Household agreement
The household's own written agreement, a ledger of shared purchases and a chore rotation. Everything you type stays in this browser; print it and give everyone a copy.
Essential on a first pass for a shared home: the agreement fields for rent, utilities, chores, guests, quiet hours and the review date. The ledger and the chore rotation can wait for the first month. A household of one skips this page and uses the household-of-one section of Sharing a home.
Agreement
One answer per topic, in a sentence or two (Sharing a home). It is the household's own agreement, not a legal contract, and it does not change who is responsible under the lease.
Shared purchases ledger
One row per shared purchase (Sharing a home). Settle up on the day the agreement says, then check the row.
Chore rotation
One row per shared chore (Sharing a home), with the minutes it takes so the weekly load can be compared. Write a name in each week's column; the chore time calculator adds it up.
How to use this sheet
- A sentence per topic. Write what the household agreed in words everyone would sign: "Quiet hours 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weeknights."
- Split method and date. Name the method (equal, area-weighted with the common share stated, or proportional to income), the amounts, and the date everyone agreed.
- Ledger. One row per shared purchase, with who paid and who shares it. Settle on the day the agreement says, then check the row.
- Chore rotation. One row per shared chore with its minutes, so the weekly load can be compared. Write a name in each week's column.
- Review date. Set one about four weeks out and change the sheet rather than starting a new one.
The example rows are Priya, Sam and Theo's (fictional): three roommates on one joint lease in a rented house, rent $2,400 a month. Their ledger shows Sam buying dish soap, sponges and trash bags for all three, and Theo buying a liner shared with Sam (Priya has her own half bath). Their rotation lists the kitchen reset, the shared full bath and the trash, with names by week. Their agreed split, an area-weighted split at a 50 percent common share, is worked through in Sharing a home.
The agreement is the household's own; it is not a legal contract and it does not change who is responsible under the lease. A dispute about money owed or the lease goes to the landlord, mediation, legal aid or small-claims court. This manual does not say which split is fair.