off-campus finances among roommate -- suggestions?

mathmom
Thu, 14 May 2009 17:21:21 +0000

When I lived in a group house we ate together five nights a week and had a fridge and staples shelf that covered that. We calculated meal costs about once a month and then divided it among meals actually eaten. (You could have guests or be absent as long as the cook was warned.) The eating group actually included some who didn’t live in the house, and it was one of my favorite experiences.

Otherwise we each had a shelf in the fridge and a shelf in the kitchen where we kept our own food. Too hard to keep track of other people’s eating habits. Because our house had so many bathrooms I think we bought our own toilet paper and cleaning supplies. For chores, I’m a big believer in charts, if someone hates bathrooms, but likes to wash windows I think you can arrange a system of trades.