Moving out at 16

From someone who moved out at 16.

It aint easy, not by any stretch of the imagination, but it can be done.

First though, if you can see an way to move with your mum, then do it. your teens are meant to be about enjoying yourself as well as learning. Not worrying if you can pay your rent, council tax... can you afford to turn the heater on, or is the electricity gonna conk out? It does happen this way.

If you can House-share (Choose wisely! you don't want a mate, however good, to be pinching all your stuff/not contributing/getting you in trouble etc), then it's a good half-way house.

There is likely to be organisations out there to help you, there are in my area.

If you want any more info/advice, then slap your email addy in the thread, mine aint forum friendly and I don't need a holiday for posting it:D

InSanCen
 
I moved out at 17 and it was great and awful, loads of freedom but things can get really nasty and not having anyone to support you is tough. I'd say stay at home as long as you can, school is really difficult without some stability and even a crappy situation at home is better than having to fend for yourself. Also if your like me you'll end up forever sleeping in and not going.

good luck whatever,
 
as a student i really really cant emphasise enough how its going to be a massive struggle for a 16yr old to move out, i doubt you know anyone your own age etc you can share with, you really cant afford to move out by the sounds of it, its the little things really, its much cheaper to live in numbers, and its much cheaper when your parents pay for everything.
You literally have 3 feasable options, move out and get a job working full time(evne then you probably couldnt support yourself.)
Stay with your mum+commute or go somewhere else.
Find some chavette to get pregnant.
 
stick with your mum, it may be tough but you sound like you can cope.

She needs you, remember that. You walk out on her and it will pain her so much.

GCSE's aint too far away either? After that a Summer job will help you out even if it is just a little bit. Then college can help fund stuff (EMA) commuting and such so it wont be too much of a hassle.

Wez mentioned the tax credits etc aswell. Stuff like this may just help your family pull through with it added up :)
 
Moving out of home is a big decision, it has its good points and its bad points, and unless you are abandoned at your age you will not be able to get benefits from the government until you are 21. Meaning you will need a job to fund yourself.

If you go to college you will be lucky enough to get the Income they pay you for doing that, but that’s only about £30 a week, which is enough for food, but not really enough for accommodation, even a flat share would set you back at least £50ish a week.

If you can get a part time job, along with this, working say two days a week you would be looking at around £4 an hour for your age, so could make about £64 in wage if you work 2x8 hour shifts (E.G The Weekend) so £94, which would be enough to manage on in theory, however you will not be upgrading your computer, buying games or cds etc, and you will be living on budget food such as beta buy (Not really that bad though as a Student I do this all the time hehe).

Now you have two options when renting, well 3 really:

1) You go into a house share with friends, this will normally work out the cheapest option, if you can find a cheap enough house and enough people £50ish a week including all your bills.

2) You can rent private, however this is more of a gamble, land lords tend you want people that have jobs, are over 21, and so forth, they also tend to be more expensive £400+ per month. They also tend to rent on short term contracts 6 - 12 months, so you can end up moving around a lot, something which is very costly to do!

3) You could rent from the council, though this normally required some waiting, depending on your location you could be on the list for weeks, or years, you also run up the chance of landing up in a grotty area, that having been said your home is what you make it, this option will be much cheaper in the rent department, around £250 for a 1 bed flat/2 bed house, however there are bills on top of this, which you would need to budget around £100 minimum for.

House sharing is nice, as you have company, and its not just a big step into the world on your own, however having your own place is also nice, as it is all yours, both have advantages, and disadvantages.

Onto bills, you will have gas, electricity and water to pay, council tax wont apply to you yet! Gas and Electricity is very easy to run up a large bill with, and you will really need to manage your use well, if you go for the council option then I would suggest getting meters as this way you cant go over what you can afford for these, water is generally quite cheap thankfully. You may also want a phone line, this costs £10 a month line rental + calls/call package, I use to pay £14 for an evenings and weekend package, and also broadband will cost you £15+.

Getting your own place is a big step, not only financially, you will have to learn to look after yourself, in terms of cooking, cleaning your house regularly, managing finances, making sure you have enough food, paying bills etc, its a brilliant experience, but if you have a choice, I personally would stay at home for at least a couple more years, until you go to uni/get a full time job.

Hope this information helps, if you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Jcb33.
 
Is your new house gonna be to far to travel ?, my missus gets two buses and a train for uni which takes her 2 hrs each way, i knows its not the best option but its an option :).
 
IcE-ColD said:
Did you go to the Queen's School by any chance? Now the Thomas Clarkson Community College (or whatever it's called now).
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Yes i did. I found it horrible.

jcb33 said:
Moving out of home is a big decision, it has its good points and its bad points, and unless you are abandoned at your age you will not be able to get benefits from the government until you are 21. Meaning you will need a job to fund yourself.

If you go to college you will be lucky enough to get the Income they pay you for doing that, but that’s only about £30 a week, which is enough for food, but not really enough for accommodation, even a flat share would set you back at least £50ish a week.

If you can get a part time job, along with this, working say two days a week you would be looking at around £4 an hour for your age, so could make about £64 in wage if you work 2x8 hour shifts (E.G The Weekend) so £94, which would be enough to manage on in theory, however you will not be upgrading your computer, buying games or cds etc, and you will be living on budget food such as beta buy (Not really that bad though as a Student I do this all the time hehe).

