In this situation, everyone pays their portion of, for instance, oil money, to the account and the cheque for the oil is drawn on the account. Two signatures should be required on each cheque. You have a better idea of what things are costing, who has paid, etc. Agree to have house get-togethers at least every two weeks. Even if you do this only once a week, it will save you money.
Some households have a different person cook for all the others each night.
In a household of six, you might only have to cook once and then share duties with the others on the seventh day. Wheel T his is a new concept for some people. This would cover all the common areas for six people. Make two paper wheels, one larger than the other, with the six chores written on the one and the six housemates' names aligned on the other. This way everything gets done, but you don't personally have to do any one chore more than once every six weeks.