To ask when you moved out?

[jennie0412]

I'm in college right now, but before I go to university I want to have moved out. Nothing against my parents, I love them and I enjoy their company, but I want my own place, my own kitchen and my own bedroom. I want to be able to just walk out to the kitchen in my underwear and make my own breakfast with my own food. Honestly, I'd be over the moon to just live in a studio flat in a cheap area.

When did you move out of your family home and what was the experience like?

I went to uni age 18-22 (but home for the holidays), then got a job and moved out a couple of months after I graduated.

I've never lived alone - I did flat shares for 6 years and then moved in with DH (we were engaged by then).

My flat shares were mainly great. Of the five people I shared with, I'm still good friends with four of them.

I was 21, younger than I expected I would be but I had met my now fiance and he had his own flat so why not

18, went to uni, came home afterwards but got a proper job a few.months later and I was off. Throughout my 20s I mostly lived in shared houses before buying a house with my DH aged 30.

I left for university for four years at age 18 (including a year spent living in a couple of different countries). My parents kept my room pretty much as it was though, and I came back for holidays, so I'm not sure I really moved out at that point!

Moved back properly for a year aged 22 when I got my first job, as my parents' house was a good commute to the city and I wanted to see how the job went for a while. The plan was to move out after about a year and move in with DP who was finishing a PhD.

I found that year was great for my relationship with my parents. We had always got on fine when I was younger but this now being an active choice and knowing that it was likely just for a year made it feel quite special - everyone seemed to make a real effort. My DF had retired since I'd been away at uni and it was great to see him so much mellower having lost the commute and long hours. He'd taken up cooking and was really chuffed if he could make dinner for my DM and me.

After that, moved out to live with DP as planned, as long distance was proving tricky and I'd got to grips with my job. We rented for a few years and then bought, although had a brief period with his parents as we waited for the sale to go through. He says similar about that time as I do my year with my parents - really enjoyable, and better than when he was younger and was not living with them out of choice.

@katy1213

Never went back after university. Nobody did, it was unthinkable in those days.

This, pretty much. I’m the eldest of a large family who lived in a very overcrowded house, so one of my sisters moved into the bedroom I’d shared with another sister (as she’d been sharing with another sister and my aunt) when I went to university, and there was nowhere to go back to. I slept on the sofa if I went home in university vacations, but was very much a guest by then. Lived in a series of houseshares and bedsits.

19

18 - went to uni and hated it so dropped out after the first term. Went abroad for 6 months (gappish). Then did an intensive secretarial course.

Moved into a shared house, paying my own rent at 20. Bought a flat at 21 with help. Even in 1980 I couldn't have afforded to live alone though op.

To university at 19 and in shared houses until I was 24.
Moving away have me loads of freedom but the day to day irritations I felt living at home with my parents were nothing compared to sharing with irritating/ inconsiderate house mates, messy bathrooms/kitchens, not enough money for food/bills etc. These people were my friends and we had some great times but I would actually go home for peace and quiet! I also realised how luxurious it was at home!!
I had a flat when I was 24 - just me and that solved the bathroom/ kitchen/ noise problem but it was sometimes a bit lonely. I definitely liked it better than sharing but I turned into a bit of a slob! 😂

Forgot to mention that the house share houses were disgusting. The landlords were taking it in and they were vile. Broken appliances/leaking bathrooms. Grim. That’s all we could afford though.

I think if your family home is overcrowded, dirty or noisy, moving out would have been my preferred choice though.

‘the preferred choice’

Moved out at 18 for uni and never went back apart from one night on Christmas each year.

24, I moved out the day after my wedding! We bought our house when I was 21 but I didn’t live in it until we married.

I was 18 as I moved away for university (and never went back).

First year I was in halls. Second year in a shared house. Third year my boyfriend and I moved in together as I hated the shared house.

I had a full student loan/grant and I worked part time, full time during summer. I actually managed to save the majority of my loan in 2nd/3rd year as my job earnings actually covered my expenses.

17, I didn’t have a choice and I wasn’t ready, I was studying for a-level and didn’t have a job.

The first year was really really shit on the whole, I sofa surfed for a good few months before being helped by a charity to rent a room (I couldn’t afford deposits).

I sort of moved out properly at 21 but the previous 4 years werent in my family home. My parents seperated suddenly so i was setting up a new home with just my mum so it re-drew all the ground rules.

Partially moved out for university at age 19 and permanently moved out shortly after I finished university and started work.

18 and going to uni. Oh, how I remember the last six months when I was desperate to get out and start my own life! I felt completely suffocated in my parents’ house.

I was 19, when I went to university. I had to take year out before I went, as I ended up ill. When I left university, I had jobs away from my hone town. We live back in our home town now, but I never went back.

I was 22- me and my bf of 3 years moved in together. I loved the independence and I still worked in the village my mum lived so it was a really nice balance.

I left for uni at just turned 19. Went back for a couple of holidays but it was horrible so stopped doing it and just picked up extra work in my uni town. Then my mum moved and I no longer had a room/was welcome anyway by the time I was 22.

That only lasted a year then we had to relocate 5 hours away so my bf could go do a masters 🙄

Moved out at 18. Rented while at Uni then bought my first flat. Never lived at home again - thank god, I like my own space. This was 30 odd years ago though - I appreciate getting on the property ladder can be more difficult these days.

19, moved out to live with my boyfriend.

That was in 1975 though, it's very different now.

19 bought a house with my now dh