Preparing for Suitemate Agreement Worksheet
This worksheet is to be completed by yourself before the second suitemate agreement meeting with your CSA. Please answer the questions honestly. The CSA will be using this to finalize the suitemate agreement for your suite/apartment.
How do you handle conflict when it arises?
How would you like someone to bring up an issue or concern they might have involving you?
What are some things that might trigger a negative reaction from you?
What does a successful apartment/suite community look like to you?
What does respect and civility mean to you?
What does a respectful and civil community look like?
Is your living space typically organized or messy?
Are you a morning or late night person?

Roommate/Suitemate Community Standards
Please look over the following questions. As a suite/apartment you will need to come up with an agreement on how certain matters in the suite/apartment will be taken care of. You will all need to sit down and come up with community standards that everyone in your suite/apartment can agree to. You will need to have discussed and created the community standards for your suite/apartment before your
CSA meets with you for the second suitemate agreement meeting. If you get stuck on a question and not everyone can come to an agreement, that item can be discussed further when the CSA is present.
Below is a list of topics that should be included when creating your community standards. Roommates should also sit down and come up with community standard for their individual rooms. The following questions should also be considered in this meeting as well.
Noise
What level of noise are you ok with?
How will you tell each other to be quiet?
When do you usually go to sleep?
Visitors/Guest
Are you ok with visitors in your suite/apartment?
Are you ok with roommate/suitemates just brining people over or do they need to ask first?
Are you ok with guests staying overnight?
How will we hold visitors/guests accountable to our suite/apartment community standards?
Community Area
What items are shared that everyone can use?
What personal belongings do your roommate/suitemates need to ask first before using or that are off limits?
If someone borrows an item what are some expectations you might have around that and them returning the item?
Is the food you buy for yourself or is it for everyone to use?

Safety
When leaving the suite/apartment it is important all doors are locked including sliding glass doors.
Are the bedroom doors going to be left open or are they always going to be closed when someone is not in the room?
Make sure you have your Seawolf ID with you at all times.
Do not lend out your Seawolf ID to anyone.
Do not give out your user name or password to anyone.
Are there any other items you would like to include that relate to safety?
Cleanliness
What is everyone’s definition of clean and then come to an agreement of what clean means for your suite/apartment.
What will your suite/apartment cleaning schedule look like?
What rules should be put into place regarding washing dishes?
Who is going to take out the common area garbage and when will that be taken out? Is this done on a rotating schedule? (Garbage should be taken to the dumpsters on a regular basis so that pests and ants do not enter the apartment.)
When will the kitchen be cleaned and who is responsible for that? Is this done on a rotating schedule?
(Kitchen should be cleaned on a regular basis so that pests and ants do not enter the apartment.)
When will the common area be cleaned and who is responsible for that? Is this done on a rotating schedule?
When will your bathrooms get cleaned and who is responsible for that? Is this done on a rotating schedule?
What are the expectations for the level of cleanliness for the bedrooms and common areas?
These community standards should be revisited frequently throughout the semester to make sure expectations are being met and to allow for changes to the community standards as needed. Anytime a new suitemate or roommate enters into the suite/apartment this process should be started from scratch to taken into consideration the new person’s thoughts and ideas.