House share with a Penn Design faculty member and 58 lb muppet dog.

Description

This three-bedroom 1898 rowhouse is two stories. It has wood floors throughout apart from the kitchen and bathroom. The house retains many of its original features. The first floor contains a vestibule, entry hall, living room, dining room and kitchen. The kitchen door opens onto a back porch facing a small garden, rock outcrop and wooded hillside. In the warm weather you can sit outside at the table and chairs to eat or work. The second floor contains three bedrooms, (in the front, middle and back of the house), and a bathroom. I use the middle bedroom as an office. The front and back bedrooms are separated by the bathroom and the office. The stairs and second floor hall are luminous due to the overhead skylight. There is a full basement with a washer/dryer. This is a shoeless house. The neighbors are friendly, equally quiet and respectful, and we help one another out as needed. We are walking distance to Main Street, the train station, bike path, and Wissahickon Park. A car is not required here but it would be useful. I lived in Center City and West Philadelphia for 9 years without a car until I got my dog and moved to Manayunk. I enjoy the relative peace and quiet here, the overall safety, the sense of place, and the proximity to Penn. I have a neighbor colleague who ebikes to Penn regularly. What I look for in a housemate is someone who is mindful of others, considerate, respectful, accountable, mature, clean, a strong communicator, has a sense of humour, is caring and self-reliant. I occasionally have friends over for meals and otherwise live a fairly quiet life.

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