02/06/2021
We have a large room with lots of storage, ceiling fan, and large window available on September 1.
Interested in being a part of a supportive and healthy, vibrant, and diverse international environment to call home where you can always have plenty of tranquil alone time and yet always find someone and something interesting to do or talk about when you want company?
We ended up calling ourselves the Gothenburg International Vortex House because it is so easy to come to the kitchen for a cup of tea and end up staying for hours laughing and talking about every topic under the sun - a Vortex of conversation and activity, so to speak. It is often so absorbing it is hard to extract oneself to do laundry, study, etc. People have formed deep friendships here that will last a liftetime.
We are located in Lundby on Hisingen.
The rent for Room #5 is 5300 SEK / month.
Rent includes 10000/10000 Mbit internet, electricity, heating, water, laundry room, access to large bath tub with water jets, etc and of course shared kitchen, living room and 2 spatious decks.
There is an additional monthly fee of 242 SEK/month to cover a twice-monthly professional cleaning service and supplies like trashbags, soap, toilet paper, vacumn filters, light bulbs, some common spices, replacing worn pots or broken dishes, and other common-use items.
We prefer international candidates and women or a couple at the moment to keep the house an international environment with gender balance and a diverse range of ages and balance of students and professionals (we consider Swedes too, of course, especially if they have lived abroad in a collective living situation). We are a fun-loving, talkative, and supportive group that includes a biologist, architects, software, embedded, and civil engineers, a filmmaker, psychology student/coach, sales guru, a recruiter, and event company entrepreneur.
Our “perfect” new housemates are:
* Non-smokers
* Responsible drinkers (or non-drinkers) interested in healthy living but tolerant of different appraoches to healthy living and diets, from paleo/lcf/keto/carnivore to vegan/vegetarian.
* Probably between 25-40 ish years old, but age is just a number. (We want you to have some experience living in different co-living settings away from your parents before you come here...and maturity with a young-at-heart mindset.
* Experience living or at least working with a large, diverse group of people of different personalities, ages, nationalities, political views, dietary preferences, etc. for an extended period
* International experience and comfortable speaking English at home
* Curious, open-minded, inclusive, and interested in other people as well as trying new games or activities at least once
* Engaged, open, and flexible, able to get along with people and see their perspective despite differences.
We are looking for social people, but we are also a bit nerdy. If you like strategic board games like Dune it would be a bonus!
Our housemates initiate many interesting activities together and when Corona restrictions are eased, external guests, including board and social games; yoga/exercise/gym/cycling/running activities; cold-bathing/sauna activities; reading and discussing books; baking; sharing holidays like Diwali, American Thanksgiving, Swedish Midsommar, and St. Lucia; travel/excursions for hiking, skiing; garden activities like Badminton, Croquet, and Kubb; movie nights; karaoke nights; and parties with dancing, grilling, etc. (following Corona recommendations of course and not involving extreme drunkenness).
Although you can almost always find someone to hang out with, the house is huge and is usually very tranquil. There is always plenty of space--figuratively and literally--for alone time.
More photos and information available at:
https://www.facebook.com/gbgvortexhouse
If this sounds interesting to you, please tell us about yourself and fill out this form: https://forms.gle/rXLoJ9d31Qv4dCzD8.
