Cambie Street

Hello!

I am renting out a large bedroom in my 2 bedroom apartment. You would be living with yours truly! This is a basic furnished room rental suitable for shorter term stays (1-3 months), but term length is negotiable. $1,350 per month (utilities included), with a half month security deposit. Read on to hopefully paint a picture of your new home!

About the unit

• Original character hardwood throughout
• Very large, including a large living room, separate dining room (for real!), galley kitchen, very large bedroom (yours) and a smaller bedroom (mine).
• Stove, oven, mid-sized fridge. Sorry, no dishwasher or in-suite laundry (it’s down the hall).
• One bathroom with tub
• Your bedroom is massive, practically a master bedroom without the ensuite
• Room has basic furnishing of queen bed, night stand, desk, computer chair. Anything else in the included photo belongs to the current tenant and will be taken with them.
• An actual dining room! Like to have people over for dinner?
• Closet space on the other hand is a bit limited
• All utilities included (including gigabit internet)
• Ground floor, very close to entrance
• Laundry room in building is just down the hall. Coinamatic managed laundry, machines use a pin card that you preload.

About the building

• On Cambie street, street facing
• One block from the King Ed Skytrain station
• Relatively small building with three floors, roughly 16 units (guessing!)
• Built in the 40s, maintaining most of its original character
• No pets, no smoking (of any sort, including vaping)
• A mixed group of tenants including a few young families with kids. Most tenants are in the 30-45 age range.
• Limited number of private, single car garages are available with an exterior parking pad. These are $200/month (last I checked) and I could ask if one is available if you are interested. Yes you really could have your own private garage and parking stall in an apartment building!

About the neighbourhood

• Cambie Village is just 6 blocks up the street
• Choices grocery store, alternatively Safeway is 8 blocks away
• Assorted restaurants including sushi, Indian, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Belgian, Ice Cream (restaurant?), etc.
• Coffee shops
• Big park (Douglas Park) and cedar walking/running track is two blocks away
• Tennis courts 3 blocks away
• Queen Elizabeth Park is just a few blocks away (Rec. centre, Canadians baseball games, disc golf course, pitch and putt course, tennis courts, gardens, etc.)
• Close to Skytrain stations
• Close to Broadway
• Close to Main St.
• Close to South Granville St.
• Very central area able to get to all parts of Vancouver relatively quickly

About me

• 35 year old man
• Self employed professional (visual designer, web developer, marketing), working from home (since before it was cool). Desk is in the living room, but don’t mind the space being used while I work (except for rare occasions when I have video calls, roughly 3 a week). I also don’t work at the desk a lot of the time.
• Low maintenance, easy going, quiet, clean, respectful
• Volleyball player, curler, softballer
• Avid craft beer and wine drinker. Have any favourite spots?
• Movie, tv, video game buff
• Hiker, camper, outdoorsy
• Like to relax at home mostly
• Non-smoking, non rec. drug user
• Infrequent visitors at the apartment
• Social at home to an extent, but need my recharge time as well. Mostly introverted with a side dish of extroverted.
• Might even cook for you sometimes!

About you

• Maybe into similar interests? We could be best friends!
• Clean and hygienic (no dishes piling up please!)
• Preferably not working from home, but not mandatory. Certainly not a deal breaker as I’m aware working from home is so hot right now!
• Non-smoking, non drug user
• No pets
• Not a big fan of strong smells like incense or heavy handed diffusers
• No couples rental, or partners staying over frequently please. Of course sometimes is fine, I don’t hate love, but you and I are living here, not 3 of us, ya know?
• Vaccinated and covid conscious as things evolve (better safe than sorry, right?)
• Ideally looking to help make a comfortable home, rather than simply rent a room to sleep in
• Energy welcome! I love extroverted energy.