Athenaeum Community

Our intentional community (we’re 9 years old!) in Hillsborough is looking for new long-term community member! Open to couples. 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 Info
Available: March 1, 2024 | Rent: $2000 ($300 more for couples)
15x14 feet, attached bathroom | The primary bedroom in the house is spacious and comfortable, with several windows, and three large closets. There is an attached full bathroom and a separate vanity area.

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 6 or 7 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
A: Non-binary white anarchist into buddhism, vulnerability practices, cooperative games, and self-directed education.
M: she/her, environmental educator

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.