Athenaeum Community

Our intentional community in Hillsborough (near San Mateo) is looking for new housemates. Do more than just share a roof with those you live with! Live near the San Andreas Lake and Crystal Springs Reservoir with trails, on a peaceful street with an expansive and private yard, living room, kitchen, and garage workshop. We’re halfway between San Francisco and Palo Alto for an easy commute and access to the city. We share our yard with abundant bats, lizards, beautiful trees, a sauna, and a swimming pool. We’re looking for long-term residents who are excited to invest in our community and grow with us. Sorry, we love animals but we’re not able to accept pets at this time.

Room Info
Available: July 1
Rent: $1,386
Description:
Private room (11.6ft x 10ft). The room has a wide window facing the side yard and a large glass sliding door that opens to the patio. Can be unfurnished or furnished. The room is near a full bathroom which is shared with one other person (she/her).

About the Community

Athenaeum is an intellectually curious, friendly, caring, and consensus-driven community, founded in 2015. As individuals, our values vary but one thing we all have in common is a desire for community - to do more than just share a roof with those we live with. We take active, intentional steps to bring people together and foster connections.
We enjoy sharing dinner most nights at the Ath. Monday nights we have a weekly house meeting where we discuss announcements, improvements on the house/community, and general check-ins. Costs, utilities and groceries are shared. We host Friday night dinners twice a month, occasional lectures, birthday cookouts, holiday dinners, and hikes in the redwoods. We’re all fully vaccinated now.

The Roommates
We are a group of young adults, 5 or 6 total when fully occupied, in our mid 20s - mid 30s who come from a variety of backgrounds and love sharing, talking, and eating food together. Some of us are queer and neurodiverse. There’s usually something fresh-baked in the kitchen, a hike happening on the weekends, books on the bookshelves, and dancing just because.

S: she/her, queer/trans white scientist & artist. Likes conversation, helping, jokes, workshop shelving, & her pet chameleon.
M: male, bay area native, machine learning engineer in cybersecurity with a very wide set of interests and a person that contains multitudes. Very spontaneous and dangerous to go on an errand or day trip with.
C: she/her, queer, white, works in higher education, more intuitive than logical, areas of interest include: making audio art, environmental humanities, medical humanities, hiking and sleeping more than you might expect.
M: he/him, software engineer with a love of math, science, and always learning. Likes projects in the kitchen like tending the bread, making yogurt, asking big questions, and going on hikes.

The House

Nestled in Hillsborough, Athenaeum has 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a spacious kitchen with all of the things, large patio and yard with mature trees, a swimming pool, sauna and lots of off-street parking. We are a 23 minute drive to Stanford University and a 25 minute drive to the Mission in SF. Conveniently close to 280 and under 10 minutes to groceries. We’re about 3 miles from the Burlingame Caltrain station. The house is on a large, winding hill, with gorgeous views of the bay. It’s bikeable only if you’re very dedicated.
We also have about 30 5-8ft tall plants distributed throughout the house.

Next steps

Fill out our application
https://forms.gle/p5MwV2Tt4rKFr1Wu6
We’ll get back to you soon to set up an interview, over zoom or in person. We can’t wait to meet you!

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