Paying parents rent!

Booner! · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:05

Hey guys, just wanted to find out if any of you pay your parents rent to stay under the house, eat and use electricity up ! I'm here for 1 year before university and my dad tells me i will have to pay him £70 a month towards the household while im at home on gap year.

Is this a reasonable price?

SuperMan · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:08

Thats a very reasonable price. I have to pay £50 a week to my mum and i think that is reasonable.

ScarySquirrel · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:08

Yes.

When I was a student my parents moved to France and I ended up paying £400 a month for a studio flat.

Messiah Khan · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:09

Im paying £200 a month to my parents for rent/food/elec etc etc.

alexakasloth · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:09

Very reasonable, my brother was paying £40 a month iirc.

Pookie Bear · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:09

Booner! said:
Is this a reasonable price?

Very.

Von Luck · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:09

Booner! said:
Hey guys, just wanted to find out if any of you pay your parents rent to stay under the house, eat and use electricity up ! I'm here for 1 year before university and my dad tells me i will have to pay him £70 a month towards the household while im at home on gap year.

Is this a reasonable price?

It's more than reasonable, it's an absolute bargain.

Kell_ee001 · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:12

Booner! said:
Is this a reasonable price?

Yes - that's very reasonable

Mark A · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:12

£50 seems to be the average price here, thats also what i pay. My mate pays £15 a week and he moans about it :mad:

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Psyk · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:14

In situations like these parents usually just make their child pay a token amount, just so they know they aren't getting a free ride. My brother pays a small amount of rent (he works full time) but my parents actually only take half of it and put the other half in a saving account for him.

Hostile_18 · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:14

30 for me and I moan about it lol.

Jay · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:14

i pay £200 a month, u've got a bargain!

Memphis · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:16

I don't directly pay rent, but I cover various bills throughout the month. About £150 or so, increasing depending on what needs doing that month.

jamoor · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:16

Can't believe some parents charge their children rent, my parents wouldn't even dream of such a thing.
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Johnny Girth · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:18

Exactly. It's disgusting. My parents wouldn't even consider it. In fact I find it abhorrent that parents would treat their children that way.

Third Opinion · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:18

I used to get charged £150 12 years ago.

Jay · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:19

jamoor said:
Can't believe some parents charge their children rent, my parents would even dream of such a thing.

I offer rent to my parents, because i'm not a ******* tramp.

nickels · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:20

im not getting made to pay rent till im out of education

hopefully going uni next year so wont be here

jamoor · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:20

Jay said:
I offer rent to my parents, because i'm not a ******* tramp.

Jeez man, they're your parents, not strangers. Would you be happy taking rent off your kids?

meghatronic · 1 Oct 2006 at 17:21

I'm doing a PhD and pay my mum £50 a week. I also pay for my own internet and it goes without saying my own clothes etc... and food and so on.

£200 a month covers pretty much everything though, incl. evening meal... so I think that is fair.

jamoor said:
Jeez man, they're your parents, not strangers. Would you be happy taking rent off your kids?

YES! It is a part of growing up! Even if I took their rent and put it in a savings account for them later without them knowing...