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Sharing a place. What it really costs to live with someone rather than on your own, and who owes what when the bills land — split evenly, or by whatever share you agree.
Flatmate or on Your Own?
Compare the rent and bills you would split with a flatmate against what the same place costs you on your own, and what the difference comes to over a year.
Open calculator →Flatmate Bills — Who Pays What
Add everyone sharing the place and the bills that arrive, then see what each person puts in — split evenly or by a percentage per person.
Open calculator →What sharing a place comes to
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What does the extra space cost?
Sharing is $650 of rent and $90 of bills a week, your half of which is $370. Living alone is $520 and $70, which comes to $590. The difference is $220 a week, or $11,440 a year.
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What does a shared flat cost a week?
The page’s own defaults — $650 of rent a week, $120 of power and $80 of internet a month, $60 of water a quarter — come to $36,440 a year, or $700.77 a week: $350.38 each between two people.
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Evenly, or by income?
On $95,000 and $60,000 a year, an income split is 61% and 39%. The higher earner pays $427.47 a week and the lower one $273.30, against $350.38 each down the middle — $77.08 a week apart.
Work it out: Flatmate bills →
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