Housemate rent splitter

Split the total rent equally between everyone, or proportionally by each bedroom's floor area, the two most common methods. Read how to split rent fairly in a shared house for why the method matters and what to do with the number once you have it.

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How to split it

Enter the figures above to see the split.

This is a calculator, not advice. Neither method is an official rule — there is no government or housing-charity guidance mandating a particular split. On a joint tenancy, everyone remains liable for the whole rent regardless of how you divide it between yourselves; see the linked article for what that means in practice.