Hi there!
I've been enjoying living with a fantastic roommate (25F) in Midtown Palo Alto. It's walking distance to Safeway/Caltrain, a short drive to 101, and biking distance to downtown Palo Alto and Mountain View (~15 minutes). I'm now moving, and I need to find someone to take over the lease until November (and possibly beyond!).
The apartment:
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 shared bathroom
- Decently sized kitchen with refrigerator, gas stove/over and dishwasher,
- Washer/Dryer in garage
- Small amount of storage space beyond just the apartment
- Herb/tomato garden for delicious foods.
- Utilities run about $80/month per person give or take depending on the time of year. This includes water/electricity/internet/gas.
- Aug 1- Nov 1 with the possibility of lease extension if it's a good fit for all parties
The room:
- Larger of the two bedrooms
- Walk-in closet
- Looks out into private back "yard" area (dirt area with trees)
- Quiet, doesn't get too bright
The area:
- Quiet
- Safe
- Convenient to caltrain
- Safeway and Midtown Center are a 5 minute walk, if that.
The roommate:
- 25F
- Likes to hang out, but also takes a good amount of personal space/time
- Project manager/teacher/ballet dance
- SUPER sweet and considerate
- Easy to talk to
- Fun to hang out with and binge watch shows together (Friends, Gilmore Girls, Jane the Virgin to name a few favs)
- Likes things to be generally picked up, but isn't obsessive about things being perfectly clean. Basically a clean up your own messes and be considerate to each other kind of attitude. If a dish stays in the sink for a day or two bc you're busy that's ok. If you're stressed at work you don't need to be stressed at home over one little dish or a couple sweaters/papers strewn about the living room. If the sink is full of dirty smelly dishes for days on end and the living room looks more like your closet than a common space, though... that's not gonna work.
You:
- Ideally another female in her 20's
- Similar attitude towards cleanliness
- Talks to people in a calm and considerate manner when they need to bring up issues
- Stable income/ability to afford rent and utilities
If you think you'd be a good fit shoot us an email! Tell us about yourself. Who are you? What do you do? What do you like to do in your spare time? What are your favorite movies and tv shows?
The process will be to establish a good potential fit via email, come see the place and meet us, submit an official application to our landlady that includes a credit check. The last bit is just how we have to handle it to put someone else on the lease and take me off. We can't just sublet, unfortunately. The aim is to be able to keep the apartment beyond November, but it's hard to say without having someone signed on who has met the landlady as she has to be the one who approves extending the lease beyond November. So for now August-November, but if you're looking for a place beyond November then we have the potential to accommodate that.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
