135 Dutra Rd, Martinez, CA 94553

Furnished Room 23 x 10 ft with private entrance for rent in peacxeful semi-rural Franklin Canyon, Martinez for a single person who loves gardens and prefers a reduced rent with 25 hrs per month of maintenance.. For you 4 raised garden beds (gopher-proof) for growing plants with greenhouse for starts. The resident owner is a semi-retired college instructor, a writer, grandmother. Shared bathroom-house has 2 friendly outdoor cats and soon, a dog.Large garden-2 ponds, shrubs, fruit trees. mature trees- on a half acre lot-- just down the road from a horse ranch and EB Regional Parks Feeder Trail #1 that goes up to the ridge of the Gerlach Preserve and the John Muir Land Trust open space.Some utilities included in month to month rental agreement-you arrange your phone and Internet.$800 plus 25 hours light maintenance. No public ransit nearby. Dark skys, quiet bights-an occasional freight train passing nearby. No smoking or vaping of any kind. Parking in horseshoe shaped driveway. For a single employed person. Overnight guests limited to family members with prmission by owner for a few days only. Month to month contract. with 30 day move-out noticing. Water here is well water-not suitable for drinking-best you buy bottled water. Owner bears the cost of well pumps, electricity and weekly garbage pick-up. The room has French Doors outlooking on a succulent and herb garden by a large stone patio and 2 ponds of mosquito fish, lily pads aquatic insects such as dragon flies. Many colorful birds come for nectar and insect hunting. At night, wildlife visit the ponds-we hear their mating calls.