The rear house on the property that sits between the two pods of Triple Point is up for rent! The house is at 1123A 65th Street. The back of the house is on Peabody Lane, there is a gate entrance on both 65th Street and Peabody Lane.

We will not have any say in who is chosen for the rental due to the outside owner. However we are very much hoping to see someone interested in joining our group or friendly to our group get the house. The house is really only suitable for a single or a couple, we have kids in our group and I don’t think any of us with children would want to live in this house as it is configured currently. Yes it is really 1bd/1ba.

• 1 bedroom/1 bath with living room and kitchen
• 760 sq ft upstairs, and finished 600 sq ft basement/garage (no
  internal stair) - good for storage, car parking, studio space

• lots of light, windows on 3 sides of the living room
• all newly remodeled, including floors, heating, kitchen, double paned windows, roof, outside paint, bathroom
• shared yard with front house
• owner is asking $1500/month.
• may be friendly to cats, not sure about dogs.

• Opportunity to be as involved as you like: dinners, parties, projects, child/dog care swap etc
• If you want to join our group officially we have a monthly meeting and monthly dues, we are a young group (3 yrs old) and you would have space to help define your role as you would be the first renter in our group.

Our group is split into two ‘geographic’ halves by another property - this is the property where the house is for rent. The property has a house in front which is rented by a family who has lived there for at least a couple of years before we purchased. The back house has been under renovation for that whole time and we’re very excited to have the possibility of getting someone who wants to be a part of our group, or a coho-friendly person of any sort. This would help connect to the current two halves of our group (and we’re hoping that will help convince the current owners to add another gate to their yard so we can all go through the yard…currently their is a gate to one side yard, but not the other). Our long term goal is to try and purchase the property whenever they are ready to sell - and have our retrofit group grow to 8 households!

http://www.sarahwindels.com

I was able to tour one of the houses yesterday and the interior lighting is excellent and a nice spacious feel to the home.

Here are some reasons we think you’d love living next to Triple Point CoHousing (and possibly even joining TPC) –

* participate in some of our weekly meal sharing
* dog friendly area (emeryville greenway 2 blocks away)
* nearby to public transit (emery-go-round/actransit/BART)
* close to ashby hwy80 ramps
* Civicorps charter school 1.5 blocks away
* Garden Montessori only 5min drive; 15min bike (having your children
taught by Jenny Miller nothing can beat it!)
* new Berkeley Bowl will be about 6 blocks away
* the new Cooperative Grocery is only 4 blocks away - http://www.thecog.org/
* New area hotspots — Aquarius Cafe, Cocino Poblano and Charles’ Chocolates - all opened within the past year a block away
* tot park on Doyle Street a short stroll
* neighbors included if interested on TPC group projects such as disaster preparedness, gardening, green building/renovation projects, food and drink consumption, party planning and having and enjoying

The houses will be listed at $665,000. We would love to make sure that we have friends, family or friends of friends ready to take up this opportunity as it is *imminent*.

Tuesday, January 20th, 5-8pm
@ Peabody and Marshall
Join your neighbors for a potluck to celebrate our community and meet new and old neighbors!

Bring something to share - I’m bringing hot apple cider.

Lots is happening in the neighborhood!
Chat with the neighbors about the past present and future of
Peabody Lane, Ocean, 65th, and San Pablo
as we munch and play in the evening light.

And….. spread the word!

See you soon!
Sarah Windels
415-425-5756
Peabody Lane Neighborhood Watch
Block Captain

MAKE A NOTE! is a 2 week period where we all keep our eyes, ears, (and hearts) open to call in any and all issues that our neighborhood faces- call in to any of the many Oakland City numbers listed on various websites over at oakland.net - and listed below - and use a print out of the MAKE A NOTE log.pdf to NOTE IT or email s.c.windels@gmail.com to add it to a collective log. You may also use the NLC- OFFICIAL Neighborhood Log.doc as provided by the City of Oakland if you’d prefer- please be sure to send a copy to me at s.c.windels@gmail.com so that we can ensure that our community has a copy of all of the information that we collect for future reference.

IN SUM- April 10th-April 30th:

1. Witness something that is not good for our neighborhood
2. Call it in to any of the hotlines with as much detail as possible (it helps to write it down as it is happening in as much detail as possible)
3. MAKE A NOTE! on using a print out of the MAKE A NOTE log.pdf
4. Turn your log in to:

City Attorney’s Office:
Matthew Hawkins, One Frank Ogawa Plaza, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 238-3988
AND
Peabody Lane Neighborhood Watch: Sarah Windels, 1115 65th Street, Oakland, CA 94608 (415) 425-5756

I will also be bringing a package of logs to the City Attorney’s Office on May 1st and can bring yours there as well if you would like. 

Make sure to note:

1. your name
2. date/time of complaint
3. detailed complaint- as detailed as you can get
4. number called
5. reference or incident number given by person on the line or that you left a detailed message on the voice mail
6. any action taken to fix the problem

If you cannot navigate the telephone lines, report the issue to Jane Brunner’s office line 238-7001- and note that on the log.