who gets the best room in the new house?

[Rave]

me and a few mates are moving into a new house soon, and need to sort out who gets which room, cuz some are alot better than others. any ideas on how we could sort it out fairly?

[Quizmonster]

Deal out the appropriate number of cards after thoroughly shuffling the pack. Turn them up and highest card - aces high - gets first choice of room. If two or more are equal, deal cards only to them on the same basis. Once Choice 1 is sorted out, do the same for Choice 2, 3 etc. What could be fairer than that? (That's assuming there are no mitigarting factors...eg if one of you is in a wheelchair, it would be unkind to consign him to the attic!)

[teag1rl]

And if one of you is going to be lumbered with sorting out all the bills and stuff it would be nice if they got to pick a nice room!

[Champagne]

Hi Rave. Housemates usually pay a bit extra for bigger and better rooms. Say you had a 3 bedroom house for �800 per month, with one very nice king size, one standard double and one not so nice but large single room. Instead of splitting the rent evenly 3 ways, you could say that it�s �300 per month for the king room, �270 for the double and �230 for the single.

[Bohne]

Set a price for each room, obviously more for better rooms, then when all are happy, draw for the rooms.

[ursula62]

Years ago, as a student nurse living in a shared house, we rotated rooms every few months so that everyone had a chance to use the biggest room. Don't know if that's an option for you to discuss with your housemates or not...