How old do you think is too old to be living with your parents?

I think you should be out by 25. That gives you time to finish your education and build some solid career foundations, save deposit etc. Anything over 30 is just plain odd imo.
 
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i moved out 4 months before my 30th, never lived on my own before that. my plan was to never rent (wasn't for me) and save up enough for a decent deposit and find the right house.
the average age for buying a first house now is 38 to put things into some perspective. it's a privelage, not a right to own your own place.
the problem is that if you want your independence through renting, it's difficult to save for a deposit for a mortgage.
i would say if you're over 36 and still living with your folks it's not ideal but who am i to judge?
 
I moved out at 18. But i dont believe there is an age rule what so ever to leaving your parents home. You leave when you have the ability to survive and not before.
 
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Not so easy when, because of the house prices in your area, you'd end up spending 50% of your pay packet on rent. Then there's food and other every day expenses on top of that.

"Man up" and be stony broke with no prospect of saving any money? Not always such a good choice tbh.

I'm 30 and have been living with Mum since coming back from uni.
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You single by any chance? I know this sounds a bit wrong but you got a lot easier chance having your own place with a woman then getting a place yourself unless your on a really good wage. Saying you finished Uni at 24. Thats 6 years you could have saved up a deposit for a house. £400 a month is near enough £30,000 deposit. £400 is easy to save. I was doing that on a 19k salary with enough to spend on myself. Including a holiday. That was about 6 years ago though.
 
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adam cool dude said:
You single by any chance? I know this sounds a bit wrong but you got a lot easier chance having your own place with a woman then getting a place yourself unless your on a really good wage. Saying you finished Uni at 24. Thats 6 years you could have saved up a deposit for a house. £400 a month is near enough £30,000 deposit. £400 is easy to save. I was doing that on a 19k salary with enough to spend on myself. Including a holiday. That was about 6 years ago though.
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You must have missed my other thread ;) I'm super-single. Single since birth... :p

Anyway, I'm down here in sunny Cornwall, where wages are more like 10k (seriously!) than 19k. I could move away, but then I'd have to pay lots of rent.
 
I have a great relationship with my parents, but am approaching 26 and hope to be out soon.

Being mothered does start becoming tedious rather than as cushty as some people think it is.
 
I'm 19 at the moment and don't see moving out for some time. I've got another year left of college and id like have have a few years in my career and time to build up savings and have some disposable income before moving to a flat either on my own or getting a roommate. Plus property prices over here are insanely high.
 
Craig1981 said:
I am 29 and I still live with my parents. Not adverse to the idea of living on my own, but not currently in a good enough financial situation where I could easily making that transition. I do pay them "rent" or dig money as we call it round my way. I also buy all my own clothes/toilitries/pay all my own bills etc, so its not like im dependant on them.
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Same here mate, glad I'm not the only 1 whose nearly 30 and still living at home.

I did move out once some 6 years ago, but due to awkward circumstances had to move back as I couldn't afford to run a place on my own on the poor money I was earning at the time.
 
Jimz said:
Times have changed these days, people cant afford to move out.
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I couldn't, but moved out anyway. I was out the door when I turned 20, still kept on spending like I was living at home, racked up some debt until I calmed down in my mid 20s & had paid it off by the time I reached 30.

I'm sure it's not the best way to provide for one's future but those days were the best of my life, I'd do it all again.

Get out there!
 
I'm 21, and will be moving out for the first time come September, for my final year of Uni (for these last 2 I've commuted by train, but because it's an hour and a quarter trip, it's not gonna be feasible next year). After I finish studying, I don't know what's going to happen. My current plan is to get a generic job to get some cash flowing in while I continue to build up my design portfolio, then move where my job takes me. Where I'll be living until then, I don't know.
 
Ive worked since I left school , spent all my 20's on cars and nights out and holidays abroad. Paid board money to parents.6 months before my 30th I met my wife to be and a year later we bought our 1st house. Strange how things just seem to work out .....
 
28 and still at home with the olds. I have a job that pays just smidge over minimum wage. Local renting is simply not an option :(

Got debts too so until I can pay them off and get a better paying job moving out is just a big no no! :(
 
I moved out at 18 but I think its ok to stay at home until mid 30's at max.

However unless your parents need it I do not believe in paying them rent
 
When I leave uni I will hopefully be moving into london to work in the banks. Would be kinda depressing still living at home after uni but thats also because colchester has a terrible nightlife and not many people I like in it any more.
 
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