Modern Double Room in Easygoing House Share

Heya!

We’re a townhouse shared by four women (Australian, Irish, and Scottish), with one room freeing up from the end of May.

The house:
- Built in Nov 2018, and everything still feels/looks pretty new
- Ground floor: big lounge with impressively high ceilings, half-bath, big storage room where we mostly keep shoes
- 1st floor: kitchen and dining area, overlooking the lounge. There’s also a balcony that looks out over the front of the house and across a little canal
- 2nd floor: two double bedrooms (one would be your room), bathroom, and storage area
3rd floor: two double bedrooms, bathroom, storage area, and a laundry closet (washing machine and dryer)

The building itself is great, with nice amenities:
- 24-hour concierge service
- Residents’ gym
- Coffee shop (Mousetail)
- Residents’ lounge with table football, kitchen, and lots of space to work
- A rooftop garden, including a rooftop tennis court

The room:
- Modern room with simple furniture (double bed, 2 side tables, large built-in wardrobe, and chest of drawers)
- The house comes with all the furniture shown in the pictures :)

Timings:
1 June (from end of May)

Rent, Fees & Bills:
- £1000 pcm rent (subject to a slight increase after the tenancy is updated)
- Other bills per month approx. £150
- Council Tax Band G

About us:
We’re a friendly, social house with a good balance between hanging out together and having our own independent lives. We all met through SpareRoom originally, but have become good friends over time. That said, we all have our own jobs, routines, and friendship groups, so there’s a really healthy mix of socialising and personal space.

Current house girls are a Scot, an Irish, and an Australian, so there’s a good mix of personalities, accents, and senses of humour in the house.

The house is usually pretty active in the sense that people are around, working from home occasionally, cooking, catching up in the kitchen, or heading in and out — but everyone is respectful of each other’s space and routines. The kitchen tends to be the social hub, and if someone’s in there, they’re generally up for a chat.

We’ve got the standard house group chat (mostly banter, never passive aggressive), and when schedules line up we’ll often grab a drink at The Mayflower or go out for food together. We’ll invite each other along to things from time to time, but there’s never any pressure — it’s a very easy-going, independent household rather than a full-on party house.

Everyone is tidy, considerate in shared spaces, and easy to live with. Overall, it’s a really nice balance of feeling comfortable and social at home while still having your own life and space.

The area:
Canada Water is great! I think it would consider itself very “up-and-coming," there have been lots of efforts lately to make it an even nicer place to live. Our house is really conveniently located just a 2-minute walk from Canada Water Station, where you can grab the Jubilee line or Overground. There are plenty of nice restaurants and bars (Canada Water Cafe, Vagabond, Mayflower, etc.), and a Sainsbury’s Local right next to the station. Even better, there’s a big Tesco just a 5-minute walk away.

Let us know if you have any questions!
Amey, Sarah & Kim