How long can someone live with parents till they charge u for rent

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A mate of mine thinks he can live with parents and not expect to pay for food and rent till age of 21 or somit, hes in netherlands. I wasnt sure if they would let him.

What do you think. How long can most ppl live without paying rent etc if a person was workin and could afford to pay for rent etc and food. As he thinks he can just use all his pay for personal pleasure like cars etc.
 
Well he can if his parents don't choose to charge him.

If you're asking at what age can they begin to charge you rent in the UK, I believe it's 18 (Could be 16.. not really sure!).
 
a while. After uni I moved back to parents for 18months with out paying anything.

It's like how long is a string?

It's totally up to the parents.

Some parenst demand rent, others if they know your looking to rent or buy, will allow you rent free, so you can start putting some monies aside.
 
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Hahahahahaha, Im so unlucky, me old dear said, as soon as you finish school, your paying me board mate - £130 a month!! :eek:

Im now 17 and am in a lot of debt left me job and currently looking for a new one, so no monies going to mother :(
 
40 :)

Seriously though, i'd say anything over 16 and/or in full employment to help pay for stuff he uses at home. e.g. food/electricity/water/ etc
 
Depends how long your parents are willing to keep you. My parents are allowing me to live with them rent free while i'm in full time education, when i leave uni i have to start paying them rent or move out. I think that is very gracious of them and i appreciate it.
However if you are just using it as a place to live and have a job you should be paying them rent.
 
I think its only fair if someone is earning, then they should contribute to the household. As for an agelimit, I would say 18ish is about right.
 
totally up to the parents but I would expect any off spring of mine to contribute if they had a full time job. Always anoyed me I had mates who lived at home driving fast cars, running 10 PC's 24/7 and acting like they understood the world when they didn't know what the pointy end of the electric bill felt like or how much the endless supply of food in the fridge cost
 
As soon as you start going out to work, you should start to pay keep. Not saying that it's a reason not to work so you get free room and board, but if you earn you should contribute. Failure to do so is selfish, if you can work for beer tokens you can afford to give some back to the people who are responsible for bringing you into this world and raising you.
 
Depends how much of a pain the in arse you are, and if they have anything else to do with the space you’re taking up. I don’t think parents should pay for food etc if you have a job. Rent on the other hand is a different matter. If the parents aren’t going to do anything else with the room, and you aren’t too much trouble, why should you pay rent? Many parents enjoy having thier children arround, even when they're "grown up".
 
Agreed, when they start earning a wage, some of it should be paid as rent.

When I started work I got £58 a week, and I had to give £10 to my mum.

It's important to learn as early as possible that once you get money, most of it gets taken off you one way or another ;)
 
I used to give 20% of my wage to my mother every month, 10% she kept the other 10% went towards household costs.
 
As soon as I got a part time job on weekends I used to give my mum £10 a week.
The more I earned then the more I could afford to give her.

Then I moved out, and more money gets thrown away than ever :p
 
Im 22, live with rents, don't pay anything cos its family not a hotel!

I do have a flat that we (me/gf) ant finished to move into yet though
 
My parents dont charge me anything. Yet. But whenever im out of college and get a job then ill contribute. Only seems fair.
 
Messiah Khan said:
I think its only fair if someone is earning, then they should contribute to the household. As for an agelimit, I would say 18ish is about right.
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Yes. If they earn they pay. Lots of kids think they can live scot free whilst leeching of their parents electricity, food, phone and broadband.

Then you get the ones who can't be arsed to get a job and sponge off their parents.

Get a job, learn that life isn't free or get out.

I come from the school of hard knocks parenting you may have noticed. :D
 
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