One of many people with "environmental sensitivities." Wikipedia notes that "MCS [Multiple Chemical Sensitivity] is a controversial diagnosis and is not recognised as an organic, chemical-caused illness by the American Medical Association.[2] Blinded trials have shown that MCS patients do not react to chemicals,[3] but they do react in unblinded tests when they believe they are being exposed to a trigger.[4] This has led some to believe that MCS symptoms are simply due to odor hypersensitivity [5] or are mainly psychological.[2]" Evidently " it has been rejected as an established organic disease by the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, the American Medical Association, the California Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, and the International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology." -GB
Date: 2009-07-08, 10:40PM PDT
Artsy attic "cloud" room
in a beautiful house that hosts monthly house concerts (about 8-10x per year)
Available starting sometime between August 12 & 17 (flexible), but a nice Master Bedroom is available for sublet July 22nd until the cloud room is available!
If you need something before July 22, a smaller room is available temporarily starting whenever you need it.
$565-585 per month
Please respond only if it all feels like truly a match for you (to help with that, the ad’s so detailed it’s practically a novel).
Hardwood floors, bamboo eco-kitchen/laundry, back & front yard, trees
http://www.rosestreetmusic.com to find out more about
the women's music events (you don't have to
be musical, just appreciate & support music by women
singer/songwriters).
Attic "Cloud room", very private & secluded, feels kind of like a tree house, ~120 sq. ft including built-in loft bed platform, partially furnished with built in shelves & optional desk, white & sky-blue with painted clouds, 2 windows overlooking the back yard
$565-585 (depending on lease length) per month if just renting the cloud room with no extra space (i.e. everything fits in your room), $595-615 if you need some extra space.
Your bathroom (shared after August 12) has blue & white tile shower + bathtub, glass blocks, earthy-green-porcelain tile floor, large mahogany countertop, lots of cabinet space, 1 window etc.
Wanna move in sooner? From July 22nd to August 12th (when the cloud room becomes available) you could sublet the Master Bedroom while I'm on tour (and I'll make it for same price!). The Master bedroom has a very comfy queen bed, 2 windows, hardwood floors, and burgundy wood trim, with your own private beautiful sunny huge greenhouse-like adjoining bathroom (which even has a green-house like space great for private indoor sunbathing or stargazing).
Own phone line available in the room
+ $10 for DSL (high-speed internet), PGE & EBMUD utilities shared
Rent includes garbage service
You: queer-friendly nonsmoking woman, clean & responsible, considerate, honest, friendly, not a heavy partier, & enjoy women singer/songwriter music (we all volunteer to help the house concerts happen, so our first choice would be a housemate who's enthusiastic about the concerts & would like to be involved behind the scenes). You get to hear amazing music in your own home, & sometimes workshops too! No musical ability is required at all to live here, but enthusiasm’s a plus :o)
Us: All of the above. 37 y.o. Singer/Songwriter/Counselor (see www.sonicbids.com/irinarivkin and www.myspace.com/irinarivkin for info). And, a mature 20’s math college teacher, and a UCB Student. We love the outdoors.
I have severe allergies to all tobacco & pot smoke (even if you smoke outdoors it would affect me), perfume, incense, patchouli, lavender-essential-oil (& many other flowery essential oils), scented hair-oil/leave-on-conditioner, hairspray, etc., so please be a nonsmoker who doesn't wear fragrances (it's sad to be allergic to one's housemate – so this one’s not negotiable).
It’s a beautiful craftsman house (not an apartment)! The spacious living/dining room is where volunteer-run volunteer-hosted women's house concerts take place
about once every month or two. Hardwood floors, mahogany wood paneling,
beautiful art on the walls & an upright piano too!
Environmentally friendly large newish eco-kitchen (bamboo
cabinets by Alter-Eco, bamboo-floor, granite countertops),
all newish appliances (2003) -- eco-washer/dryer,
energy star range/stove/hood, dishwasher, & a cool reverse-osmosis-water-filter!
2 bathrooms, front vegetable/herb garden & back yard -- we have a peach tree and beautiful purple flowering vine, trees, a hammock, & more space to garden.
We're in North Berkeley, a very nice tree-lined area
of Berkeley right near public transit, less than a
mile from No. Berkeley BART, 1 mile from UC, & 3
miles from Tilden Park with hiking, lake swimming.
Close to shops, restaurants, “gourmet ghetto,” Live Oak Park, etc.. Nature & convenience! A few steps from FatApple’s restaurant.
Allergic to cats & dogs, so please no furry pets.
Speaking of health, one more request. We had the unusual situation last year where one roommate (who no longer lives here) passed on her cold to other housemates, twice in 2 months (every time she got one, we got it ~3 days later). So, since one of us is a singer/counselor, and none of us like to get sick, we’re looking for someone who’s very clean & conscientious in that regard (especially in the kitchen). And, of course, we are too (this has not previously been an issue in our many years of shared living).
More about Rose Street’s monthly concerts: Rose Street House of Music is a volunteer-run volunteer-hosted house concert & grassroots musical community featuring women singer-songwriters. Rose Street brings out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth.
All genders are welcome as audience, volunteers, & back-up musicians for the artists we feature.
When emailing about the room, please put "cloud room" in the subject. Thanks!
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