How should we split the rent?

[Househelp101]

I have been living with my best friend in a 2 bed flat for just over a year, all worked out fine. We pay the same rent, despite her bedroom being nearly twice the size of mine, which I was fine with when we moved in (we did discuss this and it generally hasn’t been an issue!).

Now her boyfriend is going to be moving in with us and we can’t decide how to best split the rent. In my ideal world, he wouldn’t be moving in but I’ve said yes and we get on very well! He’s been living with us in lockdown and it’s worked out well.

I would like to split the rent 3 ways, as I have a smaller bedroom (and with 3 of us, I’ll now have less space in general) and I’m being inconvenienced by him moving in. But, I appreciate that means they will be paying a lot more for their bedroom.

Any advice gratefully received! Thank you

In terms of rent they pay 60% between them and you pay 40%. This way you save on him moving in too. Other household bills (gas electric ct water etc) split 3 ways.

Or you can always work it out per room but youd probably get a similar figure tbh.

3 ways. You pay less. She pays less. You all win.

I agree with @3littlemonkeys82 you should just price it based on room size. If they chose to move out and someone else moved in unless it was another couple you’d end up going back to paying more

But definitely split the bills 3 ways so you benefit from having to share with an extra person

If they want to pay 50/50 based on number of rooms, tell them that’s fine and they can have the smaller one.

She's benefited from the last year, now it's your turn with 1/3 each. You have inconvenience to factor in too.

Agree with @3littlemonkeys82 as the bedroom is so much bigger (how they split their portion between themselves is upto them) but split all bills 3 ways.

50/50 rent between you and her and what he helps her out with is down to them. Nothing has changed in regards to rooms so one isn’t suddenly worth more.

Bills split equally between the three adults.

3 ways or he doesn't move in, its an inconvenience for you and they have a much larger room.

Nothing has changed with regards to rooms but a lot has changed regarding the number of people in the flat and the household dynamics! Can't believe anyone thinks OP should just carry on paying 50/50 rent as before?

3 ways.

3 ways. Boyf is an adult and should pay his way.

The rent and the bills should be split three ways. He gets use of the whole house (bathroom, kitchen, communal areas etc) not just their bedroom, therefore he pays a third of the rent and bills to live there.

Split 3 ways as an extra person will be using more gas/electric and water.

Yep, three ways seems most fair to me.