to ask what rent you would charge your 28 year old daughter...

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who was moving back home with her nearly 1 year old son. Daughter's wage is 24k per year. She covers childcare costs on her own.

Ballpark figure?

Depends on her take home pay and childcare costs.
I would say approx £200-£250 a month.

It would depend on whether I needed the money, to be honest. 24K isn't a lot to cover all childcare costs. If I could afford it, I wouldn't charge rent, to give her a chance to save up a bit. But it obviously depends on the circumstances.

I’d charge her for half of the gas/electric/water any extra food and perhaps the wi-fi. The extra 25% on council tax if that’s applicable in your situation. Anything that’s going to cost more with extra people in the house, but that’s it.

It depends.

(Honestly though, unless it was going to actually cause me hardship I’d not charge anything).

Nothing at all. I would think she'd be in a pretty desperate financial situation to move back home.

She would probably be better of not living back at home with you, she will get a lot of her childcare covered by benefits and probably a bit towards housing if she rents and the equivalent of some child tax credits through universal credit.
To work out a figure though I would divide all household costs by the amount of contributing adults equally.
It seems odd to me that she would be unable to support herself though, unless this is something temporary in order for her to save a deposit or something I wouldn't be subsidising her.

Personally, I wouldn’t charge her anything, if I could afford it. I would want her to be saving for her future and that of her child.

Half the going rate, but if could afford it would actually save it for her (without telling her) so could gift it back when she moves out again.

Depends. Full time childcare can be 1k per month. Though she may get benefits towards it or a discount.

I'd probably charge 25% of take home after childcare deductions.

Oh yeah and whatever I didn't use on the additi9nal food I'd save for her

My son moved home after his relationship broke down. I charge him £50 per week. I stick it in a savings account and will give it to him when I think it’s needed. Hopefully when he is ready to move out again and needs a few pounds to set up home again.

A third of what she has left after childcare.

Depends on far too many different things. Why is she moving back in with you? How long is she planning on being there? Do you need the money or asking for it out of principal? How much is her childcare bill each month? What is the child's father contributing towards childcare?

I know my parents would never expect me to pay rent if I had to move back in with them with my kids. But they are semi retired, no mortgage etc. I would also have to be pretty destitute to even consider moving back in with them.

It would depend on why she was moving back home

I wouldn't charge her anything unless I really needed the extra money for bills etc

After my marriage breakdown my DC and I moved into my parents house for 18 months, they charged me £50 a week which they saved up and gave me when we moved out. I would do the same for my DC.

I brought food for DC and myself, I didn’t rely on my parents to feed us.

It's actually me that's moving back home. I left an abusive relationship. Pretty much fled across the country and had nowhere to go. I can't get my own place sorted until I get the money back from the house my ex needs to sell. I own half of it but he's dragging his heels. I can't talk to him directly about it as I have an injunction against him. It is temporary and as a poster previously said, they are pretty dire circumstances!

If she was buying food herself then I'd just charge enough to cover utilities. Then I'd insist she handed over a portion of her wages and save it for her towards a deposit.

So are you working out what to offer? In your circumstances I don't think many parents would charge unless they really needed to. Have you talked to your parents about rent?

Will you be the second adult there so will council tax go up? Are you likely to be home alll day with the DC whereas normally the house is empty*so more electricity etc?

I'd say any difference in outgoings so above, money for food etc but I'd want to charge you as little as possible so you can get back on your feet quicker.

@Seasword and @Lizzielocket - what a thoughtful arrangement. I am eternally grateful to my parents for setting up a similar arrangement with me. It enabled me to save up for a deposit for my first home and I hope to be in a position to offer this to my children as well. However, as previous posters have said, it depends on the reasons for moving back and whether the OP needs the money.

My initial thought was I wouldn’t charge (if I could afford it) but then I remembered that a relative had their DC move back with their DCs, and after 5 years they’re still not contributing to anything. So actually I would charge, at least towards utilities.

Then I'd insist she handed over a portion of her wages and save it for her towards a deposit that's so patronising. She's a grown woman with a child of her own and the guts to leave an abusive arse hole, not a feckless idiot