphones, etc). Are not acceptable to the one that wants quiet, that loud housemate should pay for a hotel room for those that want quiet.
Larger parties (15 or more people)
No more than once every 2 months - negotiable
Sex:
Sex noises are ok, but only outside of quiet hours
Chores:
There are assigned chores, negotiated upon each new roommate.
We sometimes have a group house cleaning/yard work day.
Always take care of your own dishes!!!!!!! Counters are always kept dish free, though sometimes they aren’t completely wiped down.
Keep the common areas clear of clutter
Fruits outside are kommi - available to all
There are planter boxes and yard space for plants, planting is up to house discussion.
Some baking supplies are kommi expense
Drugs
Personal use ok, but don’t bother your housemates with smells and such.
No cigarette smoking
Hippie drugs ok, no corporate drugs
Driveway use: first come first serve. There is always space on the curb.
Keep the doors locked, even when you’re home
Shoes off in the house - take them off in the entryway
No pets. No guest animals without landlord approval.
1 garage bay and the large walk-in crawlspace is available for everyone's storage except the master bedroom. Doesn't mean you can store an entire household of stuff there.
No kids - Adults only. Kids can visit very infrequently.
Covid: all housemates must be vaccinated and boosted. This rule is going away in 6 months. Guests do not have to be vaccinated.
General sickness:. If you're sick, you must wear a mask in the common areas. If you're REALLY sick, try to stay in your room as much as possible, and Clorox common areas you touch.
Please indicate that you have read these house rules by strategically inserting the word "Peppercorn" in your initial contact email, and also introduce yourself and how you think you would fit into the house

Desired Housemate Qualities
You don’t have to excel in all of these qualities, but this describes the kind of house we have:
More of an introvert house - we don’t have a lot of people coming over all the time.
However, once in a while (maximum once every 6 months) we might have a sexy party.
Communication:
Super open communication - state needs. No repressed unsaid frustration or passive aggressive behavior
Open to improvement suggestions
Be open to multiple solutions to problems.
Be familiar with non-violent communication.
Punny! - many stupid puns.
Be willing to find a quieter way to do your thing :)
We want a friend, not just a roommate!
Acro, pole dancer, hiker, dancer, workout buddy, artist/maker, meditator.
We are a queer/poly friendly household
Financially stable
Rental history/references required
Not a consistently loud musician - must be very considerate.