We don't include their rooms as chores, but they are each responsible for their own rooms. If their room is untidy - it's their problem.
Chores that they must do anyway, not linked to pocket money - anything related to their own space and/or their own care, such as bathing, washing, tidying etc. I would include her own bathroom in this if nobody else has to share it.
Pocket money chores - these should be ones which impact the rest of the family, such as emptying the dishwasher, doing the washing up (or at least taking their fair turn), caring for the animals, cleaning anywhere communal on a regular basis. Extra money can be earned by one-off jobs such as weeding the garden (which requires specialist knowledge, so the sooner they begin, the better).
Tasks to bring in as they get older - doing the laundry FOR EVERYONE, preparing meals for others esp major evening meals, helping with the shopping, doing stocktake/inventory on the contents of the pantry, washing the inside of every cupboard and drawer in the kitchen, cleaning the oven, defrosting the fridge or freezer.
If a kid refuses to do their chores (the ones on which pocket money depends) then you throw the job open to all comers. "K doesn't want to do her chore, for which she gets paid X amount. Who wants to earn X amount and do the chore for her? It is coming from her pocket money."
This also leaves the way open for K to choose of her own volition to ask siblings to do the chore for her, in exchange for X amount. Of course, the chore must be done to at least K's usual standard, or K is once more responsible despite having already paid someone else to do it.
We have a sheet of paper blu-tacked onto the pantry door. It shows who owes who and how much.
Pocket money - we pay according to their age. They get their age, in Aussie dollars, per week. Half is written up onto the sheet, the other half is put straight into their bank account (husband has set up a direct debit from his pay account).
The pocket money in hand (written on the sheet) can be drawn on demand, although it does give me the chance to try to talk sense into them if they're about to blow the lot on something pointless.
The bank account money is only to be used to buy Christmas and birthday gifts for people. This way, they always have money to spend at Christmas, and always on others.
Once they reach 15 years old, the amount stops going up each year. In fact, it stops about then too, because that is when they can earn their own money by getting a job. They can still earn bonus amounts though, by doing one-off jobs. They are also free to earn money for jobs done for neighbours. difficult child 3 has already earned pocket money for fixing a neighbour's computer. That was money in hand. Then he earned BIG money for being in a film - that went into his bank account.
When he turns 15 difficult child 3 will be eligible for a disability pension in his own right. At that point his pocket money will stop, and we will set up his bank accounts so he can't access all his pension either. He already has his own debit card on his bank account but is honest enough to not access it for personal purchases. At 15, that restriction will be lifted, so we will have to arrange his bank account so most of his pension will be almost immediately siphoned off into an investment account in his name, but with two signatories (him, and either me or husband) needed for any withdrawal.
We did this for difficult child 1, which enabled him to save up enough to buy his car (second hand) and girlfriend's engagement ring. Any money he has earned (mostly form acting up until now) has also gone into this account.
With disability pension, when money is being earned their pension stops. Currently difficult child 1 has a job so his pension has been stopped. If he loses his job because of his disability, his pension will restart. If this doesn't happen for a year or more, he will need to be re-assessed for the pension. We're hoping this doesn't happen - our aim was for him to be permanently in the full-time workforce.
Good luck with the pocket money thing.
Marg