The Roommate Agreement Builder turns the unspoken assumptions of shared living into a written, signed understanding. It covers the things that actually cause arguments — money, mess, noise, and guests — so a reminder later is just pointing at what everyone already agreed.
How it works
The agreement is assembled from your inputs into clear clauses:
- Rent split — even across all roommates, or custom shares per person (useful when rooms differ).
- Utilities and shared expenses — split evenly, by usage, or a fixed amount each, plus a rule for shared groceries or supplies.
- Chores — a simple rotation or fixed assignments so cleaning is shared, not assumed.
- Quiet hours — a nightly window when noise is kept low.
- Guest policy — how often and how long overnight guests may stay.
- Move-out — the notice a departing roommate must give and their responsibility until replaced.
Tips and example
- If one room is much larger or has an en-suite, weight the rent: e.g. on £900 total, the larger room pays £500 and the smaller £400 instead of £450 each.
- Set quiet hours around the earliest riser’s schedule, not the latest — it is the early start that suffers.
- Agree the overnight-guest limit (say, three nights a week) before it becomes a someone-basically-lives-here problem.
Notes
This is an informal agreement between co-tenants, not legal advice and not a tenancy with the landlord. It does not change your lease. Generated in your browser; nothing is uploaded.