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Plan a fair shared-house rota without the arguments

Someone never does the bins and the group chat is getting tense. Get a fair rota, a house agreement and a tactful message.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me make a fair rota for our shared house.

Housemates: [names, and who works shifts or is away a lot]
Shared spaces: [e.g. kitchen, bathroom, lounge, hallway]
Jobs: [e.g. bins, recycling, bathroom clean, hoovering, buying loo roll]
Bin day: [day]
What's causing friction: [e.g. dishes left, nobody does the bins]

Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Weight each job by time and grimness, so the rota is fair on effort, not just the number of jobs.
2. A four-week rotating rota table.
3. A swap rule and what happens if someone skips.
4. A six-line house agreement we can all sign up to.
5. A friendly, non-blaming message for the group chat suggesting the rota.

Only use the people and jobs I've given. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. names, and who works shifts or is away a lot: a short note you already have. e.g. kitchen, bathroom, lounge, hallway: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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