The Quarters

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The Quarters is a home designed for a group of four people, such as students or traveling professionals, who want a fully furnished place to live but don’t want to waste money on space and features they don’t need.

To promote harmony between four people who are sharing a small living space with each other (and up to two cats), everything that is shared is designed to be split in half, then half again.

The bedrooms are designed to be as equal as possible, with each room having one distinct advantage over the others.

The rooms are small, but their usability and comfort are greatly enhanced by the premium Murphy beds, which provide incredible utility while taking up little space.

Traditional Features

Overview

  • Four bedrooms, two bathrooms—one with a tub; one with a shower.
    • Two bedrooms and one bathroom fully remodeled in 2022: Brand new floors, ceilings, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, bathrooms, windows, lighting, and paint throughout.
    • Other two bedrooms and bathroom are brand new.
    • Brand new kitchen with quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances.
  • Several special features that make living with cats easier and more enjoyable for everyone.
  • Excellent location with plentiful street parking.
  • Includes water, gas, and trash service. You pay only for electricity, which is greatly offset by a large solar panel system.
  • Also includes free access to the fastest internet service in the area: Gigablast from Cox.
  • Can be combined with adjoining unit (Princess Place) for a total of 8 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and two full kitchens.

Energy Savings

  • Large solar panel system gives free power throughout the day.
  • Brand new double-paned windows provide great insulation.
  • Brand new HVAC systems are incredibly efficient.
  • LED lighting throughout home consumes very little power.
  • Tankless water heater only operates when you need it.

Comfort & Health

  • Individual HVAC systems in each bedroom let everyone be comfortable without wasting energy.
  • Lighting throughout the home is recessed and dimmable.
  • Dim-to-warm lights in bedrooms: These lights automatically turn from cool white to warm yellow light as you dim them, which feels more comfortable and doesn’t interfere with sleep like regular LED lights.
  • Luxury vinyl flooring throughout the home is beautiful and durable.
  • All materials used throughout home are easy to clean.
  • Tankless water heater never runs out of hot water.
  • Premium whole house water filter and salt-free softener ensure high water quality. (To be added in 2023.)
  • Easy access to shared 1,250 sq. ft. raised patio with 600 sq. ft. covered outdoor living area.
  • Sitewide noise restrictions enforced by on-site management ensure the quiet enjoyment of your home.

Convenience

  • Incredibly convenient location.
  • Washer & dryer in unit.
  • Large closets in every bedroom, plus abundant common storage space.
  • On-site management to address any problems.

Special Features for Cats

In additional to the free benefits for cat owners available to all residents of Lion Canyon, The Quarters include several features designed to solve the problems associated with living with many cats, helping to make you and your pets happier and healthier.

Litter Closet

It’s hard to imagine having many cats without feeling like you’re living in a litter box, but it’s possible with a litter closet.

These tiny bathrooms for cats can be constantly ventilated to create negative air pressure, which means absolutely no air or odor escapes. This is accomplished using a hyper-efficient fan that costs less than a penny a day to operate.

With a litter closet, the only time you will ever smell or even see your litter boxes is when you clean them. With automated litter boxes (which we can provide), a single litter closet can usually be used by multiple cats—even ones that haven’t liked to share before—and all three litter closets are large enough to fit automated litter boxes.

Each room having a litter closet means that even if any cat gets accidentally stuck in any bedroom upstairs, they’ll have access to a litter box.

Learn about litter closets to find out more about how they work to eliminate litter box odor in your home.

Scratch Stations

Cats have an instinctual need to scratch—it is necessary to maintain the health of their claws, plus scratching relieves anxiety and boredom.

This home features a scratch station, which provides a consistent, safe place your cats can rely on to take care of this need whenever the urge arises. The station has a universal scratch pad holder that works with any size of pad and holds them at the ideal position for most cats to get the most out of scratching.

The scratch station is located inside the litter cabinet, which lets cats clean their claws immediately after using the litter box rather than track dirty paws around the house. This location also keeps ugly scratch pads out of sight, plus it will keep shredded cardboard and catnip flakes contained to further help keep your home tidy.

Solarium

Cats love to be up high, lay in the sun, and sniff fresh air. Your cats can do all this safely from the solarium which has been custom-built to fit the window of one of the bedrooms and will be installed at no charge upon request.

Configurable Cat Living Spaces

Another regular problem in households with multiple cats is the need to keep certain cats away from others, such as when you get a new cat, when two cats aren’t getting along, or when a cat is sick or injured.

Each bedroom upstairs has a cat door that be opened to allow access or locked to create a confined area. Along with the pet gate and an additional cat door between two of the bedrooms, there are 32 possible door configurations, allowing you to easily create different living areas as your needs change.

As many cats as can get along with each other can enjoy the full benefits of the upstairs cat environment, and any that need to be on their own can easily be quarantined without changing anything but a cat door lock lever.

This flexibility allows you to provide an enriching living space for all your cats, even when confined, which is vitally important for their well-being. Cats can be perfectly healthy and happy living indoors their entire lives, but only if they have access to a sufficiently varied environment.

On top of giving access to more spaces, even the doors themselves are a source of enrichment, especially with cats who like to play with objects and chase each other. In addition to relieving boredom, when left unlocked these doors can also help relieve anxiety by making it impossible for a cat to be trapped in a room accidentally.

Cat Tunnel with Brush

The litter closet is accessed via a decoratively trimmed tunnel that is lined with a stiff brush, so your cats can groom themselves every time they go in and out.

You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much this brush reduces the amount of loose cat hair in the home. With multiple cats in the household, you’ll see a big difference immediately.

Cat-Friendly Policies

Two policies help maximize the health and happiness of your cats. First, no dogs (other than trained service animals) are allowed. Second, sitewide noise restrictions are enforced to ensure neither you nor your cats experience any unnecessary anxiety.

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More Information

Make sure to read about the location and the free benefits for cat owners.

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