DS 25 still lives at home

My DD returned home at 25 earlier this year. She's saving to buy a flat and had enough of being mucked around by awful landlords (and they were genuinely terrible). I expect her to be here another year at least. It's the norm for where we live, London.

Yes, I have DDs of 27 and 25. Both live at home. It’s completely normal for their peers too - we live in London. They did both live away when at university and one worked abroad for a long time, but both now live at home.

Mixed generational households are VERY normal the world over. It's more normal than not in much of the world.

If people are lucky enough to have a big enough house and enough maturity to all live as independent adults then it is brilliant. Always someone home to look after the pets, take in deliveries, baby sit etc

Mine left home at 29 had no choice but to stay and save after uni her BF stayed a year too.

DS aged 30 is at home - having been to two universities in UK and US. He has no intention of having a partner in his life, and on one wage I really can't see him leaving for the foreseeable future. He was contemplating renting a room in a shared house but at £1K per month, I told him to reflect on whether it was a sensible idea. He would have very little left after £90 fares per week, tax, NI, pension and student loan, gym, phone, etc. Best to save that £1K per month towards a deposit. He hasn't mentioned it since....

I didn't move out until 29 when I purchased my house with my boyfriend of 7 years at the time. Paid £150 month to parents (they wouldn't take more) but they knew i was saving every spare penny. Managed to save 120k in that time.

She should be saving at least. Otherwise up the rent for sure.

Yep. Average first time buyer is 34 in the UK. So our adult children are living at home and saving up for a deposit. They can’t afford to rent and I don’t want them too. It’s throwing money away.

Mine both went to university and came back home and are still here aged 29 and 25. 29 year old has autism. 25 year old very bleak about prospects of moving out.

I was prepared for empty nest when youngest was at university but if they moved out now I'd be shocked at the change. Delighted for them though

Mine - out of five, three went off to uni and never came back home. All moved back to my area but rented and are now buying and one moved to Australia, one came home and stayed briefly but then moved out (they are 34, 32, 30 and 28) and the eldest didn't go to uni but moved out, moved around a lot but now has a house attached to job. But we live in North Yorkshire where the rent (outside of York, where one of them is buying a house) is not too dreadful, so they could.

Yes, mine are still here, and I’m happy for them to be here. They are cleaner than DH.

I went to the local university to do a HND then went to a different uni to convert that to a BA. Left home aged 21. Then I moved back with my parents aged 26 after splitting up with ex - who I met during the year of converting HND to BA.

Left home again 2.5 years later aged 29 to my property which I still living at and no intention of moving.

Living at home at 25 these days is quite the norm. I live in Bristol and the only alternative for that age group (and even 40 year olds) would be a room in a shared house. Even then, the rent is about £900 a month without bills and the other room mates are very picky and only want professionals. On top of that, there is a radical shortage of any accommodation at all. We have lots of young people living in vans here.

Also London. DS moved out at 27 to share with his girlfriend. DD was home for 3 years after uni then moved out when a flat share came up with a colleague. Neither of them could have moved out when they did without sharing the rent with someone.

Both my DC left - and both have come back. Simply untenable, financially, for them to live anywhere else.

DS25 left home at 19, hasn't come back.

DS24 left home at 18, also hasn't come back.

South East here so most people I know between 18 up to 40 if they are single.
25? That's pretty standard to live at home unless you are in a couple or a particularly low cost area.

I have friends who are mid 30s and still living at home. They can’t afford to buy on their own so what choice do they have?

My daughter is a teenager and can stay with me as long as she needs to.

My DSS, 24, is still at home, works three days a week, the rest of the time is spent in his bedroom gaming/gambling, so not saving up for his future.

He pays £200 a month, which he complains about, does nothing to help in the house.

I've had so many arguments with my DH about him getting a life, especially for when we want to downsize, he has words with him then never follows anything through.

I've given up ...

26 year old has bought her first house. 25 and 22 year olds live in rented accommodation. 20 year old at uni.

Have you contacted a mortgage broker, they'll find her better options than that I'm sure.

And my DSis lives between my parents and my house aged 31 🫣

My DB lives in his partner’s parents house aged 30 with their two DDs aged 2 and 6 months 🙄

Our DD moved home briefly after uni and stayed for lockdown but soon moved out to a rental and has now bought a house with her partner at 25.
She grew up so much at uni and I think it would have been too much of a backwards step to stay home.

Yes, my youngest is in the process of buying a property and he is 32! My eldest moved out when he was 31.

That is a very low rent. If you don't need the money then ask her to pay more and put it aside as savings for her so that she can get a deposit together at some point. I think £100 a week would be more than reasonable.