Should adult children pay rent, if so how much?

SuzySu

My DD pays £20 a week when she's home from Uni for the hols. Hopefully it's teaching her to budget and how far £20 (doesn't) go. Now she's got a house for her 2nd year, she has to pay rent and bills for herself.

VK-2008

i would say they should be paying something. dpends on their incomes etc
200quid sounds like a min i would accept in that circumstance

hope you sort things out

flo5

Thanks everyone for the continued replies. It has been really helpful to get other peoples opinions. As l said l want to be fair and not make a profit just cover our additional expenses.

SailorSam - They had their own rented property but have had severe financial problems, which is one fo the reasons for them returning.
VK -2008 - Thank you for your good wishes - we have agreed a figure of £100pw that would seem to be reasonable all around.

Again thanks to everyone for their input it has been invaluable

Kind Regards

gratefulforhelp_2

betti911 wrote: »

One of my colleagues told me that she collected rent money off of her children and without telling them put it in a bank account. When the kids eventually came to buy a house then she gave this to them as part of their deposit. I thought that was a really good idea if you don't require the money from them to pay your existing bills.

That is soo sweet.

vixarooni

Biggest regret in my life is not paying rent to my mother in law when my partner and i lived in their house! When i told her i was leaving it felt like i had used her...horrible.

KimYeovil

Bacchus_061 wrote: »

They could clean the house for part of the rent

Nonsense. They should clean in addition to paying their share of the rent.

LondonDiva

Make sure that you don't fall into the 'parent / child' trap of doing her laundry, cooking meals in case she wants some. They are a couple with a child and you need to treat them almost as adults or a 'lodger'; discuss your expectations before they move in - whether they can have parties; whether festering dishes in their room or in the sink is acceptable; how late you'd feel comfortable with their friends staying during the week etc. Remember that they are welcome to stay, but that this is primarily your home not their flat or a hotel and that anything that makes you unhappy or uncomfortable needs to be addressed as quickly as possible.

Keep laundry & meals seperate unless agreed in advance (to make up a load or if they will be in and it just means chucking in an extra potaot or two) and make sure that they do clean their share of the house. After a couple of months review your bills - esp electricity and food to check the amount they give you covers any increase, if not hold your hand out for more.

Oh yes - be clear that you're not an in house last minute babysitter...

when_will_it_end

when i moved back home for a while i paid 50 per week for me an my 6yr old daughter
i did most of the cooking as i didnt work at the time a the washig a cleaing i was happy mum was happy it worked well i would ask for somethig to cover what extras you will pay out food bills ect,,, but also make sure they clean up after them selfs