Room in stable well-maint'd home with gr8 roomies

Come live with us in our gorgeous home by the baylands trails in East Palo Alto. Easy biking distance to Google (via off-road trails), Meta, Amazon and Stanford. Just a couple of miles from Palo Alto's downtown with restaurants, cafes and stores on University and California Aves.

We love living with roommates, and set up for low-stress sharing: 3 bathrooms for all (4 total), 2 fridges, 2 dishwashers, indoor bike rack, monthly cleaner. AT&T Fiber Internet (1 Gig/gbps), fast WiFi. Home theater: projector, screen, Roku/Netflix. Washer & dryer. Front door code so you don’t need a key. Yard with BBQ. Solar panels, electricity included.

__Room available__
Front right room. 12’ by 11’ plus deep closet (7’ 4” by 3’ 4”). Southern light. Closet. Hardwood floor. Ground floor. 146 sq ft. $1050/month. Available February 26th.

Each roommate shares access to 3 full bathrooms with up to 6 other roommates.

__Who we are__
We’re seeking a roommate with the intention of staying at least six months: everyone here has been here a year or more.

Our roommates typically include working grad students and professionals. We enjoy the social interaction and freedom of having independent, positive, friendly roommates. We like to go for a run, a bike ride, the gym, travel, enjoy the countryside, attend live performances, read books and take care of our home. We like to stay reasonably tidy, especially in common areas, but we are not obsessive about it.

Living in the Comfy Creekside Castle are “I”, Moses, Emanuel, Maleli, Adrian, Moses’s two cats Hazel and Maíz, and owners Mark and Grace. "I" has an extensive background in educating, supporting, and advocating on behalf of individuals in underserved communities, particularly those with severe illnesses and of low socioeconomic status. Currently, "I" works in property management & development through an affordable housing non-profit, and has volunteered as a financial coach for another non-profit over the past 4 years. Due to the extensive nature of "I's" work, she tends to be more reserved, but can occasionally be seen juicing fresh produce or watching Netflix in the living room. She has a passion for learning, exploring local art venues, and listening to live music. Moses works at a local public school in the area and likes bbq-ing, cooking, and watching movies. He is also a full-time cat dad! Emanuel is a neuroscience researcher at Stanford who loves reading, watching movies/shows, and trying to find new food spots around the area. Adrian is a hardware engineer at Google, enjoys sports and the outdoors, and takes day trips almost every weekend. Hazel and Maíz are indoor cats who hang out with us. Mark is an artist who draws, paints and sculpts in his garage studio, and fixes the house. Grace works in operations management and gets involved in musical theatre. Both Mark and Grace are away quite a lot.

__Pets__
We like to have cats in the house. Please don't apply if you are deathly allergic or this would make you unhappy. Please be willing to help keep cats indoors by paying attention to open doors and windows. We have two cats now. Note that our rescued cats already have feline leukemia virus so only another indoor cat with that virus (or a very old cat) would be suitable. Our limit is three cats and two cat owners. No dogs in the house. “I” keeps a pet corn snake in her room. Ask us about other creatures and we will think about it.

__Neighborhood; transportation__
This neighborhood is great for access to Google, Facebook, Amazon, Stanford, and Palo Alto/University Avenue/California Avenue/Midtown shops, restaurants and Caltrain. There's Starbucks, Panda Express, IKEA, Mega Mart and Cardenas grocery this side of 101, and there’s a lovely family-run grocery (“The Market at Edgewood”) with great fresh stuff and amazing patisserie-chef-made cakes at Embarcadero next to 101. The main Palo Alto Post Office is very close. It's not great for walking to shops/cafes - a convenience store a few blocks away is all. Two bike bridges over 101 lead to Palo Alto’s Midtown/Cal/University aves. Super family-run Taqueria La Cazuela is a short drive away. A running/biking trail at the back of the house connects to the Bay Trail. See birds, water and wildlife - loop runs (~4 miles) around Palo Alto airport and Duck Pond and baylands destinations.

We usually fit 7.5 cars on the driveway; just enough to to fit one car each. The garage is not available since it’s Mark’s studio. The SamTrans 280 bus is nearby (via trail and sidewalk) and can work for occasional connections to Caltrain e. g. for a daytime journey from SFO - but best not to come here if your plan is to rely on public transport. Biking works - it’s flat - and it’s easy to get Uber and Lyft.

The neighborhood has an active Facebook group (East Palo Alto Neighbors) and a Nextdoor group (Pulgas Gardens) covering festivals, farmers markets, lost and found pets, meetings and development proposals.

__Utilities etc.__
Electricity and internet are included. We share all other utilities and services, divided by the number of people living here so when the house is full each roommate pays 1/9 of the total. No landline phone service or cable. A cleaner comes each month for $300 (split). Owners pay gardening. Security deposit is $500; pay deposit & first & last month's rent on move-in.
A $100 charge per season if you put an A/C unit in your room.
Rent and utilities are paid through an online platform; we require you have renters insurance.

__House rules__
No smoking or vaping anything, and no drugs on the premises (house and land) please - no exceptions. No subletting. No in-room space heaters, no crypto mining.

__Next steps___
Please write and tell us a bit about yourself and let us know which dates would work for a remote tour/meeting with us. We offer in-person tours, or if you are remote, a live video tour of the house and rooms, and we will meet together in person or by video (for remote people) and chat.
Happy room- and roommate-hunting!