Kids at home - keep?

[RobM]

OK here's today's question.

If you have/had an adult child (say, 20 years old) living with you and working full time, how much 'keep' should they pay you? Just include 'rent', food. utilities. Personal things (clothes, car etc.) would be their own expense.

 

[sufc_tom]

Well I'm 17 and pay £20 a week. And my cousin who is 21 pays his mum and dad I think it was around the £25 mark, but don't know now as he has no job and wouldn't surprise if he has any money!!

 

[MK Shrimper]

I think £25 a week is fair.

 

[Alexis_SUFC]

My parents pay me whenever I'm back home.

 

[SportBilly]

Depends how much they earn. If they only earn minimum wage etc £20-£25 pw. If they have a good job earning much more, nearer £50 a week would be reasonable. They probably eat more than that in food alone

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

My mum used to charge me 5% of my wages that way if my wages changed so did my 'keep'

 

[DTS]

My old man used to take every single penny I earned. In return I was allowed half an hour of electric per day and a cold shower once a week. It was really charecter building and I thank him for it.

In realty I used to pay Dad £100 all in I think. If you feel uneasy taking the money you could have always take it from them, then put it into an account for them without there knowledge and give it back to them when they move out? Just an idea.

 

[steveo]

You need to charge something so they start getting used to the fact that living somewhere actually costs money. I charge my two 60 quid a month although the older one is due to go up to 120 and the younger one has got a year free for some reason which I can't remember.

 

[* ORM *]

Bugger me the kids today get off lightly - I was paying £10 a week 20 years ago when I was taking home £120 pm after deducting season ticket loan.

 

[Desert Shrimper]

Depends how much you like having him around Rob. The less you like him the higher the charge...the quicker he buggers off.

 

[Yer Blues]

my dad sent me up the chimneys to earn my keep - at the age of 13 when i coudnt fit up the chimneys anymore my mother sent me to live in hockley woods where i was raised by alf -

untill i was 16 when i got a job at spud u like. damn, i was in charge of tuna and sweetcorn. good times indeed.

hope this helps

Bobby x

 

[OldBlueLady]

My dad used the same rule of thumb as had been applied to him, and it always seemed fair, even if it was more than most of my friends - one third of your net wages, increases included.

 

[undercovershrimper]

going back bout 20 years a mate of mine was charged 50% of whatever he earned that month, be it a tenner or a grand. When at aged 21 he bought his first house they gave him back every penny he had given them plus the intrest it had earnt in the bank account they had been putting it in. To say he considered this to be one of the better days in his life would be an understatement.

 

[GBJ]

Personally i say, Charge nothing!

 

[Uncle Leo]

When I was last living at home - nearly nine years ago - I was paying my Mum £50 a week.

 

[RobM]

Thanks for your answers. The 'child' in question is on about 20K so I reckon £60 a week is fair - it costs about that just to rent a room.

Oddly enough, a chum at work suggested 20% of take-home which coincidentally worked out to £59.61 - 39p shy of my suggestion!

 

[Davros]

i think 20% of his take home is fair enough, and tell him if he thinks its too much, he should try 'flying solo' and see how good a deal £60 a week is!

 

[Southend_Lady]

I pay £50 a month which is a touch although until I start my new job next month I am rent free! Personally I think it had t be relative to what they earn.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Thanks for your answers. The 'child' in question is on about 20K so I reckon £60 a week is fair - it costs about that just to rent a room.

Oddly enough, a chum at work suggested 20% of take-home which coincidentally worked out to £59.61 - 39p shy of my suggestion!

That's just about spot on I think.

 

[Pubey]

Thanks for your answers. The 'child' in question is on about 20K so I reckon £60 a week is fair - it costs about that just to rent a room.

Oddly enough, a chum at work suggested 20% of take-home which coincidentally worked out to £59.61 - 39p shy of my suggestion!

Yeah my mum and dad did 20%, I think that's a fair amount really.