Hi! We’re Swamp Dog Hobble (named after a native plant). We have a room opening in our home on May 1st. (Photos show the open room): About us:

We’re a communal house (a house! a community!) in Flatbush. This house has:
• Four bathrooms, seven bedrooms + a basement, one tiny guest room, two kitchens, at least four common rooms, a music room with a grand piano
• An emerging food forest with a Hügelkultur mound, raised beds, greens, veggies, fruit trees and 2,600 pounds of compost
• ~1000 books, a washer/dryer, large porch, large garage with a wood-shop and a gazebo (soon-to-be greenhouse or dance studio?!)

We live near Brooklyn College, at the end of the 2/5 lines, about 45 minutes from downtown Manhattan, 25 minutes from Jacob Riis beach and a brisk walk away from the new Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center. Average monthly cost of living is ~$1250 which includes rent, utilities, groceries, the cost of which is always shared. This number fluctuates from person to person in proportion to income and general financial anxiety; not based on the qualities of this or that room (though lately our contributions have been similar).

What does "communal house" mean to us? Basically, we like to be involved in each other’s lives! We sit down at least once a week for dinner together, we check in with each other, we paint rooms new colors; there are big dinner parties, live shows, sourdough focaccia bakes on the weekends when the weather is right; we like projects, we like to do stuff; we draw in the stairways, move furniture around, cook for each other, and share the labor of keeping our house running. Every week, we work together to cook about 10 gallons of food that gets distributed at Tompkins Distro.

What else?
Raucous laughter. Juggling. CDs playing on the first floor. Freezers full of bread and goodies. Piano duets. Sharing food with our neighbors. Everyone’s always in the middle of telling a story. We’ve a moving river, an evolving, transforming community built on our relationships with one another.
We're looking to add a member who will bring their individuality and passion to our space and who wants to participate in our co-living project. If this sounds like you, please email us at swampdog [at] fastmail [dot] com and share
(1) a little about yourself and your values and experiences living/collaborating with other people
(2) how you express your creativity
(3) a conflict you've navigated in the past between someone you've lived with
(4) what you've been excited about lately in your life.

We'll reach back out to schedule time for you to meet some of our members and learn more about the space!

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