Dble Rm from 05/12/25 for FEMALE central location

Double room to let in Shaftesbury, Newport, available from *5th December 2025*, to a tidy, clean, considerate *female* lodger able to provide full references (ID, previous landlord, current employer).

RENT: £475 pcm (£110 pw), 1 month's rent deposit, bills included.

TERM: Initially up to 6 months, to be reviewed, with option to extend if we all get on well together.
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NOTE: This advert specifies gender under the “small premises” exemptions to the Equality Act 2010, as the room is in a private household, sharing with the owner, and one other lodger. *** NOT an HMO ***
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CONTEXT

2-bedroom, south-facing, first-floor flat with secluded balcony in a modern, 3-storey, 6-flat, end-of-terrace block, situated in a tree-lined close. The small estate, built in the 1980s, comprises of 2-3 storey houses just 10 minutes' walk from the city centre, Newport railway and central bus stations.

Refurbished in July '22, with an excellent Energy Performance Certificate (B) and laminate flooring throughout - except for the kitchen.

ROOM:

13.9 m2 Double bedroom, 5.83 m long x 2.42m wide, fully furnished with a large, tall and very comfortable double bed, underbed storage wardrobe, 3 chests of drawers, TV, 2 bedside cabinets, desk and and folding chair, as well as a large wardrobe. Backlit bluebells wood feature poster and faux skylight.

SHARED FACILITIES:

Bathroom: equipped with bath, gas hand-held shower, as part of the tap assembly, as well as a wall-mounted electric shower with a shower screen.

Kitchen: storage in wall units, 1 cutlery drawer. and 1 shelf each in the fridge and freezer Use of washing machin. Gas hob, electric oven, kettle, microwave, Ninja Foodi multicooker, electric toaster, sandwich maker and food blender.

Washing machine and access to the balcony to hang out washing.

SHELF space in the dedicated storage closet.

RENT:

Montly rent is £475 a month, inclusive of all bills, but lodgers will need to provide their own bedding, towels, crockery, cutlery, pots and pans.

AVAILABILITY:

Available from the 8th of December 2025.

SHARING:

With one other lodger (professional female, 33) and the owner (retired, youthful 70) and an elusive, adult, shy female cat*, all very clean, quiet and considerate.

*I think of her as Shroedinger's cat! 🐱😆

LOCATION:

•  Shaftesbury is just 15 minutes' walk from Newport Rail and Bus stations, as well as the Kingsway and the Riverside. Centres

•  25 minutes' walk from the Gwent and St. Woolo's Hospitals, as well as BUPA's St. Joseph's Hospital.

•  Next to the access roundabout to the Albany Road Estate, Queen's Hill, Barrack Hill, Malpas Road, A4051 and the A4042 to Cwmbran.

• On bus route 29A to Cwmbran

•  Access to/from the M4 to Bristol, Bath, London., Cardiff, Swansea etc.

•  Near Wickes, Farm Foods, McDonald's, Vanilla Spice Indian restaurant/takeaway.

•  Just a 15-minute walk from Aldi and a Sainsbury's superstore with an Argos outlet.

• Shaftesbury park and playground 2 minutes down the road, on the bank of the Usk.

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About the housemate and landlady:

We aim to be a chilled, relaxed, respectful, friendly, sustainable, progressive, intentional community of three and a cat!.

We enjoy a chat but do not intrude on each other's space or activities. We keep our TV/radio/computers low, and after 10 pm use headphones for entertainment and calls.

We have started playing badminton once a week and would welcome another player and welcome suggestions for other activities. We sometimes go to the Riverside Theatre for films, plays or other activities.

We are an inclusive household, and we do not welcome discriminatory views or hate ideologies.

One of us is 100% and the other 90% Vegan, 10% vegetarian; we would prefer not to have meat or fish cooked in the house, or at least that, when cooking these, the kitchen door is closed and the window open, to release the smell and the separate Nenja Foodi containers are used.

The only exception to this, of course, is Her most Royal Majesty, Oza the black and white Cat! 🐈‍⬛ She is no trouble, but may occasionally meow to be let in or out of the balcony.