Category Archives: Survey analysis
How To Split A Shared Vacation House
“Should we split the check?” This dinner table cliché is just one part of an age-old sharing conundrum: should group costs be divided evenly among all parties, or allocated based on actual usage? On holiday vacations with friends or other … Continue reading
Loud Sex And The Noise Calculator
Hey all – just posted an article on Forbes all about loud sex. That survey was also used to create the new Noisy Neighbors calculator. Very few survey respondents actually would offer to pay cash to a roommate based on disrupting … Continue reading
How To Share A Broker’s Fee
Today we answer our first question emailed to Dear Splitwise. Dear Splitwise, How does one split the broker’s fee fairly in a NYC apartment? If someone has their own bathroom, should they pay more, or is it split evenly by … Continue reading
Guests in bedrooms
I neglected to post a link here to my most recent Forbes article yesterday – the last in the three-part series on guests. In it, we consider the merits of cold mutton and show some data on the question of … Continue reading
How much to charge a couch crasher
Your friend asked on July Fourth if she could crash on your couch while she looked for an apartment. You didn’t mind her doing it and you didn’t ask her to pay anything. But now it’s August and she still … Continue reading
How the furniture calculator works
The new furniture calculator is an awesome tool for helping you move out of an old apartment. As we mentioned in the introductory post, the calculator takes three things into account: The purchase price of the furniture The change in condition/quality … Continue reading
Survey results – Split the Rent accurate to within 10%
Fairness is a funny thing. One person’s fair is another person’s rip-off. So it is important for a rent-splitting calculator to jive with a broadly intuitive sense of fairness. It can’t just be what I think is fair – or … Continue reading
