Apartment at Earthaven Ecovillage For Rent

The Tower Apartment

at VILLAGE TERRACES COHOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD
At Earthaven Ecovillage

Available October 1, 2023

Welcome:

Experience community living and homesteading, in this hand-built timber-frame, passive solar home. Weekly potlucks, events, and projects.

Prerequisites:

An Earthaven Ecovillage Tour is required before seeing this apartment as the context is essential.

Lease Length:

This Apartment is available for a six month lease.

Occupancy:

Occupancy for up to two adults (and up to two children).

Facilities:

This apartment is on the third floor so good physical stamina and shape is required. All kitchen and bathroom facilities are in the same building but on the first and second floor. Outside living is part of the intentional life at an ecovillage.

Pets:

Generally speaking no pets allowed. A rare exception can be made for an indoor cat, depending on the circumstance. Earthaven Ecovillage is not a highly pet friendly project.

Description:

This 720 square foot apartment is on the third floor of our hand-build, off-grid home, surrounded by a 5-acre working farm in the heart of Earthaven Ecovillage.

This apartment is private with its own entrance but also part of a CoHousing Neighborhood and common-walled building. Renters have access to 11 acres of neighborhood land, off-grid utilities, large project kitchen, workshop, gardens, plus hundreds of acres of forest in the heart of Earthaven Ecovillage.

Cost:

$1100/mo plus $85/month utilities fee per adult plus participating in a once a month neighborhood workday. Earthaven Ecovillage fees apply. Application & Visit required.

Neighborhood:

Village Terraces is the most developed neighborhood at Earthaven with very comfortable and ecologically responsible amenities. We are a very stable group of folks (adults and children) in two separate common-wall buildings with centralized off-grid, renewable energy, utilities (power, water, heat).

Interested?:

Read all of the links below. If you’re interested, please fill out the application on the NEXT STEPS page.

Viewing:

By appointment only. After an in-person Earthaven Tour.

Get More Details

Please read all of the below linked pages. It’s really important.
If you are interested in applying for renting this apartment, please fill out the application HERE. Once complete, please email to jonathan.swiftcreek@gmail.com with the subject line of “Application for Tower Apartment.”

Rental Details:

For TOWER Apartment

An in-person visit to Earthaven Ecovillage and to Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood is required prior to rental So see the place for yourself. Viewing of the apartment is by appointment only. Please see next steps for details on how to move forward.

What Is Provided

HOUSING:
- A private apartment (720 sq. ft interior space) in a hand-built, timber-frame home.
- Expansive covered deck space on the 3rd floor North Side.
- Common-walled building with separate entrance to this apartment.
COMMON KITCHEN: Access to a large, shared, common kitchen (700 square feet with industrial stove/oven and all the accessories).
COMMON AREAS: Access to a shared common bathroom and common office and den space as well as commonly used workshop with shared tools & equipment.
NEIGHBORHOOD Land: Access to land for gardening. Farming land available as well through a separate lease.
FACILITIES: Neighborhood common off-grid utilities and systems include heat, electric, water, & waste systems. A separate utilities charge will be applied to support these regenerative systems – see below.
FARM: A beautiful pasture-based 4+-acre farm surrounds the neighborhood. It is accessible for some use based on specific agreements to be discussed.
HOSTING: Jonathan Swiftcreek will be your host. Hosting allows you the opportunity to be an ecovillage resident and supporting member for the length of your stay and farm lease. This gives you access to most Earthaven meetings and events, all of Earthaven’s social events, and most of our 329 acres of land.

What You Provide

LEASE: A 6 month lease.
RENTAL FEES: $1100per month, payable on the 1st of the month.
UTILITY FEES: $85 per month fee per adult
SECURITY DEPOSIT: $1100.
WORKDAY: One 3-hour workday per month per adult for Village Terraces Neighborhood or pay $15 per hour to landlord.
FIRE BUILDING SHIFT: All of our heat and hot water comes from building fires in our central boiler system. You will be responsible for running the heat one day per week from October to April and taking a turn as needed from April to October.
CLEANUP: Regular clean for the common kitchen at Village Terraces
EARTHAVEN FEES: $30 per month plus a one-time administrative fee of $25, per adult. If you bring a car to Earthaven, you will be also be responsible for the Earthaven vehicle fee, which is $15 per month.
EARTHAVEN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS: Four hours per week per adult resident.
TELEPHONE & INTERNET: You are responsible for our own phone service (possible to share a joint phone account with others in the building). High speed internet (satellite) is available and included in utilities. Cell phone service is not available at Earthaven.

Explore The Apartment

Photos of The TOWER Apartment

The Cohousing Neighborhood

Next Steps for Renting the TOWER Apartment

Please read all of the below linked pages. It’s really important.
Then fill out the application HERE. Once complete, please email to jonathan.swiftcreek@gmail.com with the subject line of “Application for Tower Apartment.”