I currently live in a house with 4 people - 2 in seperate rooms and 1 couple in a room together. They pay £300 for both of them and we pay £260 each. We moved in in October and since then I have been under the impression that all bills will be split 4 ways. We have a joint account into which all bills are paid and household things are bought. Been asking since October for printouts of this account and finally was given one this week.
It turns out that all bills have been split 3 ways instead of 4 with the argument that they only have 1 room so should pay 1/3 of all bills. I completely disagreed as we all use water, gas and electricity regardless of them sharing a room. I have put in £300 into the joint account over 6 months and they are wanting me to put in another £100, to which I refused. The other housemate (who is a mature student and doesn't seem to be short of money like me!) is fine with splitting them 3 ways but I am not! Who would you say is in the right and why?
PS I am still refusing to put in any money until bills are divided 4 ways. They never made it clear about how the bills were going to be split and I always assumed they would be split equally as that, to me, is common sense.
It turns out that all bills have been split 3 ways instead of 4 with the argument that they only have 1 room so should pay 1/3 of all bills. I completely disagreed as we all use water, gas and electricity regardless of them sharing a room. I have put in £300 into the joint account over 6 months and they are wanting me to put in another £100, to which I refused. The other housemate (who is a mature student and doesn't seem to be short of money like me!) is fine with splitting them 3 ways but I am not! Who would you say is in the right and why?
PS I am still refusing to put in any money until bills are divided 4 ways. They never made it clear about how the bills were going to be split and I always assumed they would be split equally as that, to me, is common sense.