Unusual search request: looking to swap living space in living group for an independent living space.
For rent or for sale
for rent
Rent or purchase amount
502
Description price
The price of 501,86 EUR is for the living space. There is a separate monthly transaction for the gas and electricity. This used to be 13 EUR/month with the higher prices and is now moving to 2 EUR/month. The amount can vary depending on the current rates. Internet is 11,86 EUR per person. Once in 3 months an amount of about 150 EUR paid to waternet. This payment is equally divided among the housemates.
Province
Noord-Holland
City
Amsterdam
Location
The house is located in the western part of Amsterdam, near green.
Common space(s)
The house has three floors: ground, 1st and 2nd. There is one entrance and 4 addresses under the same roof. Ground floor: entrance, hallway, toilet, closet space, laundry room with washing machine and lines to hang your laundry. Next there is a big space of kitchen and living room and a garden on the inner yard. House is a part of buildings block, which is shaped like a rectangular and has an inner path, everybody’s gardens and inner yard, which is coincidentally right behind our garden. There are 4 entrances from the street to the inner yard and paths, with key access only by the people who live in the buildings. There is central ventilation in the kitchens and bathrooms only.
Private spaces(s)
The space offered consists of 2 rooms. One living room with 22m2, shaped like a square and one bedroom with 12m2 more of a rectangular shape. Living room is facing the inner yard , bedroom is facing the street (quiet 90% of time). Small kitchen, shower and toilet are shared with one other person. Wooden window frames with double glass. Ceiling is 2,45 meters. Neighbours only from one side (same house).
Description coliving group
This is a long standing living group with many people having lived here in over the last 30 years. There have been different compositions of the living group with different traditions and habits. Currently, it’s a living group where there is a natural flow to things and spontaneous get together. There is no fixed schedule for meetings or meals. Everyone carries a house task or if it’s absolutely necessary can also take a break from one. It is being lived together and everyone is busy with living their own life. So there is definitely appreciation for communication and wanting to live with others. At the same time there is space to be how you are in your current period of life.
Current composition
There are currently 5 people living in the house. It is an international group with age range of 27 - 42 years old. Although most of us speak Dutch to varying degrees, as it is not our first international language, English is the common language of the house. That’s why this ad is also in English, to reflect the group’s composition. Everyone in the house is creatively inclined in one way or another. This has also been the case with every single person, definitely in the last 15 years. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** I, as part of this living group, am the one placing this ad. As mentioned in the title, this is a unique search request. I have lived in communal living spaces for the past 13 years, 7 of which in the current living group. I feel I am moving and wanting to move into a certain direction in my life. I feel I can have more focus for myself by living alone. This is why I am searching to swap with someone who currently lives in an independent living space and would like to be living in a communal living space instead. I am also open to a triangular exchange. ******* All the parties involved, so housemates, housing association and curators of woongroep.net are aware and in agreement with the search and placing of the ads. If we are a potential match for swap, we can first visit each other. Then when we know we want to go ahead, we’ll arrange an evening for you to meet the housemates, as it is up to them to choose the next person to join the living group. If everyone involved agrees, we then can apply for a house swap with the housing association, within the social housing system
Ideal resident
A good fit would be a person who is creatively inclined in one way or another. Possibly someone in the same age range as the current group, so between 27 and 42 years old. Maybe someone outside of this age group, if it is a right fit. Preferably no furry pets, because of an allergic housemate. It is also a smoke free house. Further it’s really about a click and an atmosphere. If you have read all of the above and you feel like you would be a good fit, please go ahead and send a response.
Contact information
I would like to be contacted here through the website at first. We can then have a call / video call to chat and see if it could work. We could then visit each other and see the space. And the last steps would be of course, as mentioned, meeting the housemates and if they agreed, applying for a house swap.