Now you have two options when renting, well 3 really:

1) You go into a house share with friends, this will normally work out the cheapest option, if you can find a cheap enough house and enough people £50ish a week including all your bills.

2) You can rent private, however this is more of a gamble, land lords tend you want people that have jobs, are over 21, and so forth, they also tend to be more expensive £400+ per month. They also tend to rent on short term contracts 6 - 12 months, so you can end up moving around a lot, something which is very costly to do!

3) You could rent from the council, though this normally required some waiting, depending on your location you could be on the list for weeks, or years, you also run up the chance of landing up in a grotty area, that having been said your home is what you make it, this option will be much cheaper in the rent department, around £250 for a 1 bed flat/2 bed house, however there are bills on top of this, which you would need to budget around £100 minimum for.

House sharing is nice, as you have company, and its not just a big step into the world on your own, however having your own place is also nice, as it is all yours, both have advantages, and disadvantages.

Onto bills, you will have gas, electricity and water to pay, council tax wont apply to you yet! Gas and Electricity is very easy to run up a large bill with, and you will really need to manage your use well, if you go for the council option then I would suggest getting meters as this way you cant go over what you can afford for these, water is generally quite cheap thankfully. You may also want a phone line, this costs £10 a month line rental + calls/call package, I use to pay £14 for an evenings and weekend package, and also broadband will cost you £15+.

Getting your own place is a big step, not only financially, you will have to learn to look after yourself, in terms of cooking, cleaning your house regularly, managing finances, making sure you have enough food, paying bills etc, its a brilliant experience, but if you have a choice, I personally would stay at home for at least a couple more years, until you go to uni/get a full time job.

Hope this information helps, if you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Jcb33.
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Thanks for that info, Travel will be around an hour to get to collage each way, So not to bad. I guess i will just go along and move for now. Wait for uni/ Full time job. Thanks everybody for all the comments

Phil
 
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peetee said:
moving out is expensive, its all the little things that add up. Move with your mum and commute to college, you will find a hell of a lot of people do this, since a lot of people care enough about their education to travel to their college of choice everyday.
If you do this you could stop over at friends houses etc some days, I know thats what I would do, my friends all stay at my uni house but if any of my close friends moved far away during college I know my parents wouldnt mind them stopping over during the week.
Do not move out, end of story, especially if you want to go to college.
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I agree with this.

I am leaving school this year but returning to 6th Form.

My friend moved out when he reached 16 and he gets funded by Social Services, but has had to move three times since then and he is now 18.
 
IcE-ColD said:
Did you go to the Queen's School by any chance? Now the Thomas Clarkson Community College (or whatever it's called now).
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:eek: Its name changed, must have happened in the last few years.... i went to Neale-Wade myself for GCSE's and 6th form but im from Whittlesey not March. Theres also a shoddy secondary school here aswell but it's not half as bad as Queens from what i hear
 
They tryed to improve it, I think changing the name so people don't think it's so bad. Neale wades alright though.
 
16 is too young, im 18 and i refuse to move out for ATLEAST 6 months and even then ill want to share..

Youll be looking at around £500 (atleast) a month to start with£300 rent for a small usually 2 bed flat no furnishings, then council tax, water, gas, electric, youll want the net most likely... all adds up dude.

Youll soon enough see yourself dropping college fior your job due to needs, youll be working weekends and evenings and after college it will get too much. Plus every year when you move up a year in education it gets harder and your about to start college, it dosnt get easier otherwise everyone would do it for the easy quals.
 
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The majority of houses are simply buy to lets, no first time buyers can afford a 150k mortgage solo, so it's middle-aged people buying them, then renting them.

Now they're moaning the house market is slowing down. Ok, stop giving the free ones to immigrants and stop charging me 10 times my wage for a 1 bedroom cupboard and i'll sort it.
 
I barely lived at home at 16, but i knew it was there, i mainly lived at freinds houses and the like. I once slept in a greenhouse because I got majorrly stoned and I didn't want to go home.
My freinds all lived scattered about town was one of the main reasons, even though having a bus pass worked and when I was 17, a car, even better, even though i could hardly afford to run it and my parents couldn't help me out, sod that.
You got time on your side mate, just blag it, stay round mates houses when you can and whatever, you've still got a bed at home whereveryour mum moves.

Saying that, a lot of my freinds parents were very accomodating people, if you don't mind the sofa or a floor you can stay kind of people. Don't know what your situation is like there.
 
pitchfork said:
I barely lived at home at 16, but i knew it was there, i mainly lived at freinds houses and the like. I once slept in a greenhouse because I got majorrly stoned and I didn't want to go home.
My freinds all lived scattered about town was one of the main reasons, even though having a bus pass worked and when I was 17, a car, even better, even though i could hardly afford to run it and my parents couldn't help me out, sod that.
You got time on your side mate, just blag it, stay round mates houses when you can and whatever, you've still got a bed at home whereveryour mum moves.

Saying that, a lot of my freinds parents were very accomodating people, if you don't mind the sofa or a floor you can stay kind of people. Don't know what your situation is like there.
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pretty lame using friends in that and taking advantage of other peoples parents so you can live rent free :/
 
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