We're looking for two housemates!

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 landlords pockets?

We're looking for two housemates to join our housing cooperative, where you'll join a group of people who share responsibility and love for our home. 

What is a housing cooperative and how is it different from renting? 

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 ten years ago and the second one was brought in 2020.
• You'll both be living in the second house where there are currently four adults and one cat. 
• The other house just across the road has seven adults and one part time dog. 
• One room is one the first floor - it’s west facing, first floor approx 2.9 x 3m.
• The other room is on the second floor - it's north facing, second floor, approx  3.6 x 4m.
• The house has five storeys including the basement bedroom, one full bathroom and one 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 queer board game nights and queer life drawing. 
   
  The most recent picture of everyone from both houses (members have changed a fair bit since then!) 
   
  
  The outside of the house
   
  

  
  

Some other photos of the house 

 

Members of the co-op at the house over the past few years

Some members of the co-op at the Welsh Co-ops Gathering which we organised

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.

Applications are open until 29th September so get yours in ASAP!

What's the process? 

1. Fill in the joining questionnaire - both houses will then review this. Deadline is September 29th, you will be contacted by 6th October if you are invited to move ahead to the next stage. 
2. At each stage of the process, you can make sure this is still right for you and so can we
3. We'll invite you around for a cup of tea
4. We'll invite you around for dinner
5. You'll attend one of our monthly house meetings which you'll need to attend once you join
6. You'll cook dinner for the house members (which you'd need to do every week if you live here)
7. 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. 

You'll see during the process that you can also have a lot of fun living here - we can't wait to live with you!

Do you have any more questions? Check out our FAQs here. 

Make sure you get your application in soon - deadline is September 29th. After this all applications will be reviewed and those moving on to the next stage will be contacted.

Remember to fill in this form and send us an email at recruitment.golem@gmail.com to tell us that you're interested in joining!