Short term let in a Veggie preffered community

Area:

Finsbury Park

Postcode:

N4

Available:

04 Mar 2026

Min term:

None

Max term:

3 months

Short lets considered:

Yes

Double room:

£759pcm

🌱 Join Our Intentional Community in North London
Flexible move in date from the 4th March 2026 for 1 to 3 months.
Oakfield Road Community is looking for a short term let for someone to join our friendly, relaxed, and supportive home in Finsbury Park, North London.
Our intention is to find someone to stay with us while we put more effort into finding the right long term candidate.
We're a group of housemates who enjoy sharing delicious vegetarian meals, supporting one another with personal and spiritual growth, and collaborating on house and garden.
If you're looking for more than just a place to live, if you're drawn to connection, contribution, and conscious living, please read on carefully to see if we might be a good fit.
🌻 About Our Community
We’re a quiet 5 person household built around simple, mindful living with shared values of openness, cooperation, and creativity. Life here revolves around:
Cooking and sharing wholesome vegetarian meals. (Optional participation)
Enjoying simple pleasures together like board game nights or film evenings on our 3 meter wide projector screen.
Collaborating on gentle communal responsibilities like cleaning, house maintenance and gardening.
Supporting each other’s healing and personal/spiritual development.

We don’t follow rigid rotas, things tend to flow organically. Most of us cook once a week. We all contribute to a monthly shared food kitty and enjoy delicious, healthy vegetarian food together which is optional for a short term renter.
We strive to keep our shared spaces clean and welcoming, but we’re not ultra minimalist or spotless.
That said, we believe deeply in shared responsibility, trust, and communication. House dynamics are navigated with kindness and honesty. We aim to handle any tensions with open hearted conversation and find calm solutions together.
✨ What We're Looking For
We’re seeking someone community minded, communicative and emotionally mature.
Someone who sees this as a home, not just a place to rent. We value:
✅ Sharing time together, communal meals, community projects, house cleaning, chats over tea and low key hangouts.
✅ Cooking for the house roughly once or twice a week (let us know if you want to take part)
✅ Willingness to participate in community house cleans, projects, offer input, and sometimes go with the flow
Experience in communal living or at least a serious curiosity is a big plus. Bonus points if you’re familiar with (or excited by) things like consensus-based decision-making, creativity, mental health, personal development, board games and movie nights.

Note: although the house is vegetarian, Equador cooks meat outside using an air fryer and has a small fridge for it in his room and an outdoor freezer. Just a heads up if you're strictly vegetarian.
🌎 Neighbourly engagement
We’re also involved with our wider neighbourhood, eg building a little free library and swap shelf at the front of the house. We believe that community isn’t just within our home, it's out there too.
🧡 Meet the Current Housemates
👨‍🔧 Michael (62): Our wise Irish-Buddhist plumber, ex-chef, and unofficial DIY guru. The longest standing member of the house and a grounding presence.
🎪 Equador (40): A full time entertainer specialising in bubbles and magic. Big on creativity, astral projection, supplements, and vibrant curiosities. Expect odd props, surprise experiments, and frequent home cinema vibes.
📽️Léo (42): Videographer and activist, likes wielding a camera at protests, running, dancing and Muay Thai.

Irham (32): An indonesian quiet guy who works as a product photographer and is very agreeable.

The House & Available Room
We live in a charming ground floor/basement flat in a Victorian terrace just a 15 minute walk from both Finsbury Park and Crouch End. The nearest station is Harringay (1 stop north of Finsbury Park), and we’re around 30 minutes cycling from central London.
The Living Space:
Light filled kitchen stocked with every spice and tea imaginable, plus a Vitamix, water filter tap, washer & dryer
Warm, cosy living/dining room with a massive 3m-wide projector screen
Often used for co-working, shared dinners, and chilled hangouts
The Vibe:
Calm, welcoming and accepting
Early-to-bed house with quiet evenings
Social and connected, but definitely not a party house
Not super quiet in terms of noise (a lived-in old house), so awareness and respect around sound is important
Heating:
The house is older and not the warmest, so we tend to layer up and make good use of hot water bottles. We sometimes put the central heating and occasionally use oil heaters in the rooms. If you thrive in a toasty, highly insulated environment, this might not be your perfect fit.
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The Room:
Medium/Small double
Carpet only 1 year old
Has big chest of draws
Double ottoman bed
Sound can carry from adjacent rooms, but we’re mindful and keep volumes low
No smoking indoors (one member smokes occasionally on the balcony)
Unfortunately, no pets allowed (landlord policy)
The garden is long and lush with a sunny balcony that catches the morning light. We’ve had more luck growing herbs than veg, but we love sitting out with tea, harvesting mint, or chatting as the bumblebees go by.
💸 Costs & Practical Details
Available from the 5th March 2026 for 1 to 3 months.
Cost £759 per month including rent and bills. Optional food contributions are £70/month.
£380 Rent paid 2 weeks in advanced, so 2 weeks up front with following weeks paid weekly with the last weeks rent paid for from the 2 weeks at the start.
No deposit needed other than the 2 weeks upfront.
Monthly options also available
📝 How to Apply
If this sounds like a potential fit, please message us through spareroom and include:
A bit about yourself eg your interests/passions, work, age and what drew you to our community
Your experience with communal or intentional living
What you’re seeking in a home/housemates
A picture of yourself is helpful but not essential
Any dietary restrictions or allergies we should know about
We take our application process seriously because community life requires care, communication, and intentionality. Please consider the level of involvement expected before applying.
👋 The Process
We’ll read through your introductions and shortlist potential housemates
A video chat with 1 or 2 of the housemates
We may invite you to meet us in person

We’re looking forward to meeting someone who’s excited to co-create a peaceful, playful, and purposeful communal home with us.
With love, laughter, and excellent housemates ever after,
💛 Equador, Michael, Leo and Irham

Location info

• Finsbury Park
• N4

Extra costs

Deposit

£380.00

Bills included?

Yes

Amenities

Furnishings

Furnished

Parking

Yes

Garden/terrace

Yes

Balcony/Patio

Yes

Disabled access

Living room

shared

Broadband included

Yes