Rumi Li

With three people, pick peak hours (say 6–9 a.m. and 5–8 p.m.) and give each person a fixed 20–25 minute block on weekdays, ordered by who leaves earliest; during those blocks keep showers to 10–12 minutes and grooming to 5 so the next person isn't delayed. If someone's schedule changes, they swap blocks in the group chat the night before, and a small whiteboard on the door that says "in use until HH:MM" stops the door knocks. Decide whether the bathroom is single-occupancy by default; if you're all comfortable, allow sink-only use while someone's showering with the curtain closed, otherwise it's one-at-a-time. Set quiet hours for noise makers like blow-dryers and electric shavers (for example, none before 7 a.m. or after 10 p.m.). Give everyone a labeled hook and ask that personal items live in shower caddies that go back to bedrooms so the surfaces stay clear. For shared supplies, agree that toilet paper, hand soap, cleaner, trash bags, and a drain hair catcher are communal, then either rotate who buys them weekly or put $5 each per month into a kitty that anyone can use to restock. Use a two-spare-roll rule: if you put the last spare on the holder, you replace the stash within 24 hours and note it on the whiteboard. Cleaning is a simple weekly rotation where one person does the full reset on a set day: scrub toilet, wipe sink and mirror, clean tub/shower, sweep/mop floor, empty trash, and restock; rotate A→B→C and swap weeks if you're away. Between deep cleans, everyone does a 60-second exit routine after each use: wipe the counter if wet, squeegee the walls or glass, pull hair from the drain, hang towels, and run the fan for 15 minutes. Guests follow the same rules, and if they need peak-time showers they get scheduled into a block like everyone else so nobody's surprised.