Listing Owner
Member Since 2024
Listing Owner
Member Since 2024
Looking for a quiet place to study or finish your thesis? Just moved to town and need a landing place? Here a few days a week or for a limited time? Need a chemical-scent free home? If you are mature and responsible, my furnished place could be for you. Immigrants, refugees, and international students welcome. Perfect for a visiting scholar, post-doc, or new faculty member. Please read the whole add before responding, thanks! Pricing: • Furnished 2nd floor bedroom, $800 / month (9’x11’ with closet) • Attic bedroom/ office $750 / month (8’x20’, desk, no closet) • 2.5 rooms plus own bathroom (house share), $1250/month • Extra (related or partner) person: $250/month • Possible discount for cat and dog care while I’m away • This is a roomer agreement, not an Ontario Lease The home offers: • Shared kitchen and dining room • New bathroom (Schellenberg Construction) and front living room for renter’s exclusive use • Chef’s kitchen with professional gas range and lots of storage • No parking, parking for rent nearby for $80/month • Midtown location close to grocery store, iON, GRT, Go trains and busses all transit, and 2 car-share cars; • Front porch and front yard rain/perennial garden • Small, green, private backyard with hammock and dining table • Small side kitchen garden; space in front for more veggies • A cheerful cat who doesn’t get on zoom calls and a large, friendly dog • Wonderful neighbours and neighbourhood Requirements: • No chemically scented personal or cleaning products • No smokers or vapers • Secure employment/income/funding commensurate with the rent costs • References, including employment, personal, and pet care if applicable • Must be responsible, responsive, and authentically willing to help around the house • No additional pets (sorry) • Fluent in English or another language we both speak • Sort food waste and recycle, and take reasonable care to be water and energy efficient
4 Months | Dates are flexible for this listing
Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Campus
Midtown East
Kitchener | Cambridge | Waterloo
Comments: Easy transit to all universities and colleges. Near off-road bike route to Laurier and Waterloo. Walk to Perimeter Institute or CIGI. Rent nearly parking for $80/month.
Comments: Attic $750, 2nd floor bedroom, $800, both rooms, $1250
Comments: Car share across the street. Rent parking nearby for $80/month. No onsite or on street parking. Close to all transit including trains and buses to Guelph and Toronto. Sorry, no additional pets.
Must love pets! Quiet, friendly cat, who does not get on zoom calls, and large, friendly dog. Possible rent discount for dog and cat sitting when I'm away,
Collect mail and any packages from front porch, only when I'm not home.
Water outdoor container plants in summer, water vegetables outdoors if needed, water indoor plants. You can help plant veggies in spring and eat herbs and veggies
Comments: Handle recycling, green bin, and trash when I'm away. Help with any tasks around the house that are easier with 2 people, like changing light bulbs, bringing in patio furniture, water softener salt
Furnished
High Speed Internet
Wi-Fi
Printer
Balcony or Patio
Garden
Backyard
Stairs
Air Conditioning
Oven
Stove
Microwave
Refrigerator
Dishwasher
Washer
Dryer
Comments: Front porch for relaxing in perennial garden and chatting with neighbours. Back patio and side veggie garden. Quiet house, good for private zoom / work meetings. Great place for those new to town.
Listing Owner
Member Since 2024
Listing Owner
Member Since 2024
Comments: Furnished bedroom plus attic office/bedroom. Own bathroom for renters. Share kitchen and dining room. Share front parlour/office with other renter and cat.