Expensure for debt resolution. Just use it, don’t tabulate debts by hand, there is no need to.
If you are sharing groceries, set up a Google doc spreadsheet for the weekly grocery list.
Whiteboards are invaluable for sharing information in a household with people who are in and out intermittently, and can hold a weekly menu (again, if you’re sharing food).
Obligatory plug for our software: Chore distribution is kind of difficult; schedules sort of work, but they’re not ideal for giving people chores they dislike the least and allowing flexibility. If you’re interested in using a free market system to distribute chores, we wrote a web app for that purpose. We’ve used it for ~7 months to great effect. If you’re interested in using it, I will personally give you tech support.
The house I lived in last semester used all these things and was extraordinarily efficient at providing meals and a clean house to all residents.
Also, I second the comments about having official house rules negotiated explicitly, and setting times to renegotiate them if necessary. Reasonable people can have different preferences about states of the house/apartment, and when that happens it’s very important to air these concerns and come up with explicit solutions (or compromises if you absolutely have to).
Use tools wisely.
Expensure for debt resolution. Just use it, don’t tabulate debts by hand, there is no need to.
If you are sharing groceries, set up a Google doc spreadsheet for the weekly grocery list.
Whiteboards are invaluable for sharing information in a household with people who are in and out intermittently, and can hold a weekly menu (again, if you’re sharing food).
Obligatory plug for our software: Chore distribution is kind of difficult; schedules sort of work, but they’re not ideal for giving people chores they dislike the least and allowing flexibility. If you’re interested in using a free market system to distribute chores, we wrote a web app for that purpose. We’ve used it for ~7 months to great effect. If you’re interested in using it, I will personally give you tech support.
The house I lived in last semester used all these things and was extraordinarily efficient at providing meals and a clean house to all residents.
Also, I second the comments about having official house rules negotiated explicitly, and setting times to renegotiate them if necessary. Reasonable people can have different preferences about states of the house/apartment, and when that happens it’s very important to air these concerns and come up with explicit solutions (or compromises if you absolutely have to).