Bibliomansion

This page is for the residents of the Bibliomansion.

TODO

before moving in

• DONE (2015-10-26): review and sign the lease

• DONE (2015-10-26): pay security deposit (Mika) and first month rent (Bryan)

• assign rooms

There are 4 bedrooms (three on 1st + one of 3rd floor), a dining room (2nd floor), and a living room (2nd floor).

Decide which extra room will be the common/guest room.

Room	Pros	Cons	Comments
Small room (1st floor) (Probit)	Probably cheapest. Wood floor.	Smaller than the other rooms. Small windows.	Has a closet. Next to the front door and the bathroom.
Medium size room (1st floor) (Logistic)	Has glass doors facing the first floor balcony. Wood floor.	May be cold during the winter?	Has a closet? Next to the bathroom.
Big room (1st floor) (Maximum Likelihood)	Large. Has glass doors to the first floor balcony. Wood floor.	The access to the laundry room is only through this room.	Could be used as a common room/library. Has a closet.
Medium size room (3rd floor) (Poisson)	Has a nice bathroom with a bathtub. Has a fireplace. Has a walk-in closet.	Carpet. The access to the roof is only through this room. Far from the front door.	Could be used as a common room/library. Sliding door.

• decide rent division

Divide equally for the first month and discuss further when we are all in town at the end of November?

• set up:

1. internet (see below)
2. electricity
3. gas
4. water
5. garbage/recycling pickup. Ask for containers too.

2-5 can be set up on the city's utility website?

• get the maintenance person's info

His name is Sergey, number is 253-797-3704

after moving in

• set up an electronic transfer to the landlord for rent. Pavel will let us know the account number.

• make sure that the front door lock works.

• house projects!

weekly dinner?

grow hops and brew beer!

books recommended by Kit (Mako's brother): "Radical brewing" by Randy Mosher and "For the Love of Hops" by Stan Hieronymus

• Don't forget to...

update voter registration district

register for USPS mail forwarding (online or at post office)

register for UPS "my choice" shipping controls (for your name)

change bank/credit-card billing addresses

update shipping addresses (eg, for subscriptions, paypal)

• get internet!

will recommended comcast business

Verizon: not available (region)

Cascadelink: not available (condo/apmnt buildings only)

WaveG/CondoInternet: not available

Reallyfast: not available

Note: M&M own a cable modem

Provider	Bandwidth	Cost	Notes
Comcast	75/5 mbps	$50 (1yr)
Comcast	150/10 mbps	$60 (1yr)	$10 self-install. Native IPv6
Comcast	250/20 mbps	$110 (2yr)
Comcast Business	50/10 mbps	$110	No caps
Comcast Business	75/15 mbps	$150	No caps
Comcast Business	100/20 mbps	$200	No caps; $20/month static IP, or 5 for $25/month
Wave Cable	100/5 mbps	$45 (1yr)	300 GB cap
Wave Cable	100/10 mbps	$70 (1yr)	1 TB cap
CenturyLink	100/? mbps	$70 (1yr)	Same up-front costs and install date as 1000gbps
CenturyLink	1000/1000 mbps	$110 (1yr)	$20 activation; $100 modem; $60 setup; Nov 18th earliest; "non-commerical" and "no servers" TOS

(NB: 1000GB/month is about 3mbps continuous) (some Comcast info from dslreports.com)

Payment

due

• December rent (2015-12-01 by electronic transfer).
• utility payment

paid already

• Bryan has paid $4000 for the Nov rent.
• Mika has paid $4000 for the security deposit.
• Lucy has paid $200 in application fees

INFRASTRUCTURE

Hardwick's has some nice benches which could go inside the front door for shoe changing. $90-100, unfinished. Also some smaller (lower) unfinished bookshelves.

UW surplus place is great for cheap large sturdy metal bookshelves, on the cheap. Also maybe a microscope.

There are some LED lights, but still a lot of halogens around, which will probably suck a lot of power. B bought some small LED replacements to experiment with in bathrooms; haven't gotten anything yet for rail-mounted lights. Cost of electricity for one year could justify upgrades for these bulbs ("3hr a day"), and maybe others.

Discussion

(I've boldly nicknamed the rooms to help talk about them here. I'm not attached to the names.) My suggestion is to use Poisson as an office and reading room and as a guest room. The room has the most light, it's own bathroom, and is on the way to the room deck. Having it as shared space means we'll have common space that is not part of the giant open room on the second floor which can be used for quiet work or reading while others are eating, cooking, or hanging out. It also means that the roof will be more accessible since it will not involve walking through folks room and that the fancy bathtub is available to everybody in the house. The room also has tons of light and a fireplace and would be a fantastic reading space. I also like that it would make all the bathrooms fully shared. The downside to this is that the laundry will be through ML (which will be somebody's room) but I suspect that it's easier to shift around when one does laundry to match somebody's sleep schedule than it is shift around when one wants to hang out on the roof which will more frequently be at night. In that situation, it seems that M&M and B&L will take ML and Logistic (I have no real preference) and W would take Probit. I won't be upset if we do things differently but that's my current thinking. —mako๛ 10:40, 30 October 2015 (EDT)

I like the names. I'm ok with either room being a common/guest room. We can also try out one idea and switch if it's not working out? Mika (talk) 12:38, 30 October 2015 (EDT)

I was thinking that Poisson(3) would be cramped as a guest with a bed/futon plus chairs, but looking at it today I think it would be ok. Futon probably best. There is a huge closet up there, not sure if we'll find good use for that communally. An appeal of ML(1L) as common space to me is that there is lots of room for projects and tools (electronics, sewing, bikes, anything wood or drilling or painting); we don't have a garage or basement, and it's often wet outside even under the car port. I'd in particular like to have an electronics desk somewhere with microscope; I think there might be enough room up in Poisson(3). L also, eg, paints. Carpet is bad to have around any liquids or food or tiny parts; we could just be careful or put down a mat though. I assume we'll have a standing desk and maybe table in the 2nd floor common space, maybe that'll be enough. —bnewbold 17:17, 30 October 2015 (EDT)

Splitting even the most expensive Internet 5 ways would be reasonable. I don't think we need something that is that fast but what we get for half the price is much less than half as good. I'm completely OK with anything. —mako๛ 10:46, 30 October 2015 (EDT)

The fiber is very appealing to me because it's so rarely an option, but I also don't want to wait, and it is expensive. If we do Comcast now we'll have something ASAP; after one year the price with them would go up, so that would be a good time to switch, and we could start the fiber install a month early so there is no gap. I have a reasonable need for internet the second week of Nov for video calls. B+L also own a cable modem. —bnewbold 17:17, 30 October 2015 (EDT)