Cosy, Small Double Room in Jericho

We (33F and 27F) are looking for a friendly, considerate female housemate for a small double room in our homely houseshare in Jericho. We are based right in the centre of Jericho, only a 15 min walk to the city centre and 5 mins from beautiful Port Meadow, or 10 mins from University Parks.

The rent includes all bills except internet (which is about £10 a month) and TV licence (renewed annually). It's exceptionally good value for this area of Oxford.

The flat is spacious for three people, and split across two floors. On the first floor there’s a huge living/dining room with sofas and a large dining table, the kitchen, a downstairs toilet and a bedroom. On the top floor there's two bedrooms (including yours), the bathroom with a bath and freestanding shower, a washing machine, and there's an extra room where we can dry our laundry. The kitchen is compact, so please note there is not a lot of space for multiple people cooking at once, and quite limited kitchen storage.

The available room is on the top floor, furnished with a small double bed, single wardrobe, shelves, and built-in cabinets with small desk/dressing table space. It faces onto Walton Street and has a lovely view of the sunsets! Start date is slightly flexible (earlier or later) but ideally starts at the beginning of December as our current housemate is moving in with her partner.

There is no designated parking at the property but we are in zone JE and the property is eligible to apply for resident parking permits.

Lucy works for the University and likes music and art. Gail works in publishing and likes reading (of course) and is attempting to get into knitting. We sometimes host board game nights and watch TV together. As housemates we are friendly, tidy and considerate. We don't have a set cleaning rota and instead take responsibility for doing the things that need to be done, so are looking for someone who is, like us, proactive in taking on their share of the household tasks.

Ideally we’re looking for another professional, or a mature grad student who doesn’t mind paying council tax (which is all included in the rent as shown here). As the living room is the only shared space we have, we'd like to keep this as leisure space so ask that any WFH is kept to the bedroom. Please note that due to Lucy's job, we cannot accept students from Green Templeton College.

Logistics-wise, there is a deposit required, which comes to about £770, and there’s also a fee of £50 for the referencing and to change the name on the tenancy agreement.

Please get in touch if you’re interested, letting us know a bit about yourself. Due to housemate availability we will mostly be arranging viewings on weekday evenings, so please keep this in mind if you are currently based outside of Oxford. We feel it's important for us to meet who we will be living with in person, so please note that we won't be holding virtual viewings.

If you think you'd be a good fit, we'd love to hear from you!

Lucy and Gail