Do you want to live with a community of people who support each other to create a collaborative, joyful house?
Do you want the rent you pay to be put towards making the house where you live better, where you get a say in improving the house, instead of lining a landlord's pockets?
We're looking for a housemate to join our housing cooperative, where you'll join a group of people who share responsibility and love for our home.
Living in a housing cooperative, our rent is reinvested back in to the house, we can decorate as we like and we share responsibility of maintaining and renovating the house.
We own the house so there's no landlord, when you join you'll buy in to the Golem Housing Cooperative company for a £1 share and you'll become an equal shareholder along with everyone else who lives in the house.
What's the house and room like?
- There are two Golem houses; the original one was bought 13 years ago and the second one was brought in 2020. Both are in the Mount Pleasant area of Swansea, close to the city centre.
- You'll be living in the second house where there are currently five adults and one cat.
- The other house just across the road has seven adults and one part time dog.
- The room is on the first floor - it’s west facing, approx 2.9 x 3m.
- The house has four storeys including a basement bedroom, one full bathroom and one separate toilet, a utility room, a south facing living/dining room area and a south facing garden.
- Many of the house members are queer and passionate about living sustainably and in community.
- You would become part of the Golem community, whose members organise things like games nights and queer life drawing.
This sounds perfect! How do I apply?
Simply fill in this form and send us an email at recruitment.golem@gmail.com to tell us that you're interested in joining!
Rent starts at £300 per month (you can choose to pay more proportionate to your income if you earn a comfortable amount) and £70 bills (which may change as energy prices change). We don't ask for a deposit or references to make living here more financially accessible and easier.
Please note that due to the practicalities of the available room and house, the current vacancy is unlikely to be suitable for someone with dependent children or others. In addition, we are unable to accept new members with dogs at the moment due to existing pets in the co-op.
What's the process?
- Fill in the joining questionnaire - members living in both houses will review this.
- At each stage of the process, you can make sure this is still right for you and so can we
- We'll invite you around for a cup of tea
- We'll invite you around for dinner
- You'll attend one of our monthly house meetings which you'll need to attend once you join
- You'll cook dinner for the house members (which you'd need to do every 1-2 weeks if you live here)
- Success! If you and the Golems are still happy after all these stages, you can move in!
This process can take a while and may seem lengthy, but living in a housing cooperative is a lot of work and commitment so we want to ensure that you'd fit in and be prepared to put in the work required to live here.
