Would you charge 24 year old child rent?

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Hello,

My daughter has just finished her degree. She has moved back home. She is now going travelling, but not proper travelling. Random cheap holidays away, etc.

She has money saved for this.

She may be at home for a few weeks at a time not doing much until the next trip.

Would you charge her for the time she is at home?

Thanks

Well it depends on my situation really. If I needed money to run the house and was struggling then I might. If not, then no. I wouldn't. How is she earning her money?

you will get a load of people come along here who will say, 'charge her 50 per cent of her earnings' then more will come along and say 'oh no I could never charge my child rent'.

So you will have to decide yourself. Is she earning? Do you need the money to support her / run the house while she is there?

My DM was quite a tight mum and even she didn’t charge me rent until I was working

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Until I was working full time

Sorry a 24 year old child???

I would definitely charge rent if she can go on endless holidays she can pay her own way at home.

No, I'd let her have this time before the shit world we've bequeathed her generation smacks her in the face.

When she gets her first job, I'd look at a reasonable contribution while she tries to save a bit.

I charged my 24 year old rent when he lived at home & was working full time. Only a nominal amount though.

Id not charge her rent like you would charge a lodger but I would make her contribute in some way to the household. By buying food or cooking or making a token contribution towards bills or doing some cleaning... whatever would work out best for you as a family.

Not unless she was working and I couldn't afford to run the house with her in it without her contributing.

Personally no, especially if she doesn’t haven’t an income. If she were living at home whilst working full time, especially as that would mean she was living at home full time and not just for a couple of weeks between travelling, then it wouldn’t be unreasonable to ask to contribute towards the household. But that’s not the situation here so under the circumstances I wouldn’t. Unless her moving home and the increased bills from another adult using the hot water/eating the food etc. will cause you genuine hardship.

Didn’t charge rent in the transition/traveling stage but expected to pull full weight in household and garden jobs. Charged rent when in full time work

Not rent, but housekeeping money - a contribution to the cost of food, utilities, council tax and all the other costs of running a home.

If she can afford to travel for fun she can pay house keeping when she is home. Anything else is just taking the piss.

24 year old child
Anyway I think it's based on what you can afford to do, but she needs to contribute in some way to the running of the household.

No, I don’t .

I didn't pay unless I was working - then I did pay. Parents could afford to feed me while I wasn't working though

Can afford holiday=can afford luxuries=can pay rent

No i wudn't charge her until shes home and has travelling out of her system. Shes definatly not a child at 24. Id fully expect her to move out get her own place and support herself and the obvious get a job. Don't let her milk it though or she'll be still at home in her 30s.

" Parents could afford to feed me while I wasn't working though "

it's not really about that though is it? why so flippant? of course I could "afford to feed" extra people. but not one that would remove my council tax discount and benefits and so on.

Besides why should an adult live for nothing?

No. The world is shit enough as it is, she doesn't need it replicated in her family home.

Unless I desperately needed the money, I wouldn't.

'child' doesn't just refer to a young person you know it can also refer to "a son or daughter of any age".

Swap the " " and ' '...

Since when was 24 a child?
How is she paying for the holidays?
Has she ever had a job?
Seems strange to me to be living rent free and going off on jollies at that age, but then I had a baby, a full time job and a house to run at 24, I still managed to have a couple of holidays.
Each to their own I suppose if you can afford it, she should be helping around the house when she's home at the very least.

@JillyArmeeen since forever? It refers to young children and a son or daughter of any age.

Personally yes I would. Your outgoings will increase as a consequence and it’s a matter of principle for me. Plus at 24 she’s hardly a child. I paid my mum rent from 16 onwards and it never did me any harm and taught me the value of money very quickly.