Verschiedene Zimmer in großer WG verfügbar ab 9.5 qm -- 12 qm -- 16qm

We're in Lindenau. It's not fully "plagwitzed" yet, but gentrification is definitely underway. The adjacent Holteistraße has recently become a "Spielstraße", where cars have to drive in walking speed and kids are allowed to play on the street. The tram stops exactly in front of our door - which has obvious pros and cons.

THE AREA:
We have a LIDL nearby, and "Lindenauer Markt" is only a 5-10 minute walk away with a DM, Kaufland, banks, farmer's market and lots of other shops, bistros, cafés and restaurants. The lively Karl-Heine-Straße is only 10 minutes away, the park and the forest are similarly well reachable. Graffiti sprayers and a loud night shift make sure to slow down gentrification to some degree.

Our direct neighborhood hosts 11 housing projects, and some really cool projects:

- "krimZkrams", a donation based material collection and pick-up point
- A membership Bioladen "Schwarzwurzel"
- The "Haus und Wagenrat", which helps housing projects off the ground
- The "Autodidaktische Initiative" or short "ADI", an open living room for people eager to study
- "Café Kaputt", a donation based repair café
- Three queer or queer friendly bars
- The Späti "Schwarzmarkt", run by punks
- "Baba Café" and "360°C Waschbar" (laundry salon and café/bar)
- "3rad", a cargo bikes shop
- An Antiquariat, another book shop, more bike shops and cafés/bistros in the area.

This is an unusual place to live in for several reasons:

** We are an international community, and the main language in English. This is to make our community more inclusive.
** In the ground floor, there's Pizza Lab, which you may already know for its amazing vegan pizza. Pizza Lab is 100% non-profit and run by us and other volunteers living in Leipzig.
** Except for the Eckladen, currently rented by a flinta* artists collective, the rest of the building is controlled by us! The only restriction is creating costs or liabilities for the owner, who lives with us. We all share one kitchen due to practical reasons.
** The house is partially renovated, which has both pros and cons. Pro: Changes are still possible. We're up for unconventional (but not crazy) renovations. Con: Some areas haven't been taken care of since the house was rescued from abandonment in 2009.
** The resident rooms are all heated by wood or coal furnaces.
** Our tiny courtyard ("Hof") is really miniscule, but is slowly being transformed into a gorgeous, bird-welcoming urban garden with high beds, a lot of plant diversity, a rain collector and a solar-powered fountain.
** We share food (there's a common food budget of ~150€/month/person) and we have shared vegan dinners (almost) every evening. They're not obligatory, but a great opportunity to get to know each other and to bond over nice food. Non-vegetarian food, alcohol, sweets, fast food and personal hygiene products are not included in the household budget. We share the task of cooking for each other, which means cooking once every 1-2 weeks - but having dinner every day of the week available.
** House tasks (like cleaning and food shopping) are distributed after the weekly house plenary, where we also discuss ideas and issues. We use the in-house "task auction" (read more about how it works here: http://schwarz10.de/taskauction/ http://schwarz10.de/wahlboerse/) to ensure everyone takes part in taking care of the house and the community.

OUR INTERESTS:
The household doesn't have a particular political orientation, but we're interested in loads of things. Discussions, idea-sharing and organization of activism to make a difference are important to us. Here are a few things we like:

- Matriarchies (we maintain a majority female residential balance).
- Environmentalism/eco-activism including urban gardening and general sustainability.
- Alternative economies and currencies.
- Politics in general
- Science, logic and reason.

We enjoy hosting events (like flea markets, clothes swap, exhibitions, political discussions, etc), and have plenty of cool skills among us, including renovation skills, computer networking, graphic design, video-making, bookkeeping, Verein law and so on. We‘re obviously queer friendly and make sure to keep a harmonious gender balance in the house.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? :)
We're looking for people who want to make things happen, who are motivated to work on projects and who are into communal living.

It's expected that residents should be involved in one of the projects here. Most of the residents are involved in Pizza Lab somehow (e.g., bar or kitchen shifts, social media, or other responsibilities). Alternatively, you can have your own activism-tastic project - as long as it's agreed to by the rest of the community.

When you enter the house, you enter the family. We look after each other, we take care of each other, and we don't leave anyone behind. If you're not looking for community, this is not the right place for you. Also, all of us are non-smokers, and we're looking for non-smokers only (it's strictly forbidden inside the house anyway). We're not straight-edge, though, and we luv coffee... :-}

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Firstly, please send us a message with a SHORT self-description about yourself - we get a lot to read, so really, keep it short. If you have an online presence, feel free to share it with us. Oh, and please write in English.

Secondly, we will organize a video call to ask/answer a few important questions. After the first (online) meeting, you may be invited to spend a "test week" so we can get to know each other a bit better and you can see how the house works.
After this "test week", there is a trial period of 1 month. (If you are applying for a short-term residency, ask us for details on how we do the trial week/months procedure in Zwischenmiete cases.)

IMPORTANT: In the "application process", there's an anonymous veto right for all the house residents. If you are accepted to move in, this means absolutely nobody voted against you. When somebody vetoes, no reasons need to be given, so we will not be able to tell you who vetoed and why. Please don't be mad or disappointed if that happens - we get loads of applications and some people are going to have to be rejected.

WHEN YOU APPLY, make sure to answer the following questions as well as giving a short intro about yourself:

1. Do you smoke?
2. Do you have any allergies?
3. What is your earliest/latest possible move-in date? If you are looking to rent for "Zwischenmiete" (short-term) - when is your move-out date?
4. What are your room size preferences?
5. Can you confirm you're OK with doing a live-in trial week, which is followed by a veto round, then moving in for a 1-month trial before a permanent contract is offered?

Phew! :D If you've read this all the way until here, your entry code is "mad ferret".
Add that to your text so we know you've read and acknowledge all the specifications given. We look forward to hearing from you soon! <3