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Rent Distribution for College Apartment?

• The objective: My roommates and I are trying to figure out the fairest way to distribute the rent among us. The situation: In total, there's going to be three of us living together, that's including me. It's a two bedroom apartment with two bathrooms, a living room, and a kitchen/dining area. Both bedrooms are identical in every way except for that one of them has a bathroom/shower inside. I'm going to be living in the bedroom with the bathroom/shower inside, and my 2 roommates are going to share the other bedroom. The rent is $2,520/month + utilities. We are all of equal economic backgrounds. Apartment layout - http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/acoronado52/?action=view&current=MyApartment.jpg The problem: My roommates and I are trying to compromise on how we're going to distribute the rent. Their proposition is that I pay $1,260, and each of them pay $630. Their argument for this proposition being: If you had a roommate, we'd all be paying $630. Although the argument they're giving me looks fair on the surface, something about it just doesn't seem fair to me. My argument: We're still sharing the living room, kitchen, and dining area in three equal parts. They have all the exact benefits I have except for that their restroom is a couple of feet away (instead of inside the bedroom), they have to 'share' the restroom, and of course the main one being they have to share a bedroom. The first two exceptions are basically non-factorial, and the 'sharing of a bedroom' exception obviously has strong value. At my current position, I don't think that the above differences should equate to me having to pay $630 more than them. I have not yet shared this proposition with my housemates because I want another opinion. My proposition is that I pay $1,050, and they each pay $735. My argument being that since the only 2 things that we're not sharing in three equal parts are our bedrooms and our bathrooms, everything else should be paid for in three equal parts (just like utilities). As you can see from the picture of the apartment layout, the bedroom and bathrooms take about 50% of the apartment [not shared in three equal parts], with the other 50% being taken up by the hallway, living room, dining area, and kitchen [shared in three equal parts]. Based on these factors what seems reasonable is the following logic: to cut the total rent in half to equal the two "50%'s" ($2,520/2 = $1260). From there, we would divide the bedroom/bathroom's "50%" by two since that's how it's being shared ($1260/2 = $630). Continuing, we would divide the other "50%" by three, since that's how it's being used ($1260/3 = $420). Now finally, we would add what needs to be paid: I pay $630 since I'm one half of the bathroom/bedroom "50%" + $420 for being one third of the other "50%" = $1050 in total. They each pay $315 from the bathroom/bedroom "50%" since that's what their dividing with each other ($630/2 = $315) + $420 for being one third of the other "50%" = $735 in total. $1050 + $735 + $735 = $1520. **************************************… First of all thanks for reading all of that! Now, what I would like your help in is giving me your opinion on which proposition is fairer, or if neither is fair and you think you know of a a fairer way to distribute the rent, let me know. Thanks for your time!

• Answer:

  That sounds very reasonable to me. when/if you get a roomamte to share your room the rent should be divided by 4