Room in spacious, sociable Easton house

//What we're looking for:
We’re Alex and Emily, we’ve been housemates for about half a year and genuinely really get on. It's important to us to have housemates who're relaxed about having people round and who have their own interests. We have friends round to eat fairly often during the week and housemates are almost always welcome to join in each other’s social stuff. It's normally a dishwasher on and everyone in bed by midnight sort of thing, so nothing too rowdy. If you’re out every evening and just looking for a dormitory, or in every evening but not looking to socialise it’s probably not for you. There’s still a good number of quiet evenings and weekends where we’re out though, so we’re not expecting someone to be hanging out 24/7.

We're both pretty tidy and like living in space that hasn't got lots of clutter, so want to live with someone who clears stuff away once they've finished using it and will pick up bits of cleaning unprompted. We don’t have rotas or anything, we just let the others know when we’ve done something so they can see we’re doing our bit and know not to clean the same stuff themselves.

We’re open to our new housemate putting up pictures, ornaments, and other bits around the place to make it more homely. However, we don't really want much more furniture for the communal rooms and there’s definitely enough plants in them.

The search for our own cat has commenced so you need to be happy with that, the aim is for an outside one so hopefully no litter box smells inside. Also for this reason we’re not accepting anyone with their own pets.

//About Alex:
I probably have one foot in being an old man and one in still being a bit of a reprobate. For example, one evening I'll be watching obscure BBC4 documentaries and the next I’ll be getting back from Strange Brew at 4am.

I'm into: countryside walks (with or without shrooms), festivals, comedy, gigs and the odd techno night, cooking for myself and others, some light moaning about politics, failing to finish novels, 'fixing' my bike/making it worse/triumphing in the end. I work from home in the mornings then a workspace in the afternoon, plus I'm away for work a few days per month.

I've had housemates in the last place I owned and have remained close friends with all of them, so hopefully that shows I'm an ok live-in landlord. I only did the "it's my house" laying down the law thing a handful of times and that was just asking people to take a bit more care of some of some of the stuff in it.

//About Emily:
I’m a sociable human with a wonderful community of friends in Bristol who I frequent gigs with, share good meals and generally skip the light fandango. In other words, a curious bean with a zest for life.

I also love my downtime, spending time in nature, visiting new places and taking time for myself. I’m an extrovert who also requires alone time to recharge my battery. I love a good movie marathon, snug as a bug with a vino or hot chocolate in the lounge. Always happy to find another cinephile or switch off watching RuPaul depending on mood!

//What it costs and what you get:
The house is a really big end of terrace in Easton (1,800 sq ft/165 m2). Rent is £550p/m, deposit is also £550 into a protected scheme. Bills are currently £135, including: council tax band B, internet 900mb. We also put in £25p/m each to cover shared consumables including some food staples, the exact amount varies depending on what we agree to get collectively. Anyone who comes for a viewing will get a breakdown of who is paying how much, what the mortgage costs etc for full transparency. The room comes with the bed, wardrobe and two smallish sets of drawers that’re pictured, plus a set of shelves built into the alcove since the pics were taken.

//About the house:
Alex bought it from a landlord a year ago so has been gradually going through and fixing up stuff that's been done in a shoddy landlord-y way. Everything functions now but there's still more to do cosmetically - sorting out the back yard is a priority for the summer. If you cycle the yard has a side gate and a bike shed with locking points.

It's near the Plough so there is a bit of noise around kicking out time, the staff do generally try to move people on and it’s more “you’re my best mate” vibes than fighty. But if you’re not used to living on a lively street or a light sleeper it might not be right for you. Parking is the usual Easton free-for-all, so if you own a car sometimes it's going to end up a couple of streets away.

So, if you've read this far and think you might be a good fit for our slightly odd mix of fun and orderly, please send us a couple of paragraphs yourself. If we're going to get on, we guarantee you'll be a bit weird, so please don't feel the need to hide that!