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Downtown, ON M5T 2S6

Private room with shared bathroom
Rent
$650 per month
Bills
Not included
Deposit
$650
Property type
House
Room furnishing
Unfurnished
Preferred gender
Anyone welcome
Available on
Now

About the room

Our great housemate is moving in with her partner, so we have one room for rent in a very old, very dilapidated house at College and Bathurst. The place is in really, really rough shape. We keep it clean, but it’s literally falling apart. It looks a bit like the inside of the house in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It’s not for everyone.

The room is on the second floor, 110 square feet, 9 foot ceiling. Large, west-facing window that gets a lot of sunlight. Small closet, hardwood floors, lock on the door.

You’ll be sharing the house with one female housemate, one male housemate, and a big dumb ginger cat housemate. The cat is very sweet and he loves everyone, but he’s also loud and annoying. He sheds like crazy no matter how often he’s brushed. We’re pretty laid back, friendly and respectful, but we mostly do our own thing.

There’s a back yard, a kitchen, a front porch, one shared washroom, and a living room. There’s a fair amount of space here. With three housemates, the bills range from around $50/month each person in the summer to around $120 a month each person in the coldest part of winter. No laundry, but there’s two laundromats within 4-5 minutes walk. Freshco, Shoppers, LCBO, TTC, coffee shops all within two minutes walk.

Here’s a long list of requirements for prospective housemates - you’re employed. You pay rent on time, every time. You pay bills on time. You don’t party at the house. Feel free to smoke on the front porch or in the back yard, but no smoking in the house, ever. No incense, no smudge, none of it. Not in your room with the window open, not when you’re drunk, never. That includes weed. Speaking of drugs, if you have any substance abuse issues, this isn’t the place for you. You clean up after yourself. You do your dishes the same day you use them. You contribute to cleaning the house once in a while. You replace condiments you use. It’s fine to have your partner or whatever overnight, but please don’t make it more than once or twice a week. And don’t bring sketchy people into our house.

No crazy people. No passive-aggressive people. No deadbeats. No creeps. If you must play your stupid guitar, keep it between 10AM and 5PM, and don’t do it around us. We had a housemate who played guitar, but she was good, so she got a pass - you probably won’t.

Nobody cares about your political opinions, keep them to yourself. Should go without saying, but no racist, sexist or homophobic horseshit. At the same time, this house isn’t twitter or a university campus, so no pearl-clutching wokescolds, either (the cat is fat-shamed without relent, and we say bad words). Just generally be nice. Or be really grumpy, who cares, just don’t be a weird jerk who makes the house weird. While it may be in serious disrepair, this house can be a pretty nice place to call home when everybody living here is cool.

Unless you’re fleeing Ukraine or something, we’re only considering people who already live in the city. If you can’t come by to meet us in person before you move in, we’ll likely have to pass.

Please tell us a bit about yourself, as messages like “HELLO I TAKE THE ROOM NOW PLEASE!” will be ignored.

Have a super day.

About the roomies

You’ll be sharing the house with one female housemate, one male housemate, and a big dumb ginger cat housemate. The cat is very sweet and he loves everyone, but he’s also loud and annoying. He sheds like crazy no matter how often he’s brushed. We’re pretty laid back, friendly and respectful, but we mostly do our own thing.

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