Info for Prospective Tenants

What makes Lion Canyon different?

It's truly fully furnished.

Even at the nicer rentals, "fully furnished" includes major furniture only. At Lion Canyon, we provide almost everything you need, and you won't need to bring much more than what you would bring to a hotel. See Furnishings for details.

You must follow some rules.

Most rules are the same as anywhere else, but there are some extra rules that all seek to:

• Prevent nuisance to your neighbors
• Prevent damage to your home or furnishings
• Keep cats safe and healthy

Please read all these rules carefully. Ideally, you will see these rules as easy to follow and be thankful you will be living somewhere rules like these are enforced.

However, if these rules seem like a burden to you, then we highly encourage you to look elsewhere, because essentially no other homes in the area have these rules.

It's heaven for cats.

The most unique aspect of Lion Canyon is the collection of special features for cats built into every home.

However, it is important to note that it's not all about cats here. It is crucial to our mission that these homes appeal to everyone, especially people who do not have cats. (In fact, one of the top design principles is "Human needs come first.") All features for cats have been designed to have secondary uses, or at the very least, to go unnoticed by people who do not have cats.

So, if you have a cat you love, living here should be a lifechanging experience, and should feel like an absolute bargain (for San Diego) for the features you get here that you literally can't find anywhere else.

However, even without a cat, the regular features of the homes are enough to make them a great place to live and a good value compared to other options in the area.

All profits benefit animals.

To have any chance of convincing larger developers to copy the model, the homes developed through this project must operate profitably. However, all profits will go toward promoting animal welfare.

Charity begins at home (or, in this case, at Haven Homes), so the first animals to benefit will be those living at Lion Canyon through the following benefits, provided at no cost to the tenants.

Misc.

I'm sorry it's not more affordable.

I'm sorry I even have to charge at all. Show chart of costs, illustrating how land, fees, and minimum construction costs would have made even the most modest homes expensive. Since I couldn't make them truly affordable, I decided instead to make the extraordinary at a reasonable price. However, larger builders with their much larger economies of scale can copy this strategy and execute it much more affordably.