Charging kids board

Thats more than very fair marco.Our 30 year old son lives with us and he pays us £300 pm.Still can`t get rid of him even though he`s had girlfriends but enjoys his freedom,ale and footie more. ;)
thanks mate,although its seems fair i fear il get bashed come october when fuels up again and the ever increasing diesel/petrol, the dryer washer heating etc will be a nightmare,maybe settle on 250 for now and review in october,thanks for the input
 
We started charging our two lads, 23 and 21 this year. They are both on decent money but I’m not sure if they save any. We don’t actually need what they pay us although that might change as prices keep going up. For now though we put their contribution away and will give it them back when they eventually move out.

Apart from last month when our boiler packed up and I kept their 400 quid to go towards the new one
 
thanks mate,although its seems fair i fear il get bashed come october when fuels up again and the ever increasing diesel/petrol, the dryer washer heating etc will be a nightmare,maybe settle on 250 for now and review in october,thanks for the input
Its only over the past 12 months that I`ve had to ask him for an increase.He was originally paying £225 and I then asked him if he could cough up a further £25 but without asking he started to give us £270.Itwas only this May when I asked him if he could up it again to £300 and as he now and again will come shopping with me that he realises how much food and such as increased.
He did say if it was not enough then tell him but as theres only the three of us in the home then I`m happy.
Can`t complain as he`s never given us any problems and the fact that he`s a City fanatic,hates the Scousers and Rags with a vengeance is good enough for me. ;)
I think that a good idea ref a review in October mate.
 
We started charging our two lads, 23 and 21 this year. They are both on decent money but I’m not sure if they save any. We don’t actually need what they pay us although that might change as prices keep going up. For now though we put their contribution away and will give it them back when they eventually move out.

Apart from last month when our boiler packed up and I kept their 400 quid to go towards the new one
I think thats a very good idea journo on both counts.
 
I think it depends on a lot of things and the right answer is something that might be different for each family, but needs a proper conversation so everyone understands and accepts the reasoning for the approach used.

When I lived with my parents, I was lucky enough that they didn't charge me board. I offered to but after a discussion with my dad he basically said that he flat-out didn't need the money and the bill increase with me there was negligible. He had no use for my money so he wanted me to keep it.

I did, however, pitch in with all the household chores including cooking for the family a couple of nights a week and would pay for the big shop once every few weeks too, as well as helping my parents out with my "young person expertise" when they had IT needs and doing my fair share of manual labour when they were doing home improvements etc.

I worked full-time and was able to save up a good deposit for a house, and the only assistance my parents gave to me when I moved was advice and helping out with the heavy lifting, whereas many of my friends who paid board had their parents contribute to their deposits.

Although I don't come from a particularly wealthy background, I appreciate I was in a very privileged position there, both financially and in terms of my relationship with my family.
 
We started charging our two lads, 23 and 21 this year. They are both on decent money but I’m not sure if they save any. We don’t actually need what they pay us although that might change as prices keep going up. For now though we put their contribution away and will give it them back when they eventually move out.

Apart from last month when our boiler packed up and I kept their 400 quid to go towards the new one
Thats what we intend to do and what was done by both my parents and the wife's. Take the money and invest it until needed.
I appreciate we were lucky to have parents that could afford it, but for us it meant that by the time we bought a house we had 20k between us, which at the time (1998) was a reasonable chunk to put down against a house.
Appreciate the amount needed for a deposit is much bigger these days but unless you intend to rent there aren't many other options.
 
.First wage put in 1962 was £3:3:9p nearly £3 :20 in today’s money coughed up a pound a week,worked in Manchester travelled from Woodhouse Parktravelled on the 46 bus,later on became the 100bus.a bloody long day.
 
The average on here seems to be £300. Please pm me your address and I'll send Mrs Mist over. 300 notes, i'll gladly pay that.
 
£300 pm for my 21 year old son. He earns £32,000 which is the highest wage in the household. So I think he does ok.
 

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