Beautiful room open soon! Intentional Community

Our intentional community (we’re 8 years old!) in Hillsborough is looking for a new housemate or two. Do more than just share a roof with those you live with. We’re looking for long-term residents who are excited to live in a community. Regretfully, we are not able to have furry pets in the house.

Room 1 Info
Available: May 22nd | Rent: ~$2,000 (increases yearly in August, ~$300 more for couples)
Description: 15x14 feet, attached bathroom | The primary bedroom in the house is available. The room is spacious and comfortable, with several windows, and three large closets. There is an attached full bathroom and a separate vanity area.

Room 2 Info
Available: May 22nd | Rent: ~$1,630 (increases yearly in August, ~$300 more for couples)
Description: 12x11 feet, shared public bathroom with two others. This front-facing room has two large windows and gets so much sunlight, and one large closet.

About the Community
Athenaeum is an intellectually curious, friendly, caring, and consensus-driven community, founded in 2015. As individuals, our values vary, but we all have a desire for community - we take active steps to bring people together and foster connections.
We enjoy sharing dinner most nights. We have bi-weekly house meetings. Costs, utilities, and groceries are shared. We buy some bulk foods and keep the kitchen stocked. We host ‘Friday Night Dinners’ for friends twice a month, occasional lectures, cookouts, holiday dinners, and hikes. We’re all fully vaccinated. This is a somewhat risk-tolerant house, regarding COVID. Most of us don’t mask up outside of the home all the time.

The Roommates
We are a group of seven adults (including our next housemate), in our late 20s - early 40s who come from a variety of backgrounds but love sharing, talking, and eating food together. We are open-minded and welcoming of varying identities. There’s often something fresh-baked in the kitchen, a hike happening on the weekends, book reading on the couch, and dancing just because. We also have our own lives; alone time is understood and respected.
S: she/her, queer/trans white scientist & artist. Excited about conversation, helping, jokes, workshop organization, art installations, exploring new things, plant keeping, & leftist rambling.
P: she/her, loves learning new things, meeting different people, traveling and bonding over food. Likely to say yes to trying new restaurants and game nights.
C: she/her, queer, white, arts program manager, deep ecologist, writer, former podcaster, meditator
M: loves math, science, religion and philosophy, reading, and always learning. Likes baking, tending to the bread, cooking, and asking big questions in the kitchen over tea. You could often find him biking or hiking on the weekends and generally getting up to shenanigans with the community.
K: A space nerd and a global citizen devoted to nurturing planetary stewardship. Her moments of meditation are found in the art of cooking and the thrill of running. Loves to unite people through shared meals and board games. As the sun sets, her mind wanders to the profound mysteries of the universe, and on weekends, she delights in wandering through the woods, embracing the beauty of nature.
A: Non-binary white anarchist into buddhism, vulnerability practices, cooperative games, and self-directed education.

Location
We live in a large house near Crystal Springs Reservoir with trails, on a quiet, peaceful street with an expansive, tree-lined, private backyard, modern kitchen, sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool, and art workshop.
We’re halfway between San Francisco and Palo Alto for an easy commute and access to the city- a 23 minute drive to Stanford University and a 25 minute drive to the Mission. Conveniently close to 280 and under 10 minutes to groceries. We’re 3 miles from the Millbrae Caltrain station. The house is on top of the hill, with views of the bay. It’s bikeable if you’re ambitious or have an e-bike.

Send us an email to get an application! Thanks!