Roommate Agreement

Settle the money, the rules, and the exit before move-in. Fill in the details, watch the agreement compose itself, sign on screen, and download the PDF. Nothing is uploaded.

🏠 The basics

💵 Rent & deposit

💡 Utilities & bills

🏡 House rules

🚪 Leaving & extras

✍️ Signatures

About the Roommate Agreement Generator

Most roommate disasters were predictable on day one: nobody agreed on what happens when someone's partner basically moves in, or who covers the internet bill in whose name, or what "we'll split cleaning" actually means. A roommate agreement is the twenty-minute conversation that prevents the six-month cold war. This generator walks you through the questions worth settling, composes your answers into a clean, numbered document, and lets everyone sign on screen before the boxes are even unpacked.

What the agreement covers

Roommate agreement versus lease

The lease binds the tenants to the landlord; it says nothing about how the tenants divide life among themselves. Landlords famously do not care which roommate owes whom, and with joint leases everyone is usually liable for the full rent. The roommate agreement is where the internal split gets written down: shares, deposits, and household rules. Money terms between roommates are generally enforceable as a contract; the lifestyle rules mostly work because everyone signed them while still liking each other.

Sign it on screen

Every roommate gets a signature box: draw with a finger or mouse, or type a name and apply it in a signature style. Pass one laptop around the kitchen table, then download the finished PDF for everyone's records. Prefer paper? Print it and sign with a pen; the document works either way.

Private by design

A document containing full names, your address, rent amounts, and signatures should not be assembled on someone else's server. Here everything composes in your browser: the draft saves locally so you can finish it after the house meeting, the PDF is generated on your device, and nothing is ever uploaded. This is a general template, not legal advice, and rules vary by state and by lease.

Common questions

What should a roommate agreement include?

The money (rent split, due date, security deposit, utilities), the rules (quiet hours, overnight guests, pets, smoking, cleaning, shared food), and the exit (notice period, what happens if someone leaves early, when deposits come back). This generator walks through all of it and composes the answers into numbered sections.

Is a roommate agreement legally binding?

A signed agreement between roommates about money (rent shares, deposits, bills) is generally enforceable as a contract, while lifestyle rules mostly carry social weight. Its real power is preventing disputes: expectations in writing before move-in beat arguments after. This is a general template, not legal advice, and it does not replace your lease.

How is this different from the lease?

The lease is between the tenants and the landlord. A roommate agreement is between the roommates themselves: who pays what share, who gets which room, and how the household runs. Landlords do not care which roommate owes whom; this document is where that gets settled.

Can everyone sign it on screen?

Yes. Each roommate gets a signature box to draw with a finger or mouse, or to type their name in a signature style. Sign together on one device, or print the PDF and sign on paper.

Is any of this uploaded anywhere?

No. Names, addresses, rent amounts, and signatures all stay in your browser; the document is composed and the PDF generated on your device. A draft saves locally so you can finish it later.

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