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One thing that I do is to have the utilities averaged so you pay the same amount every month. The gas, electric and water do this by looking at the last 12 months' usage, and averaging. That way, the rent and the utilities are fixed each month. Cable is a luxury, so we don't have it, and each person has their own space in the refrigerator; it's taboo to eat food not your own. Works out pretty well. Most of the furniture in the apartment is mine so I factored that in when when splitting the rent.