Chores the house actually does, without a house cop
Add the chores, give them to people and set how often they rotate. Add the house events too: bin night, the inspection, the day the gas bill's due. Homerun reminds whoever's up, so nobody in the house has to be the house cop.
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This week
- Kitchen and benchesMia · rotates MondayDone
- BathroomSam · rotates MondayDue Sunday
- Bins outWednesday 7pm · yellow lidHomerun reminds
- Rental inspectionTue 14 Oct · 10am to 12pmWhole house
Chores get agreed, then quietly forgotten
SamWhose turn is bins? 🗑️
Sam…the truck's gone past
Every house has had the meeting. A roster goes on the fridge, everyone means it, and three weeks later the bins haven't gone out twice and the same person has cleaned the bathroom three times.
The list was never the problem. Someone has to notice, and the person who notices becomes the nag. Nobody wants that job, so the job doesn't get done.
How chores work in Homerun
Chores
- Kitchen and benchesWeekly · rotates MondayMia's turn
- BathroomWeekly · rotates MondaySam's turn
- Floors and hallwayFortnightlyPriya's turn
- Bins outWednesday 7pm · yellow lid this weekHomerun reminds
Add the chores
Kitchen, bathroom, floors, bins. Give each one a housemate and a rhythm: weekly, fortnightly, whatever the house decides.
This week
- Kitchen and benchesMia · rotates MondayDone
- BathroomSam · rotates MondayDue Sunday
- Bins outWednesday 7pm · yellow lidHomerun reminds
- Rental inspectionTue 14 Oct · 10am to 12pmWhole house
Add the house events
Bin night, the rental inspection, the day the gas bill is due. Anything with a date that the whole house needs to know about.
HomerunBins go out tonight, yellow lid. Sam, the bathroom is yours this week, due Sunday.
YouOn it
Homerun does the reminding
A message to whoever is up, when it is their turn. A message to the house before an inspection. The reminder comes from the app, not from a housemate.
What chores and reminders handle
A roster that rotates itself
Set the rhythm once. Homerun moves each chore to the next housemate and tells them.
Bin night
Which bin, which night. Homerun posts the reminder every week so the bins go out without a group chat.
One-off house jobs
The blown light globe, the leaking tap the agent needs to hear about. Add it, assign it, done.
Inspections and house dates
The rental inspection, a lease renewal, the day a bill is due. On the house calendar and in everyone's reminders.
A record of what got done
When a chore is marked done, the house sees it. Nobody has to prove they cleaned the bathroom.
Missed turns stay on the list
A chore that did not happen stays assigned and Homerun asks again, so it does not quietly fall to whoever notices.
Coming soon
- Add a chore or task by texting Homerun on WhatsApp
Keeping a house clean, the old way and with Homerun
The old way
- A roster on the fridge, made in a burst of optimism
- Two weeks of everyone doing their bit
- The bins do not go out. Nobody says anything
- Someone says something. It lands badly
- The same person ends up cleaning the bathroom every time
- The roster comes off the fridge
With Homerun
- Add the chores and the rhythm once
- Homerun reminds whoever is up, every time
The WhatsApp assistant
Ask what's on this week
Text Homerun on WhatsApp for the roster, whose turn it is or when the bins go out. It answers from the house's own list.
YouWhose turn is the bathroom?
HomerunSam this week, due Sunday. Bins go out Wednesday night, yellow lid.
Sound familiar?
Tick one and this page was written for your house.
You are the one who notices the bins did not go out
Your last roster lasted three weeks
Five of you share a house and the cleaning is not sharing itself
You would rather a reminder came from an app than from you
You want the house to keep running when you are away
Yep, that's us.
Common questions
How do you make a fair chore roster for a sharehouse?
List the jobs the house actually cares about, give each one a rhythm, and rotate so nobody is stuck with the same one. Then put the reminding on something other than a housemate. Homerun does the rotating and the reminding, which is the part that usually breaks.
Does Homerun remind us, or only hold the list?
It reminds. Whoever is up for a chore gets a message when it is their turn, and the whole house gets one before a shared date like an inspection.
Can it remind us on bin night?
Yes. Set which bin and which night once, and Homerun reminds the house every week.
What happens if someone misses their turn?
The chore stays assigned to them and Homerun asks again. It does not quietly move to the housemate who noticed.
Can we change the roster when someone moves in or out?
Yes. Add or remove a housemate and the rotation adjusts. The chores stay with the house.
Are chores and reminders free?
Yes. Chores, house events and reminders are part of the free Homerun app.
Nobody has to be the house cop.
Add the chores once and let the reminders come from Homerun.
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