$1,600 / 1br - Secluded log cabin in community (Nevada City)

Built by hand out of real logs with a stone foundation on a boulder outcropping in simpler times. Wood floors, tall vaulted ceiling, stone fireplace, giant windows for gazing at the giant trees, sweeping patio with bar above a perennial creek. Deep solitude in a magical forest. The rustic two-room cabin has one big living room with a sleeping loft (this was a recent addition - no pics yet), fireplace and woodstove, plus a kitchen with a lovely Wedgewood wood/gas hybrid cooktop and oven. There's also a small bathroom with a composting toilet. This cabin is 100 yards from another cabin, but is otherwise quite remote (10 min walk) from the rest of the homes on the land. In that sense, it's suited to someone who likes the idea of living in community but is also attracted to isolation and privacy and is okay with being way out in the woods by yourself (or your family). There is a dirt road access to the cabin, but to preserve the serenity of that corner of the land we prefer a park and walk mode where you normally park a short walk away from the cabin. Or better yet, just bike there! The cabin is 250 yards from a beautiful perennial creek and swimming hole. PLEASE NOTE: This spot is lovely, but also rural and rustic and best for those with homestead experience. $1600 for one person, including most utilities (water, trash, high speed internet, but not propane; electricity for now but will soon be metered). Please inquire about additional adults (there's an additional $250 for an additional person). We are full up on dogs, but would consider a cat. ABOUT OUR LITTLE VILLAGE: We share and care for a large patch of forest on Nisenan Ancestral Homelands ten minutes from downtown Nevada City—biking distance from town yet out on the edge of civilization and into the wild South Yuba canyon. We are currently five families (with five children, ages 1-10) and a handful of single adults. In part because of the rigor of our process for welcoming new villagers and our collective practices discussed below—along with, no doubt, a healthy dose of good fortune—we have so far succeeded in gathering a lovely group of humans while avoiding many of the pitfalls and drama that often come with intentional community life. We value proactively attending to relationships, open-mindedness and non-dogmatism, honoring Indigenous people and wisdom, more bikes/fewer cars, social and racial justice, reducing ecological impacts of being modern humans and having more fun. To care for our relationship with the land, we regularly come together for work days and have a commitment for everyone in the village to participate in a minimum of eight hours of land work per month. We typically do this work together on Sundays, and it’s one of our primary ways of enjoying each other's company while connecting more deeply to the land itself. We pride ourselves on learning how to be exceptional stewards of the forest, and many of our work days involve thinning brush and doing controlled burns. Others involve things like building and caring for community spaces, and most all involve an opportunity to learn, practice or share new skills. To care for our relationships with each other, we also come together in Council several times per year and ask that everyone participate. These are not meetings, per se, but rather a chance to speak and listen from the heart. Land work and council are vital parts of our commitment to reciprocity, groundedness, honesty and accountability, which we hold as values that strengthen our community. SHARED COMMUNITY AMENITIES Organic community garden, greenhouse and orchard Fully equipped community kitchen Wood-fired hot tub Year-round creek Many miles of private biking and hiking trails 1500 sq ft community movement/music/study/work space Fully equipped wood/metal/sewing shop Three shared electric bikes and bike shop Cob and brick pizza/bread oven Two community fire circles Shared laundry Shared campsites Chicken coop Electric sawmill and logging equipment Grid-tied solar power with battery backup Low cost storage facility Shared farm truck Plus some other secret ones! If you are interested, please fill out *ALL* questions on this form (we will not respond until this is complete): https://forms.gle/BQXXnKc9wyqN5JbA9 If it seems like there’s a good potential fit after reviewing your responses, we’ll get in touch to set up an interview. We will ask for references.