How much rent to charge 18 year old?

There is an interesting article in the ST today about adult children living at home. Very middle
class which ties in with what previous poster said about charging children is mainly a working class thing/ mentality.

I can’t get my head around the posters who save fo their children. What is that teaching them? Are they not able to save themselves?

OMG that was an absolute fortune for then. I can't believe you earned enough to hand that over. That must have been tough?

Many parents aren't making money though The adult offspring are still costing more than they contribute

The fact it’s pretty common in this country doesn’t make it right. It is abhorrent and the UK is an outlier in this sense globally.

Thankfully it looks like the tide is turning going by this thread.

Yes they do. Have you ever read the universal credit guidance notes and how things like the bedroom tax works.? Or seen how student finance for those living in the family home works.

No they don’t.

DH is Spanish and he says extended families would literally stage an intervention if parents tried to charge DC ‘rent’. It would be absolutely shameful.

Spain has a much more family-centric culture, higher life satisfaction and much fewer mental health issues.

Many people who move to another country to work send money back to their families when they don't even live in the same country any more, let alone in the same home.

very true, and they are proud to do so.

That's would definitely help in my house. We'd all be homeless!

I don't "make" any money from what the DC pay me. I have less coming in than I did when I claimed CB and UC for them.

God your child's future ruined because Mummy has to make money. Decent parents simply don't do this.

How is it making money out of their children if the adult offspring are paying for a share of their costs? It's pretty common, and has been for generations, for adult children in this country to pay keep when they start working. Many people who move to another country to work send money back to their families when they don't even live in the same country any more, let alone in the same home.

It definitely won’t happen anyway. The government make it clear that adult children are meant to contribute to the household expenses.

Why o why do parents set their children up to fail as soon as they start earning a bit of money, and especially at such a young and tender age? If you want your child to succeed don't do this. Instead teach them how to save for the future, then they might have a shot at success. Listing every scrap of food they eat and putting a monetary value to it is crass. Your her mother for pity sake, do better!

Yeah a voice of reason! I’ve always charged my over 18s. Life isn’t a free ride , I’m in my mid fifties when I started working I started paying my way . Let’s face it it was heavily subsidised.

I charge I charge £260 every payday. Includes heat electric food internet phone ( I got a good deal on the plan) I make no money from it . It teaches them the value of money and my kids are excellent savers!
I recently looked at what people are charging for studio flats etc omfg they get a damn good deal.

However, if I was well off yes I would still charge them but save the money for them. Not to be spent on anything frivolous but for something with meaning car blah blah.

Definitely not money grabbing. Don’t care what they do in other countries!

No, it would just create more homeless people.

Making up nonsense euphemisms as we tend to do in the UK doesn’t stop it from being rent.

Parents making money out of their children is abhorrent and would not happen in most other countries.

In most cases it's keep, not rent, just paying a share of the bills and food. It's not money grabbing, or income, you are being ridiculous.

No parent has any obligation to house children post 18, so I am not sure what rights you think they should have.

Personally o think the government should be taking action to stop this nonsense.

Tax income from charging DC rent at 100%. Make parents register as landlords. Make contracts setting out DCs’ rights compulsory.

It would soon stop the money grabbing.

No it is a bonkers solution. DC are perfectly capable of saving and investing their own money.

We've got the rest of our lives to pay too! I'm proud to have brought up children who won't expect to leech off me.

This is the best solution imo

I think it is probably a working class thing.

Nothing,unless you are desperate. She has the rest of her life to pay rent/ mortgage. I woukd encourage her to be saving as much as possible while she can.

Absolutely bonkers. Why not let them save their own money rather than this bizarre concoction?

My DC know much more about investing than me!

Is this one of those things that separate the working class mumsnetters from the middle class ones? My grandparents, parents, siblings and I, and on my husband’s side too, have always paid keep once not in further education. It was just expected as once you’re a working adult, you don’t expect your parents to keep you at home without paying your way. All my friends paid keep too.

My parents paid a much bigger share of their pay packets than I did and were proud to hand it over. My mum say me down and we went through the household bills, excluding mortgage, and she did used it by the 5 people living in the house. My parents provided all basic food and toiletries, I bought my own clothes, nicer toiletries and any fancier food, or food when out. I could still afford a good social life and saved for a deposit on a house.

My DC already know they will be expected to pay keep. At the moment we don’t need the money to keep them, so we plan to save it for them for when they move out. We won’t tell them, so it will be in addition to what they save for themselves.