Rent for child

[HannaBannana]

My daughter is planning on moving back home to save money for her own place - she moved out to rent a place with her then partner at 18 and has since broken up with him. The plan to move home is to help her save money for her own place now at 21 and I was aiming to charge her £100 a week. She is not happy with this as she pays just slightly more than this where she is now so she won't be putting much more in savings away and is a 3rd year university student. I have taken into account then when she gets her first job her take home pay will be about 1500 pcm from August. The £100 a week would include the room and bills but not food or chores and I would also expect her to look after her younger sister when I am at work. Is this amount of rent an unreasonable amount? She has her own car and phone that she pays for as well.

Yeah exactly, that's why it's so hard for young people today.

I was paying 400 a month for my own one bedroom apartment when I was 20 and wages have not gone up much. If I was born 10 years later I could be in the same position as your son stuck living at home, granted my parents wouldn't charge me but it would still be an awful position to be in.

I was paying 400 a month for my own one bedroom apartment when I was 20 and wages have not gone up much. If I was born 10 years later I could be in the same position as your son stuck living at home, granted my parents wouldn't charge me but it would still be an awful position to be in.

I can assure you that my son does not think he is in an awful position. Actually he would have been happier to give us more board money. He lives with us because he chooses to do so. He also has more disposable income than DH and I!

I wouldn’t charge a Uni student offspring, or if I did it would be because I was skint and it would be share of bills only.

Bearing in mind that a student doesn’t even compromise a single CT discount as they are disregarded.

Sounds excessive to me. If you said £400 food included and no childcare then l think that’s an ok price. Why does she have to do childcare, it’s not her child?! She’s not your live in au pair and if she was then she wouldn’t be paying rent or for food!