Two furnished rooms, connected by an interior door, available for rent in a 4-bedroom Berkeley home. These rooms are rented together as a suite or unit, not separately, to one mature female. The unit is up one flight of stairs, on the second floor. The two rooms are freshly painted and the original hardwood floors have been recently varnished. The rooms have high ceilings. Unit is furnished with one queen bed, linens, pillows, quilts, blankets, towels, side tables, lamps, dressers, shelves, couch, lounge chairs, coffee table, desk, rolling office chair, blackout curtains, and sink with medicine cabinet in bedroom. Each room in the house has an electric, wall mounted heater / air conditioning / fan unit. The two rental rooms have one of these in each of the rooms. Two large windows in the unit face south, two face east and one west. The unit is sunny, and the windows look out onto trees. The unit has access to a full bath with a shower, sink and toilet, on the same floor. The unit has two walk-in closets. Dimensions of rental rooms: Office: 8x7ft, 56 square feet Bedroom: 17'x11ft, 187 square feet Living room 18'x11'ft, 198 square feet Total: 441 square feet of private living space Victorian house, 4 bedrooms, 1 full bath upstairs and 1 half bath downstairs, shared full kitchen and breakfast area, shared back yard with deck and garden, shared washer/dryer. The house has all new electric appliances, including induction cooktop and stove, heat exchange heating and air conditioning, electric water heater, no natural gas. Street parking for the tenant with an annual neighborhood permit. Included in rental are all utilities, internet, linens, towels, dish soap, toilet paper, paper towels. Bi-weekly cleaning service of the whole house - excluding rental rooms - included in rent. The tenant can choose to pay for cleaning service of their rooms on the same schedule. One friendly cat lives in the house and goes outdoors and indoors. This cat is not used to going into the rental rooms and will not do so if doors are closed. He does sleep in one of the upstairs guest bedrooms. A construction project will occur downstairs in the house during the next year. It involves converting a storage room near the kitchen into a full bathroom. There will be noise and workers in the breakfast area, near the kitchen, during daytime working hours for potentially many weeks or months but will not impact the use of the kitchen. Location details: Elmwood neighborhood: 1 block from bus stop; 1 mile to Rockridge Bart; 1 block to shops, restaurants, coffee shops, and bookstore; 1 mile to walking trails in the Berkeley hills; 1 mile to UC Berkeley campus. Sharing a house with the homeowner who is a senior with part-time home care. She is a former U.C. Berkeley professor and author. She has owned this home for over 50 years and has always had a tenant renting a room or rooms in the house with her. She enjoys sharing her home with a clean, responsible, quiet, and interesting housemate. She prefers preparing and eating most of her meals alone, or with a guest, and with the help of a carer. She is very open to negotiating with the renter the times that they would prefer to use the kitchen, cook and eat. The owner lives on the downstairs floor where she has a bedroom, office and living room. She uses the upstairs bathroom for showers with her carer, and that bathroom is occasionally used by home-owner's guests. Tenant sought: Seeking one mature female tenant, sharing home with female owner. Seeing a tenant who is quiet, friendly, and prompt with rent. One of the owners' adult children will occasionally stay in an upstairs guest bedroom and use the upstairs bathroom. Two references required from people to whom renter has paid rent The owner can provide reference to prospective renter from a former tenant who recently transferred overseas, and shared the house with the owner for 10 years. All rooms in the house have functioning smoke/carbon monoxide alarms, including in the rental unit. There are 3 certified fire extinguishers in the house, one in the tenant's room. A portable fire escape ladder is in the tenant's upstairs bedroom Tenant sought: Seeking one mature female tenant, sharing home with female owner. Seeing a tenant who is quiet, friendly, and prompt with rent. Non smoking, no pets. One year renewable lease. Utilities included. Tenant responsible for obtaining annual street parking permit if they have a car.
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