Contribution towards household costs
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When I lived at my parents at the age of 25 I paid £200 a month which I think is fair. Much prefer having my own place now though. 
I paid 200CYP a month when living with my parents out in Cyprus. Considering that was half the rent on a 4 bed house with a pool in the garden it was a fair bit. But I didn't really mind it as I liked the free laundry and dinner service. 
Two of them, two of you - work out food/heating/electricity costs for a month, each of them pays 25%.
Ignore Fox - you can tell he comes from a well-to-do family. Most families don't work like his
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Surely you should, if you are doing it that way, calculate the bill you'd have for two people, minus that from the bill for 4 people, then devide the excess by two.
Becuase it doesn't cost half as much to heat a home with half as many people in it.
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I'm 21 and live with 2 flat mates. I pay £50 a week rent, about £30 bills, £50 food and then all the other things you forget about when you don't live independently like council tax, insurance, maintainence, etc. Then there's the things that don't cost money but time (like actually doing your own washing).
When you say 'early 20's' I assume you mean 22/23 - I'd charge them so much that it's cheaper for them to move out. A couple of my home friends still live with their parents and they're so naive\ungrateful\unmature. While this might not be the case for everyone, independence sure is worth more than the money it costs.
I've also find that those that went to university now live on their own and those that didn't still live with their parents (mainly). Once you leave you certainly realise how greener the grass is!
When you say 'early 20's' I assume you mean 22/23 - I'd charge them so much that it's cheaper for them to move out. A couple of my home friends still live with their parents and they're so naive\ungrateful\unmature. While this might not be the case for everyone, independence sure is worth more than the money it costs.
I've also find that those that went to university now live on their own and those that didn't still live with their parents (mainly). Once you leave you certainly realise how greener the grass is!
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Its fair when they are not paying the mortgage bit.
I paid a quarter of my wages up until leaving home at 21. At one point I offered to pay more as it was just my Dad, myself and two sisters under 12.
I think rather than come up with a figure of £30 a week it depends on how much they are earning.
Another way that I hear works well is to give them a household bill. Give one say the Gas Bill and the other the electric. I have been told all of a sudden they get much more frugal about leaving stuff on and pumping the heating up.
I think rather than come up with a figure of £30 a week it depends on how much they are earning.
Another way that I hear works well is to give them a household bill. Give one say the Gas Bill and the other the electric. I have been told all of a sudden they get much more frugal about leaving stuff on and pumping the heating up.
Totally agree.
We charge the Wife's daughter £250 a month and that includes everything.
She's 23, in a full-time job and has to learn the value of money. She will be more prepared for the real world when she moves from under her mothers wing and does it on her own.
Keeping them fed, watered and clothed stops at 18 as long as they are in full-time work. If she lost her job then it's back into our savings again. Swings and roundabouts tbh.
I did that with the Sewage Bill. All of a sudden, the toilet gets flushed after two number one's and flushed after a number 2.
Im at home weekends only. me and my brother bought the house for them, so we stay there when we are back. Cant afford a 3bed semi on my own now lol.
Mum does washing, meals, cleaning. Me and my brother buy all the things in the house, TV. fridge, computers, carpets, cookers ect.
Our contribution is £200 a month each.
£50 a week is good enough for most i think, as long as they dont eat everythign in the fridge or have 3 hot baths a day and run your elec bill sky high!.
get all your bills, split it between you all, thats the simple way.
Mum does washing, meals, cleaning. Me and my brother buy all the things in the house, TV. fridge, computers, carpets, cookers ect.
Our contribution is £200 a month each.
£50 a week is good enough for most i think, as long as they dont eat everythign in the fridge or have 3 hot baths a day and run your elec bill sky high!.
get all your bills, split it between you all, thats the simple way.
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pay £200 a month here, could be cheaper, could be more expensive, I kind of agree that if you have kids you should let them live for free so they can save for a deposti and move out, I will probably live here forever 
but it is upto them. I am sure it will teach me about the world or something. 
Still it is a lot cheaper/easier than living alone but a lot less fun.
Come on housing crash.
but it is upto them. I am sure it will teach me about the world or something. Still it is a lot cheaper/easier than living alone but a lot less fun.
Come on housing crash.
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It costs XXX to buy food, heat the house and pay for electricity per month. The 2 adult sons (yes, they are adults) are responsible for using electricity, heating and food. Whether this works out to be exactly 25% or not is irrelevant, it's about learning some responsibility (both financial and social) rather than paying for exactly what they use. When I was 18 I hated paying money to my Mum, but looking back it gave me a much better appreciation of real-world living costs.
£45 sounds about right to me, I have to pay 200quid myself for all my food/living/cooked food/washing and ironing. I help around the house where possible and also pay for sky with multiroom for the rents. I think its a fair amount considering how much I get done for me and how expensive it would be to rent elsewhere, I could easily afford to move out but its a lot easier saving up for a house by staying at home. The fact they are away 6 months a year in france also helps my decision for staying at home
It definatly easier life living at home.
Rent is so expensive here and I think I get paid fairly well, 1.3k a month but rent alone is about £650 a month minimum over year. Hard to find anything less. That's not talking about -anything- else like bills and essentials.
Had to move out, couldn't afford it or... more like I couldn't stand wasting so much money a month just to live by myself. Was very depressing.
Would definatly share with friends if it worked out a lot less though, planning to when they are back from uni!
Rent is so expensive here and I think I get paid fairly well, 1.3k a month but rent alone is about £650 a month minimum over year. Hard to find anything less. That's not talking about -anything- else like bills and essentials.
Had to move out, couldn't afford it or... more like I couldn't stand wasting so much money a month just to live by myself. Was very depressing.
Would definatly share with friends if it worked out a lot less though, planning to when they are back from uni!
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£650 for a one bedroom flat or a house, don't live on your own and it is only £350 for a start.
Couldn't live alone, would be scared.
Too true, once I was at Uni for about a week I knew I never wanted to move back in with my Mum, despite how much I hate doing laundry! There's just something about being in your own place, maybe its a certain pride that you're moving to the next step of your life.
Anyway, to the OP: Im surprised you're even questioning the matter! I just thought it was the done thing, when you're earning full time and living at home.
Although i don't actually pay my dad any money to live at home I do buy shopping a lot and do my own washing/ironing. It will be a shock to the system when i do move out, when I see all that money just flying out the bank for rent/bills etc. And as people have said to me if you paying rent now it won't be as bad when you move out as it won't be money you miss