Mountain Laurel House has upcoming room openings on August 1 and September 1 to share our house in central East Austin close to downtown.
Rent is $925 per month with $75 to cover your share of the utilities and maintenance. You provide your own food. We occasionally enjoy sharing a meal at the dining table. I welcome this for at least once a month to check in on our lives or housekeeping together.
Mountain Laurel House is in a great location! It’s on a green cul de sac, with a wooded lot to the southwest and a green open space to the west. It’s close to the East 11th & Rosewood dining and entertainment district and right across from the Carver Library and a bus stop. We’re in walking distance to downtown Austin, the State Capitol, Huston-Tillotson University and a short bike or bus ride to the University of Texas; and, south or east of here, Lady Bird Lake and Boggy Creek hike and bike trails, park lands, swimming pools, pickleball and basketball courts. I like to kayak on Town Lake aka Lady Bird Lake or go swimming just across downtown at Deep Eddy or Barton Springs fresh-water, spring-fed swimming pools.
Whole Foods is about a ten minute walk from here on 5th St.; and HEB is a short 5 minute drive east on 7th St.
Amenities in the house include a dishwasher, utility room with a clothes washer-dryer and an optional clothesline, high-speed internet, a big dining room table for meals or activities, and a large screen TV for movie nights.
The yard has beautiful native wildlife habitat gardens, veggie and herb pots, a large Cedar Elm, Live Oak, a fruit-bearing Fig tree and Champenelle grape vine, and a Chili pequin bush.
The cul de sac is a large park-like, green space for short walks or meditation, and one of us is active at a neighborhood garden a few streets away where neighbors are welcome. We’re currently building an outdoor kitchen there.
To apply, email do*************@***il.com with subject line Room at Mountain Laurel House. Request the brief application questions.
We’re looking for a housemate who likes the idea of or has practiced intentional living and has some skills or positive experience in group communication and community-building. Here are the qualities we’re looking for…
Artists, gardeners, scholars, social and environmental justice activists or professionals, people of color, LGBTQ folks, vegetarians, vegans are especially welcome and encouraged.
If you are further interested in developing co-ownership in the land and structure or are interested in building in downtown Austin, there is a small piece of land available for purchase or land-lease next to the house that is part of this property.
There is also a large costly piece of land currently for sale that is not part of this property but is immediately adjacent to the west, at the back of the house.
I welcome interested intentional community visionaries to contact us to discuss the possibilities.
Email do*************@***il.com.
Thank you.
Donna
We enjoy living in downtown Austin; we practice sustainable living to care for the planet, ourselves, each other, and the critters.
Email do*************@***il.com for application questions. Visit to meet, preferrably in person or via Zoom. Existing housemates discuss and accept or not, and notify you via text, phone call, or email. Pay a joining fee of $200 and the first month’s rent to hold the room. After the first month, if housemates agree, sign a year’s lease. Also, discuss options to purchase and further develop Mountain Laurel House as an intentional community. Thank you. Best wishes! Donna
Email do*************@***il.com. Text 512-299-5776 to let me know you’ve emailed me.
In your email, let us know when you wish to visit and the main interest of your visit.
Thanks!
I look forward to meeting you.
One person or partnership has ultimate authority.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
We consciously consider how to share space equitably and cooperatively when one member is an owner and other members are renting. Or better yet, how to fully convert Mountain Laurel House into a cooperative shared intentional community!
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Join fee: $200
Regular fees: $4
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (1 hrs/week)
Common House, Garden(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Internet
Within city limits with access to urban amenities and infrastructure.
Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
kitchens, dining, and social areas.
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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