Self-Operated Houses

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Self-operated houses, or self-ops, are undergraduate houses in which student residents(and non-resident eating associates), manage the operation of the house's meal service and hire a house cook. The members jointly establish a board plan and coordinate house jobs and the budgeting of finances. Like co-ops, self-ops offer residents the opportunity to develop skills in management and self-sufficiency. Unlike co-ops, where students cook for themselves and clean the house, house cooks prepare all required meals in self-ops and University custodial service is provided. The kitchen is generally open to students outside mealtimes and students may be required to hash.

Self-ops establish a kitchen schedule which requires that each resident volunteer for a daily, weekly, or quarterly shift. In some houses, the residents choose to use house funds to pay residents for house jobs. Each student contributes toward the order of the house, whether he pays a fellow resident for the work or does the work himself. The structure of the self-op also forces residents to interact more frequently and cooperatively with one another; jobs are rarely done individually.

Each self-op is unique, and the level and variety of social and educational activities varies according to student preference.

For staffing levels in Row houses review the Residential Education web pages.

Topics on this page:

General Information
House Facts
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General Information

Residence Name	Self-ops – Small Group Houses Map
Neighborhood	Central
Navigation Address	Various - see House Facts tab
Mailing Address	Students living in Row Houses (Upper Row, Lower Row, Clusters 1, 2, or 3/Cowell) are strongly encouraged to follow the directions for the mail and package process provided on the Mail Delivery and Shipping page, as the PO Box address is each student’s official Stanford address and should be maintained during their entire undergraduate career. However, Row residents are also able to have mail packages delivered directly to their Row house by addressing mail and packages to the house's street address. Please be reminded that Student Housing/the University accepts no responsibility for packages sent to/delivered at individual residences.
Housing Front Desk	The Row Housing Front Desk	680 Lomita, 717 Dolores, 1047 Campus, BOB (Robert Moore South), Durand, Grove, Haus Mitteleuropa, Jerry, La Casa Italiana, La Maison Française, Mars, Muwekma-Tah-Ruk, Narnia, Phi Sig, Roth, Slavianskii Dom, Storey, and Xanadu
	Stern Housing Front Desk	ZAP

Dining Service	Student residents and non-resident eating associates, manage the operation of the house's meal service and hire a house cook. For students interested in becoming eating associates, please see the house kitchen manager.
Class Configuration	Upperclass
Co-ed Type	Co-ed on each floor. Roth, all-female
Custodial Service	University managed

Furnishings			Each house is unique, but general furnishings in a typical student room include a bed, desk, chair, dresser or drawers, bookcase or bookshelves, closet or wardrobe, wastebasket and recycle bin. Bathrooms are communal; single-gender or co-ed.
Common Areas			Each house has a kitchen, dining room, lounge, computer cluster, and study area.

House Facts

All Self-operated Houses
Configuration	Upperclass house
Co-ed type	Co-ed on each floor. Exception: Roth House is all-female. BOB, Narnia currently have gender-neutral housing assignments available in two-room doubles.
Resident Staff	Student staff for Non-Theme Houses; Resident Fellows/Faculty Affiliates for Theme Houses.

Addresses and Year built (Non-theme houses)

House	Address	Year Built
680 Lomita	680 Lomita	1963
717 Dolores	717 Dolores	1915
1047 Campus	1047 Campus	1965
BOB (Robert Moore South)	566 Mayfield Ave	1976
Durand	634 Mayfield Ave	1911
Grove	584 Mayfield Ave	1907
Jerry	658 Lomita Ct	1965
Mars	553 Mayfield Ave	1896
Narnia	1135 Campus Dr	1963
Phi Sig	1018 Campus Dr	1896
Roth	713 Santa Ynez	1909
Xanadu	558 Mayfield Ave	1976
ZAP	710 Bowdoin St	1967

Addresses and Year built (Theme houses)

House	Address	Year Built
Haus Mitteleuropa	620 Mayfield Ave	1910
La Casa Italiana (Robert Moore North)	562 Mayfield Ave	1976
La Maison Française	610 Mayfield Ave	1909
Muwekma-Tah-Ruk	543 Lasuen Mall	1896
Slavianskii Dom	650 Mayfield Ave	1900
Storey House	544 Lasuen Mall	1900

Note: There are also self-ops within the Greek residences at Stanford. See the Residential Education’s Self-Operated Housing page for more information.

Images of Self-Ops

Self-Operated Non-Theme Houses

680 Lomita Dr.	717 Dolores St.

1047 Campus	BOB

Durand	Grove

Jerry	Mars

Narnia	Phi Sig

Roth (all female)	Xanadu

ZAP
Self-Operated Theme Houses

Haus Mitteleuropa	La Casa Italiana

La Maison Française	Muwekma-Tah-Ruk

Slavianskii Dom	Storey