How to share apartment cost ....

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Two bed apartment. Shared bathroom, kitchen and lounge area. Couple sharing one room. Single in the other. Couple want to share the cost 50:50, ie they pay £50 and the single pays £50. Single thinks it should be more like £40 for the single and £60 for the double.
YANBU - the single has it right.
YABU - the couple have it right. Pay per bedroom.

50:50 rent, utilities and any other bills slot 3 ways

40/60 for rent. Bills split 3 ways.

If the couple think both rooms are of equal value then they can have the single.

The bedrooms are only one aspect of the flat. There's also the lounge, kitchen , hall maybe, bathroom etc. And there's two of them and one of the single person.

There's no way it should be 50:50

1. Due to the size difference of the rooms, especially that one is a single and one is a double
2. Due to the discrepancy in the amount of people. It's not like there's one person in one room, one person in the other (in which case you could work out rent by floor space quite easily).

I'd say 60:40 sounds about right for the rent split.

What @58PolPotNoodle says.
I think it should be a 3 way split for the bills and possible 60:40 for rent.

Are you talking a holiday or actually living together?

Couple should pay more. The couple have a bigger room I am guessing!? I think the single person Is being more then reasonable to say 40/60 because they are having to share other main areas such as kitchen and living room with 2 other people but still nearly pay 50% of the rent. 2 people are going to cause more wear and tear then a single person as well.

All bills should be split 3 ways.

Sorry but sounds like the couple are the ones here trying to pull a fast one over the single person.

40/60.

I once lived in a box room and paid the same amount of rent as a couple living in a bedroom over 3 times the size! I was a naive student and didn't think to question it. Bloody miserable it was!

The couple do have a larger room but they are sharing one larger space whereas the other room is enjoyed by one person

Depends on room size too. I agree with other poster that rent only 50:50 IF bedrooms same size. All other bills split 3 ways

If it’s a holiday then split 3 ways.
If it’s living together then split per bedroom. 50/50

Holiday- split the whole thing 3 ways.

Living together- rent split 50/50. Bills split 3 ways.

I'm not sure what the right split is but it isn't 50/50 imo. 60/40 is definitely fairer.

I had this situation and we split rent and bills three ways. We each had a bed, we each used utilities. 50/50 is in no way fair.

I was one of the couple by the way!

Even if it's living together, it's not 50:50. Two people don't become 1/2 a person because they're sleeping in the same room. They're taking up double the space in the shared areas, double the time in the bathroom, putting double the wear and tear on furniture etc.

60:40 is fair

To be honest if they are already being funny about splitting rent fairly there is no way in hell I would move in with them. This really doesn’t bode well.

Shared bathroom and different rooms sizes pushes it to 60:40 not 50:50. 3 way bill split no matter what.

Being a single sharing with a couple can be miserable. Avoid.

33.3333333333333 each

Then the couple can add there shares together.

Not enough info really.

Are the bedrooms same size, or different? Is this a holiday or a living arrangement?

If bedrooms are the same size, and bills are separate - then I would say 50/50 on the rooms, and bills split 3 ways.

If bills are included then I would say between 60/40 to 67/33 depending on how much difference there is between the rooms.

Tell them you will go split on square footage.
1/3 for all rooms and bills.
With bedrooms split by size.
They then can't dispute that.

Why do some people argue 50/50? How do you become half a person in shared living space?

Depends if it's double and single room or double and double. If the former 40-60, if the latter 50-50. Utilities 1/3 each person.

Why do some people argue 50/50? How do you become half a person in shared living space? confused

You are using them equally as they do. "50:50" on shared living space is absolutely normal. It is about private space

Clarification - sorry I didn't make it clear. It's a holiday and the bedrooms are of equal size.