Tired of room mates in the dorms? Want a more private apartment space but can't really afford that? Here's a good, close-to-campus compromise with benefits like INCLUDED WIFI, GAS, ELECTRICITY, and more! Plus, it's furnished so just bring your personal stuff for an easy move in/out.
Very nice FURNISHED "APARTMENT/SUITE" in a large newly renovated Queen Anne house is available for ONE female college student for the ENTIRE 2016-2017 school year. Available as early as August (but not earlier since our current student renter doesn't graduate until mid-July), pro-rated for the day you arrive. Only 4-5 blocks west of SPU campus! Private entry door in backyard. Clean & comfortable!
RENT INCLUDES WIFI, GAS, ELECTRICITY, UTILITIES, USE OF LAUNDRY AREA, SOAPS, PAPER GOODS (TP, PAPER TOWELS, ETC). Totally furnished and supplied so just bring your personal stuff! No need for you to buy a bunch of apartment & kitchen stuff to then have to move around each summer & pay to put it into storage!
RENTAL SPACE INCLUDES...
* GUEST BEDROOM with single bed & bedding (includes 3 bed pillows, 1 accent pillow), nightstand & lamp, 6-drawer dresser and 48" of wall-mounted clothes hanging rod, wall mirror, shoe rack, 80" long desk & task lamp, view into backyard. Locking door, private. You can use your own bedding if you prefer, personalize your room, just like our current student renter.
* BATHROOM (in hall, not attached to room) with shower, towels, bathmat, soaps, cleaning products all included. Storage for you: all of medicine cabinet, 2 open wall shelves above toilet, 1 big shelf in bathroom's closet. Private and for your use only (but we keep the big supply of Costco paper stock items in part of the closet).
* KITCHENETTE (next to bathroom) supplied with dishes & kitchen wares (cutting knives, chopping boards, etc), a Breville mini-convection oven/toaster (not shown in the photo), microwave, shared full-size refrigerator just through door. For your use only, but we have to walk through the kitchenette area at times on the way to laundry area, storage room, garage. Kitchenette is for light cooking really, but we can talk about you using our large fancy kitchen upstairs at times.***Another option: We could provide you with meal containers that we cook and leave in your refrigerator to heat up and eat when it's convenient for you. Cooking is our passion so we cook a lot of yummy stuff, often using organic/natural ingredients to create a wide variety of relish foods. Photos can be provided so you can see examples. For an extra fee, we can buy more ingredients for our week's dinner meal menu plans, then leave you a few glass containers during the week of yummy ready-to-eat food. It seems like something helpful for busy students and we're cooking anyways. Homemade, healthy & waiting for you!
* FAMILY ROOM (like your living room) with large TV that we hardy use, locking french door entry into backyard, and 55x39" teak dining table and 2 chairs next to the large windows looking into the very private backyard. Family Room is occasionally shared use with us but mostly yours about 70% of the time & we would try not to be down there at all when you're home.
* LAUNDRY AREA ACCESS (just through door by kitchenette) with laundry soap. Laundry bin in your room.
* BACK YARD (with your entry door) is a sunny area with new landscaping and patio hardscaping about to be installed. Large patio, furniture. Mostly private space. If you have a bike we may be able to hang it in our garage with ours.
Family of 5 lives above primarily on the top 2 levels of the 3,650sf house but needs to come downstairs to Family Rm on occasion, do laundry in the Laundry Rm, access the Storage Room, do paperwork in the Home Office downstairs, get that extra carton of milk from the shared downstairs full-size refrigerator, or access the garage and extra shoe and jacket area. We would be as totally respectful of your privacy as much as possible though and try to limit our need to go downstairs to the times when you're away. Architect & interior designer, high school student daughter, kindergartener son, plus grandmother on top level.
The house underwent a large addition and major renovation just recently so although the kitchenette and bathroom cabinetry and fixtures you would use were NOT able to be renovated due to costs, there's all new carpet, windows, lighting, electrical, walls and ceilings, tons of smoke detectors, etc. No reserved parking included but you can usually park right in front of the our house, or sometimes a couple of houses away.
Ideally we're looking for a female student who can also babysit our 5 year old at times in exchange for reducing the rent (hours and days will fluctuate). $14/hour. You'll need a car so you could pick him up from school nearby or take him to sports practice or take him to the Science Center or Golden Gardens. We'd work with whatever your classes and homework needs allow of course! Prior experience preferred. We've used many SPU part-time nannies in the past and always loved them so we're looking for a renter/occasional babysitter in one this time. We can supply you with some of the former SPU nannies contact info so YOU can check us out. Plus our current college student renter can talk with you too.
The NO list: smoking or drugs (legal or not), partying (but can on occasion have a few girl friends over during the day or evening), sloppy habits (meaning: clean up after yourself), heavy perfumes or body sprays (scented deodorant or body soap is fine thou), no pets (we have dander allergies).
The YES list: consistent mature ability to pay your rent in full on time, friendly and open to discussing problem solving ideas if something wasn't working for you or us (each situation is unique so let's just figure what needs to happen), respectful of the supplied nice furnishings (we need them to stay nice), and respectful of living with us as well as the neighbors (and we'll also be respectful of you!).
GREAT DEAL & EASY ONE-PAYMENT covers the room/apartment space; the extra shared costs for your wifi, electricity, gas, utilities; as well as laundry area usage; provided soaps and paper products like TP, paper towels, tissues; AND it's well-furnished with towels, kitchen stuff, and furnishings so you don't have to go out and buy a bunch of expensive apartment stuff to live off campus and then end up packing it up to move around and store during the summers while in school. Pretty awesome!
Our house is a 4/5 block walk to Seattle Pacific University campus in the north Queen Anne area so it's ideal for SPU students. Centrally located with about 6 different bus stops within a couple of blocks walk to 10 blocks away. Centrally located in Seattle and only 10 minutes to the heart of downtown Seattle.
