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I often have underage male ESL students, and most of their parents don’t want them staying in homes with single females. So to respect these preferences, I am currently only looking to home-share with a male or couple. Also please note that as I’m a chef and I provide full dinner every night, kitchen privileges are limited to preparing light breakfast (which I provide) and occasionally bag lunch (which I can also provide for an extra charge.)

I do NOT accept smokers, and ask guests to not use fragrances, or even aerosol spray, as I am allergic. Guests are asked to respect the cleanliness and order of my home by removing shoes (bring slippers!) and keeping noise from computer, music and phone low enough that others outside the room cannot hear. Quiet hours are between 10 pm & 8 am. Breakfast is self-serve: coffee/tea/milk, bread/pastry, fruit. Guests clean up after breakfast: put dishes in dishwasher and wipe counter & table. Please do not leave dishes in sink or crumbs on table/counter, or bring food into your room. As dinners are included and significant effort goes into their preparation, guests help by alternating between setting the table, washing dishes, and taking out recycling & sweeping floor. There are usually 2-3 guests total, so this is on a rotating schedule. I’m a professional chef and enjoy cooking, but am temperamental about sharing my kitchen, so guests have limited kitchen access: they prepare a self-serve breakfast but I cook dinner. Dinner is between 7:00 and 8:00 pm. If you won’t be home for dinner, please notify me the night before. Because my refrigerator is almost always full with food for my work—and for my guests—I do not save dinner for lunch the next day. Dinner is served at night; if you don't come home for dinner, it is not available to be eaten for lunch the next day. Please sign up by Thursday night for weekend dinners so I can buy food and plan meals. Please clean up after yourself in the bathroom: do not leave hair in the sink or bathtub. Guests who stay longer than a week clean their own rooms during their stay, including dusting and vacuuming. Please get permission before bringing any guests home. Sleepovers of un-registered guests are not allowed. Cell phones are not allowed at the dinner table. Do not put hot pots, especially the kettle, on the countertop or breakfast table. Make tea or coffee on the stainless steel table. If you burn the surface and it leaves a mark, you will have to pay for the repair.