How much do you ask for Lodge from your grown up child ?

xgingerx

,Hi, just wondering what other parents ask for lodge, hes 20 earns 170 a week, we are on a dmp so money is tight, whats a fair weekly amount to ask for?? he has all his washing/ironing/food/internet paid for and his own room, i know hes thinks the use of his 40 inch tv / computers etc work as if by magic from the power supply and doesnt cost anything.

Any ideas?

Thanks

psychopathbabble

When I was 18, I had to pay the housing association £105 towards the rent as my mum was on incapacity. When I moved into her friends house (my mum in every way except biological) I was paying £200 a month including food and my salary was £9700 a year. Not sure how much that worked out to per month, can't remember.

I would be willing to pay £50 a week especially knowing it would help out my parents. He still have £120 a week to himself.

Hope that helps x

speirsro

I paid £200 a month when I was 17/18. I thought this was astronomical at the time...but now wishing I still only had to pay £200!!

McKneff

My daughter pays me £50 a week,

lozzam

Occasionally we have friends or children of friends staying for a few weeks at a time. We charge £50 per week, knowing it doesn't really cover everything, but is a reasonable amount for someone of that age to pay. If he argues, get him to do a SOA and showing where he spends his money and why he thinks keeping more than £120 a week is justified. Compare his spending on going out, drinks, clothing etc with yours (although I'm sure he won't argue!)

Ames

As a rough guide it should be about a third of his income, so around £55 would be fair.

Or maybe he could buy his own food and pay a proportion of the bills, like he would in a shared house? That might teach him budgeting better for when he moves out, give him more of a realistic idea of what bills etc cost.

shaven-monkey

Take monthly bills, divide by 3.
Calculate monthly food spend, divide by 3.
Add together, that's the living cost.
Add £55, that's the rent.
Stop doing laundry / ironing or charge for them.

lesley_rod

Hi XGingerX,
My 18 dd pays £150 per calendar month for her board.
This includes all bills but doesn't include washing or ironing, she's been doing her own since she was 16 (well I'll rephrase she's supposed to be doing her own but has since amassed 3 washing baskets which just sit in her room :mad: but that's off topic).
I debated and debated over how much to charge, she intends to go to uni but is currently working, if she goes to uni I'll not charge board but while working feel she needs to contribute. I'm paying off debts too.
If possible I get him to set up a standing order to transfer the money across, until we did this it was painful having to keep asking for the money and seemed to be degrudgingly paid up. Since the SO setup there's been no issues.

NGlady

WOW - I pay my parents board and looking at what everybody else charges their teenagers/twenty somethings fo board and lodgings make me think I have a very easy time at home. My mum and dad have only ever asked for £100 from me, it used to be £80. For this I have an ensuite bedroom and all of my chores near enough done for me. I am out of work at the moment, but I think my parents deffinatly deserve more than the £100 there getting. they worked this as 1/10th of my earnings.

I think I shall deffinatly be rising it up to £130 per month, based on my potential earnings at the moment of roughly £800 I think that would be fairer. Shall instigate this myself. Also I have always handed my board to my parents on pay day if not a week or so before.

My parents have/had a fair amount of debt, and im always there if they need my board a couple of weeks early, need to borrow a few quid. Maybe you could open a policy of charging say £125 per month, but also that he pays for something such as his lunch food himself?

KrazyKel

I pay around £300 a month (well 4 weekly) i buy a lot of my own food plus pay internet etc as its only me that uses it
Works out about 1/3 of my income too. - been paying less at the moment, as waiting for my tax credits back as i only work 16 hrs a week but get my disability benefit too

kingfisherblue

My daughter pays £160 a month, but I also expect her to contribute to household tasks such as loading the washing machine, cooking, cleaning etc. Even if she paid more, I would expect help in the house - I'm not the maid!