Cohousing-L Mailing List: Rental available in SF Bay Area urban cohousing!

[Joani Blank (joani]

Hello Friends,

Just a few feet from our front gate, here at Swan's Market Cohousing in 
downtown Oakland, CA, there is a studio apartment for rent. The 
developers/managers of the project have invited us to find a tenant for 
this unit who is interested in being a participating member of our 
community. Are you this person (or couple of people)? The apartment is 
downstairs from us in the otherwise commercial part of the building, but 
now has offices and community spaces of the Museum of Children's Art on 
both sides of it.

It is a studio apartment, about 520 square feet, though it would be quite 
easy to make it feel like a one bedroom with some well placed bookcases, 
screens or a curtain, we may even be able to get an okay to build a wall 
making it into a true one bedroom one of these days. The rent is $995 per 
month which includes an indoor parking space (a very valuable commodity in 
this downtown neighborhood).  The idea is that the person (or couple) who 
rents that space would be a member or our group, for a small monthly fee 
participating in common meals and the cooking rotation and having full use 
using our common facilities  kitchen/dining, of course, and kid's room, 
guest room, laundry, exercise room and  workshop and our veggie and flower 
garden.. You would also be welcome (but not required) to participate fully 
in community meetings and even in decision-making in any decisions that 
don't involve money.

For a glimpse at our community, go to www.swansway.com (but ignore the info 
about units for sale. They're long ago sold).  What our website doesn't 
tell you is that this is a great place to live (check 
out  www.swansmarket.com to see more of our project.  That picture of the 
courtyard was taken from just in front of our common house.  We are close 
to everything including the Oakland Museum, Jack London Square, a weekly 
farmer's market literally outside our door, Oakland's Chinatown a block 
away, etc. And BART to the City--that's what we call San Francisco on this 
sunnier side of the Bay--takes 14 minutes.  BART to downtown Berkeley is 
only 8 minutes away, and many bus lines run on Broadway a block away. (I've 
even given up my car!)

Call me at 510-834-7399 if you want more info, or to arrange a look-see if 
you are already in Northern California or planning to visit here in the 
next couple of weeks. Although the place has yet to be painted and 
recarpeted, we are ready to show it now, so do strike while the iron is hot.

Joani Blank


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