Partner working away, should I halve his bills?

[CCSheff89]

Hi, my partner and I have been together for 4 and a half years. I bought a house early in the relationship and he moved in shortly after and has been paying half the mortgage and bills. He's saving up a deposit to buy on to the mortgage with me. However he doesn't pay for furniture/home improvements etc. He has a new job where he will be working away 4 days, home for 4 days and so on. The job pays for his food and accomodation while he's away. I have always earned more than him but in thus new job he'll be earning more than me. I'm wondering if since he'll only be living wiyh me half the time, should I half his bills like broadband, water, council tax, gas and electric etc? So i pay 75% and he pays 25%? It seems silly him paying the same as me when he won't be here half the time?

Hmm if he lived by himself he'd still have to pay all the bills even if he worked away like you describe.

In any other accommodation would he have to pay those bills if he was there or not ( Broadband and tv the answer is def yes). If you are planning a future together then I think bills should stay as they are. If you are feeling generous then a ( very) small reduction to reflect reduced gas electric. But certainly this set up seem more land lady, tennent than partners in a grown up relationship ( particularly if his income is going up anyway.

But no one else can live there while he is not there

He doesn't have to pay living expenses, so it's only fair he still contributes

Ask him what he wants! Its different if its a business relationship or you are struggling to survive but if you are together then just see what he thinks.

Will he have costs to living away or is that covered by his employer.

I'd say no, the house costs the same (more or less) whether he's there or not, but would reach a compromise (not half) if he's going to have bills for where he's living in the week

Sorry, you answered that! So no, he still pays but I agree ask him, alythough I wouldn't be happy if he wanted to cut his contribution.

Some bills are a flat rate, like council tax and broadband. He'd have to pay those anyway, so continue going halves on those.
Some bills depend on underage, like electricity, so maybe it's fairer for you to pay more. But the standing charge should be split equally, with an element for what gets used anyway- so the freezer still needs to be on, for example, whether he's there or not. And his washing will still get done , he'll bring it back with him. The insurance still has to be paid, too.
You can be scrupulously fair, but I wonder who's idea the new split is - if it's his, it does sound a bit penny pinching,bearing in mind he benefits from you paying repair costs etc.

But he wouldn’t be able to do that in any other living situation. Bills and tax are paid on the property whether you’re there or not.

But ultimately up to you if you’re happy to pay more!