At What Age Did You Move Out Of Mummy And Daddys?

Cleaver

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

whats the difference between a 16 year old lad who cannot afford to rent a flat and a 30 year old man who cannot afford to rent a flat, i cant see any.

One would assume that the difference is that the 30 year old should have 14 additional years of qualifications, work experience and skills that should enable them to earn a whole lot more than a 16 year old. I should say that I don't care who lives at home, it's up to the indivdual, but that's the difference between a 16 year old and a 30 year old.

geneer

<18

ess0two wrote: »

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Why quote on something random

Because I didn't say as much the first time.

ska_lover

<18

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

As far as im concerned you are an adult at 16, thats the age you have to start making your own way in life, and whats the difference between a 16 year old lad who cannot afford to rent a flat and a 30 year old man who cannot afford to rent a flat, i cant see any.

There is a huge difference Jimmy. I shall spell it out for you..

A 16 year old would more than likely be earning minimum wage (if they can manage to get a job on gcse's only), which is very a very low wage at that age.At 16 you are still legally a child. You cannot even enter a pub at 16. Local authority housing will not accept applications from 16 year olds. At 16 you still have a lot of growing ahead of you, mentally and physically. Your parents can still get CHILD benefit for you until you reach 18. It is the law. Not only that, but I doubt there are many parents who would kick a child out at that age nor see them as an independant adult.

A 30 year old man has up to 14 years of working life behind him, 14 years of which to save and climb up the career ladder and anyone with a bit of a brain will be earning more than they did at age 16. At 30 you are the the man you are going to become.

Percy1983

By all means it is correct, I had no chance of saving at 16, I now have the income to run a home and the income to save a deposit, so I am now doing that and will be out soon.

bendix

<18

I moved out at fifteen. It made the beacon of tolerance and understanding I am today.

onlyroz

ukcarper wrote: »

I live in the Southeast and my stepson did not want to return home after Uni. although he did for a few months. Like a lot of young people in the Home Counties he couldn’t afford to buy or rent so did what a lot of people do and house shared.

Exactly - you do what thousands of students or low-earners do and club together to rent a hovel until you're earning a bit more.

ukcarper

18-25

onlyroz wrote: »

Exactly - you do what thousands of students or low-earners do and club together to rent a hovel until you're earning a bit more.

Not necessarily a hovel the first property he rented was a really nice 2 bed terrace but split two ways it was quite reasonable the second was again very nice a big 4 bed chalet bungalow.

J_i_m

25-30

It's almost quite amusing to see (yet rather more irritating) to see how many people are getting heated over this topic.

The way I see it, why should it really matter how old you are when you move out just so long as everything is fine between you and your parents? Who are any of us to judge someone else on the age of their accommodation independence?

I moved out at 26, in hindsight I could have done so earlier, I've been as independent as it's possible to be under a parent's roof.

It's wrong to move out simply for the sake of being an adult, or for fear of being judged by some of your peers, who cares? It's nothing to do with them anyway. You should do what is right by you and your family, not what some other person thinks they can tell you to do.

I enjoyed living on my own, having my own space, but unfortunately it got rather too expensive for my income to substain, so at 28 I moved back in with my parents.

Yes, I could have found a cheaper flat to rent, or flat shared, but I discussed things with my parents and we agreed that the best course of action was to move back in with the people I know, rent free, but pay a third of the household bills and hence be able to save meaningfully towards buying a property of my own. That would have been far harder to do if I were still renting elsewhere.

Now, some clever bee might smugly point out that I should have saved my money before I moved out in the first place and with hindsight I'd agree with them. But not everyones situations are the same and you can't dwell on what you maybe should have done or what someone else did, but what you're going to do in the future.

Yes I'm sure there are many people who'll feel justified in lecturing someone like my myself that they moved out at 16 and survived on cold beans and toast to secure their independence but so what?

neverdespairgirl

18-25

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

Every single person i know who still lives with their parents are doing this for one reason, they are saving up to put a roof over their head.
They cant go out and rent a property because their wages have been cut to the point were they will not cover the rent plus the basic bills that are coming in.

My sisters live with my parents because they want to and like it. Everyone's happy.

geneer

<18

onlyroz wrote: »

Exactly - you do what thousands of students or low-earners do and club together to rent a hovel until you're earning a bit more.

I rented a town house that the landlord later sold for close to half a million pounds. Shared it with 3 others.
Not that we used the dining room much when the kitchen was so big. But it was great for parties.