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makethenet · 2025-06-27T22:44:34+00:00

If you have DC around the age of 25, do you they still live at home? DS is 25 and single and is still living at home saving for a mortgage, he works in a job at the moment where I am not sure how eh could manage financially by himself. His take home pay is around £1600 per month

MidnightMeltdown · 07/04/2026 17:27

Wow times have changed! It’s been almost 15 years since I was 25, but I don’t know anyone who was still living at home at that age. In fact, I remember thinking that it was mortifying to still be living in a house share at 25, and started looking to rent a flat on my own!

Bollixtothat · 07/04/2026 17:31

Very common in my country. They aren’t building houses fast enough for our children to be living alone once they reach adulthood . Much better to stay at home as long as necessary to become financially stable in the long term .

BruFord · 07/04/2026 20:02

Bollixtothat · 07/04/2026 17:31

Very common in my country. They aren’t building houses fast enough for our children to be living alone once they reach adulthood . Much better to stay at home as long as necessary to become financially stable in the long term .

Yes @Bollixtothat, it’s really frustrating for the 20-somethings who enjoy flat/house-sharing with their friends, but nowadays rents are so high. I had a few years in shared accommodations, it was a laugh, easy to move for work, and I could still save. DD would like a similar experience, but I don’t know whether the economics will work out.

Although she’s currently in a student flat with her mates, complete with an early 1980’s avocado bathroom, perhaps she can find something similar after graduation. 😂

Loulou4022 · 08/04/2026 12:33

Haha I was 44 before I got married and moved out!! It fact I still stay there 3 nights a week as I work near them and live 90 miles away!!

2chocolateoranges · 08/04/2026 19:28

IfNot · 07/04/2026 13:57

No FUCKING way am I living with my kids past about 23 MAX!
I don’t live in London, so round here you can get a room in a decent shared house for 650-700 inclusive. Young people need to have independence and parents need a clean and tidy house!
I am investing a bit so I can help out with house deposits but even on a low income, they can still save. Best they learn early on how much life costs.

My 22 yr old graduates this summer and starts her graduate job one month before she turns 23 so she will be with us for a while , thankfully she is clean and tidy.

ds is 25 and out of all his friendship group there is only 1 who lives in their own house and his is due to him relocating for work, the rest all stay at home.

house prices are astronomical just now so more and more young adults are staying at home longer.

none of my 2 would want to live in a shared house either.

none of my friends children live away from home, even for uni.

KitTea3 · 08/04/2026 19:42

Alas I've been slumming it up in shared housing since I moved out for uni at 18 (ahem...and after being told the year I graduated I had "moved out" and there was coming back after uni 😬)

In hindsight it probably would have been nice to have had the security to move back to my parents and save up for a few years (ahem...as all my siblings were closed to do... 🙃🫠) but also on the flip side I think after years of independence being back under my parents house and rules would probably have also been pretty stifling. To be fair to my parents they did give us all inheritance which has opened doors I that would shall we shall previously would have been locked to me.

My partner still lives at home after splitting with his ex before we got together and tbh it's not actually the worst thing. I fortunately get on great with his parents and it feels more like a home than the shit hole room I rent in a HMO that costs £440 a month 😳 thankfully we are about to buy a home and the mortgage between us for a 3 bed house will be in the same region I'm currently paying for a bloody room

...probably more common these days and if I'd had he opportunity I'd have probably also done it 🤷🏻‍♀️

BruFord · 08/04/2026 20:00

none of my 2 would want to live in a shared house either.
none of my friends children live away from home, even for uni.

@2chocolateoranges Everyone’s different.

For uni, my DD was eager to experience living somewhere completely different to her home town and so is my DS. We have several universities in our area but DS isn’t planning to apply to them, neither did DD. They want to move around and find out what life is like in a number of places, if possible. I was similar and so was DH.

I just hope that they can find jobs that allow them to do this. 🤞

Ninerainbows · 08/04/2026 20:09

There aren't as many 20-somethings buying on their own as there used to be. I am 40 and my 3 best friends all bought flats on their own in their early 20s as 5% deposit was between 5k and 10k. I think it's very hard to afford rent or mortgage payments, high energy bills, council tax and food on your own at the moment.

BruFord · 08/04/2026 20:29

@Ninerainbows I’m 51 and even I didn’t buy until my 30’s. Some people of my generation did though.

Lemonade2011 · 08/04/2026 20:45

My 24 (25) in Aug is still at home. He’s still finishing his apprenticeship, he went back a year due to changing where he worked. So earning are low. Not sure when he’ll move out, no rush although his brothers are covering his room.

my 21 year old moved out 2 years ago
so just depends. Still got 2 at home. Prob have them for some time too

OneNewEagle · 08/04/2026 20:46

I was kicked out as a teenager. Lived in some terrible places and was also homeless. Then rented for years finally able to buy in my 40s.

I had my dc as a teen. DC moved out for uni. But due to rent being more than wages DC is living with us, in 30s. In the SE. Currently struggling with MH stress from work and depression so I’m glad I’m here to help but our living conditions are not ideal. Also MH is linked to not being able to afford their own place without a partner.

Wingingit73 · 10/04/2026 17:15

Very common

Lampzade · 10/04/2026 17:20

Yes
very common
I moved out after I finished university at 22
My DCs will stay at home until they buy their own homes

ilexgranita · 10/04/2026 17:55

I think that whilst the cost of housing is partly to blame, it seems more socially acceptable for them to live at home - coupled with parents mostly being more liberally minded now compared to the 90s, it's become a no brainer - don't rent, live with your parents and then buy. When we we young adults in the 90s living with your parents would have been social suicide - you'd have been seen as a total weirdo/square - times have changed.

RoyalPenguin · 10/04/2026 18:40

It's a bit chicken-and-egg though isn't it @ilexgranita - has it become more socially acceptable because more young people are doing it (due to cost of housing)? Or are more people doing it because it's more socially acceptable? I'd say the former rather than the latter.

ilexgranita · 10/04/2026 19:13

RoyalPenguin · 10/04/2026 18:40

It's a bit chicken-and-egg though isn't it @ilexgranita - has it become more socially acceptable because more young people are doing it (due to cost of housing)? Or are more people doing it because it's more socially acceptable? I'd say the former rather than the latter.

Don’t think it matters - it is what it is.

Dameputtingonabraveface · 10/04/2026 19:25

I am not sure why this would be a suprise to anyone. The cost of rent as a ratio to wages has been an issue for years. It is almost impossible for many single, working people to afford even a small flat to rent, let alone then find money to save a deposit to buy. My DC pays £800 a month for a room in a shared house as a student in a Northern city.

Whilst people have happily accepted the unearned wealth their houses have made them over the years, many seem oblivious to how this has impacted our younger generation. A few decades ago, a mortgage could be achieved on one median salary. Now this is unfeasible for all but the most wealthy.