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Rent. Most apply agree this is irrelevant, however those saying he will use extra communal space - I imagine for that he uses his partner's kitchen stuff and toiletries, and unless he is (wanting to/ in the) shower at the same time as other people want to be in the shower, I imagine he is mostly using the existing 'slack' time of the bathroom. There is no justification for charging him rent, as he causes no increase in rent or non-trivial decrease in facilities - and in some cases landlords will rent rooms out to couples for the same price as single people.
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Water. This will vary by area, however the majority of students I have known have had a fixed water bill. As it is based on the rateable value of the property, then the cost will not have increased due to this presence. For metered bills, then only a certain part is actually linked to the use of water - so you should only split into 6 the portion related to 'usage' of the water, not the whole bill.
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Gas (where used). This is going to depend a lot of what the gas is used for. For central heating, there will be no increase due to the boyfriend, unless he puts it on a lot unilaterally. This will be the biggest gas expense from the boiler. Depending on how old your boiler is, then hot water (excluding standing charge) is likely to cost around £10/month - possibly less. As such, the increase for one extra person is going to be a rather small amount ~£1/2 quid If you use a gas cooker, he might again generate a small increase in the gas bill - but again I don't think this will amount to an increase of more than £5/month.
[*} Electricity. This is the big one - but again usage increase will depend on what he does. Watching TV with his partner is no more expensive than the partner watching TV alone. Charging his phone costs about 20p per 100 hours of charging. Lights cost about 20p per 50 hours if you have energy efficient light-bulbs. Unless you have reason to suspect he is using lots of electricity for something of his own, then how do you know he is increasing your bills?
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