u/IndependenceThen328

I, a 20 year old student, just moved into a new house and signed a 1-year lease. I’ve had extreme roommate experiences (previous roommate tried to attack the downstairs tenant with a metal baseball ball and was restrained by their partner, etc.) and my new roommates (also students) seem to be very nice. I really don’t want to have a bad experience. However, I was texting one of them today about how we’re gonna be communicating about paying each other for our share of utilities (each is in a different person’s name) and was told that utilities over the summer are the responsibility of me and my roommate’s sublease. My 3 roommates are not living here from now until August. I wasn’t aware that was the plan and I’m pretty sure they’re still supposed to contribute (i.e. utilities all split 4 ways). Am I right and should I tell them that they still need to contribute? I would just leave it alone but I work part-time at Tim Hortons and barely make enough for groceries and my share of utilities (1/4).