[Daze]

Could anyone tell me the usual way to divide rent when there are different sized bedrooms in a shared house?

We have one very large double, one good double and one that is basically single (but will have a double crammed in).

We want to adjust the rent accordingly, to make it fairer for the person in the smallest room.

Thanks for any info!

[QMS]

[Cov]

A fair way would be to measure the sizes of the rooms ...

Room 1) a x b = c ... example: 2m x 4m = 8m2
Room 2) a x b = d ... example: 2m x 3.50m = 7m2
Room 3) a x b = e ... example: 2m x 3m = 6m2

(m2 = square meters)

c + d + e = f ... example: 8 + 7 + 6 = 21m2

f = the total suqare meters of all three rooms.

Now divide the cost for the whole flat by the number of square meters ... resulting in the cost per one single square meter.

example: £1000.- (per month) divided by 21m2 = £47.6 per m2

Last step: multiply the square meters per room by the cost per m2:

Rent for room 1:
a = 6m2
£47.6 x 6 = £285.6

You can't make it any fairer than that.

PS: of course you should vary the cost slightly up / downwards for any advantages / disadvantages next to this calculation.

[Cov]

Sorry, little correction ...

Rent for room 1:
c = 8m2
£47.6 x 8 = £380.80

This calculation is based on examples.
I presumed that the rent of £1000 would be per month and that all bills are included.
In order to get to the sum per week, the £380.80 in our example would have to be multiplied by 12 = £4569.60 (per year) and devided by 52 = £87.88 per week.

[montyzuma]

we rent out rooms and its the same rate for each room. as people leave guys move to the bigger rooms. Haven't had any complaints so far.

[QMS]