Merlin's room

Update: This master bedroom with en suite bathroom is available as long as this listing is up. Room is move in ready and comes furnished with a desk, chair, blanket, pillow, and mattress and bedframe (refer to pictures). Utilities are included.

(Note: LGBTQ+ friendly means your sexuality/gender is of no concern to me, just pay rent on time and follow our agreement document. I am straight and identify myself as XY male. Due to a dispute over the responsibility of taking care of one of the lodger’s dogs, I am no longer accepting pets.)

Anyways:

I own the house. I am looking for lodgers/roommates. Since I live there too, I would be the live in landlord/roommate.

The house is a duplex. Street parking is available.

First floor: One shared kitchen, one shared living room, laundry shared room, and bathroom.

Second floor: Three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

All bedrooms have a full bathroom to go with them. Everyone in the household including me have our own bedroom and bathroom.

Master bedroom en suite bathroom has a tub.

The bedroom for rent in this listing is the master bedroom for 1450/month. It is about 231 ft squared (21.5 m squared) including the en suite bathroom.

Utilities included (hydro, natural gas, internet).

All bedroom doors have lockable key knobs. This bedroom has a bolt lock on the door from the inside.

Small backyard. Property is fenced.

First floor is about 745 ft squared (69 m squared). 606 ft squared (56 m squared) for second floor. Including the backyard, shed, and garage, the total should be about 1400 ft squared (130 m squared).

The bedrooms and bathrooms that goes with the bedrooms for rent are furnished (it can be unfurnished if you want). There is also a closet.

The rest of the house is furnished because I live there.

Neighbour’s duplex house is connected to my west wall. Entrance is on north wall. Patio door on east wall. South wall is an alley way where my neighbour walks through to get to their garage.

Located in Hastings Sunrise, East Vancouver near East 1st Avenue and Nanaimo Street.

• Nanaimo Skytrain Station: ~10 minutes bus
• Downtown: ~26 minutes bus
• Metrotown: ~27 minutes bus
• SFU Burnaby Campus: ~40 minutes walk and bus
• BCIT: ~36 minutes bus
• PNE: ~11 minutes bus
• T&T supermarket: ~16 minutes walk
• Safeway supermarket: ~16 minutes bus
• Superstore supermarket: ~24 minutes walk and bus
• No Frills supermarket: ~13 minutes bus
• 7-Eleven: ~7 minutes walk
• Clinton Park: ~7 minutes walk
• Trout Lake Park: ~12 minutes bus
• East Hastings Street (restaurants, public library, and stores): ~15 minutes walk
• Chevron and Petro Canada Gas Stations: ~8 minutes walk
• Burnaby Hospital: ~11 minutes drive

I am also open to purchasing any furnishings left behind by tenants, depending on their condition, design, and pricing.

Feel free to message me for more details.

If interested, I plan, in order to:

1. Chat a bit.
2. Do screening questions (references, allergies, concerns, questions for me you may have, etc.). This is a must. Please provide me with your email address.
3. Do video call for a virtual tour or do a live tour of my property. Do Q/A.
4. Show and go over agreement papers. Make any changes if necessary to meet what the lodger(s) thinks is more fair. I am telling you now that the agreement paper will be long because of my past experiences.
5. Sign papers and receive deposit to reserve the room.
6. Lodger moves in on agreed upon date. I will help with the receiving of furniture if necessary.

Thank you for reading.

Landlord: Born and raised in Vancouver. CBC first generation.

Not sure how the pronoun thing is supposed to work but I am straight and I identify myself as a male. I work at a food manufacturing plant full time with some side hustles on the side. Got to make that $$$. I am also INTJ if you care.

I have been doing this renting bedrooms and bathrooms side hustle since Sept 2021. I have had several lodgers/roommates. 95% of the time, everything is good. The lodgers are all interesting and came from different backgrounds. Here is my resume on who I have rented to so far:

• someone from Prince George who did painting
• someone from Russia who worked in landscaping
• someone from Toronto who worked at night clubs
• someone from Nova Scotia who was studying make up for film at VFS
• someone from South Korea who was doing phD at SFU with something related to physiotherapy
• someone from South Korea who was at Sprott Shaw College who was going into healthcare
• someone from China who was studying early childhood education
• someone from Brazil who was studying something to do with filming
• someone from France who studied digital marketing
• someone from Germany who was on study travel
• someone from Ukraine who was here to be away from the war
• someone from England who was here to work and explore Vancouver
• someone local who is going to school and working

I got a mortgage on the house so I am not living there for “free” either.

Hobbies: Piano, boxing, reading, watching movies, hustling, etc.

What I am bad at: Skiing (can’t stop while in motion no matter how hard I try), parallel parking, going up steps (don’t ask me to go to Grouse Grind and the Chief with you).

Dislikes: Durian (yuck), stinky tofu (yuck), blue cheese (yuck)

Likes: Money

Erik (other roommate):

He is local. He studies at UBC and work in Surrey so he is living here to be halfway between the two places.