Paying 'keep' HELP!!!

Sweetheart

DCFC79 wrote: »

OP just out of interest what area do you live in

I live in London

Pollycat

Taliahmai wrote: »

I also have a 3 bedrooms house and my gas alone is £30 a week, another £15 for electric and another £15 for water....then there is also rent, coucil tax, phone, tv and internet, insurance, food, then all the extras that come up when something breaks etc

Oh, Taliahmai
You're really paying far too much for your gas.

You really ought to take advice from the OP's friend who says for a 3 bedroom house it should be more like £20 per month. :rotfl:

Sweetheart wrote: »

My friend said £20 is more like what it should be for a 3 bed house.

In fact, maybe Sweetheart's friend ought to be running this website instead of :money:.

DCFC79

Sweetheart wrote: »

I live in London

i think £100 a week is reasonable for that area, you get a roof over your head, 4 walls, your own room, use of tv, computer etc

are you aware of what you would ned to buy if you moved out,

xoxo_2

Sweetheart wrote: »

I live in London

Best of luck finding anything other than a cardboard box in London for less than £100pw.

barbiedoll

I can't see what the problem is.

£1200 divided by 3 = £400

The going rate for "keep" is one third of your income, which is ......£400!

Why do you think your mum would try to "scam" you? Like most parents, she probably wants to keep the mortgage on the house so that she has something to pass onto you and your brother when she is no longer around. It's your future that you're protecting, if you'd rather give the money to a landlord, live in a place the size of a rabbit hutch and spend the rest on alcohol and handbags, that's up to you.

You'd better just hope that she doesn't leave the house to your brother!

:rotfl::rotfl:

ps, I live in a two-bedroomed terrace in the cheapest part of London and my monthly outgoings are around £1200 for 3 of us. And I'm a cheapskate!

ailuro2

Is there a specialist letting agency for residences under bridges?

"Who's that trip-trapping over MYYYY bridge"

Sweetheart

Pollycat wrote: »

I've asked the OP to check what her Mum's outgoings are:



If she can prove that the £100 per month that her Mum is asking her to contribute is in excess of her Mum's total outgoings, I'm more than happy to 'tone it down'.

It's over £1200 according to the budget. Council tax alone is £160 a month on budget but seems a lot to me.

She says that she will still be short by £600 a month and she is paying this shortfall from her savings.

To be honest - thats not my concern. Its still her house.

xoxo_2

If you don't want to pay your Mum £100pw including bills etc to live in London, can I have your room? I'd happily pay her £100+pw :rotfl:

iceicebaby

£160 for council tax in London is probably about right.

You have a lot to learn lady.

Grow the F*** up!

DCFC79

Sweetheart wrote: »

It's over £1200 according to the budget. Council tax alone is £160 a month on budget but seems a lot to me.

She says that she will still be short by £600 a month and she is paying this shortfall from her savings.

To be honest - thats not my concern. Its still her house.

well its your house as well and your brothers,

£100 is nothing when you earn 1200 a month,

why do you not want to pay £100 for your share of the mortgage