3-bedroom shared house, Gingana Street

Accommodation is on offer for mature person in a home in a quiet street close to bushland walking path and a coffee shop/early-closing licenced restaurant. Total rent for TWO rooms - bedroom plus study described below - is $233/week, including all utilities, except phone. Own bathroom most of the time. Sports ovals, a swimming pool and Jamison Mall are within walking distance. Ride 10-15 minutes in a no. 32 bus or cycle beside the lake to ANU; walk or ride to UC. Owner is a professional, friendly, helpful, longtime Canberra resident.

Room descriptions: a small carpeted bedroom with double bed, dressing table, wardrobe and small bedside chest of drawers - linen and warm bedding provided, and an adjacent study with polished wood floor (with rug in winter), plenty of bookshelf space, large desk and chair, settee, and walk-in wardrobe with storage drawers and shelves.

Lodgers have use of an electric kitchen with dishwasher; dining room; lounge; washing-machine (outside clothes line); and sunny deck, garden gazebo, and BBQ firepit. House is centrally gas heated; and, for individual comfort, there are low-wattage electric wall panel heaters in every room. (Note, there is a heating surcharge of $7/week in winter provided use of individual room heating is not extravagant)

Accommodation would suit mature postgrad student, University staff member, or Visiting Fellow.