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

Malky

18-25

I left at 19 and rented for 4 years then bought with my (now) wife when I was 23. My wife was 20 when she left home.
First 4 years were tough as was the first 2 after buying but have no regrets.

Percy1983

I will add I have had no financial support from parents, yes I don't pay a 'full' rent but I don't cost them as the money I give them covers the cost of me (In short they are profiteering out of me living here).

I do question the whole idea of independence, I have independence in all respects but share the bathroom and kitchen with other people (who happen to be my parents). Quite far from this imagine being painted that people like me still have a toy box to tidy and get a bed time story every night.

I suppose in my case we have managed the transition from child to adult, in many cases I can see how that can fail and have seen it fail, I guess my parents where very liberal from my teenage years they have let me make my own mistakes (to which I have made many).

Rinoa

25-30

25

A welcome surprise to see how many new names (well, new to debate house prices) replied to this topic. And currently, 143 have actually responded to the poll.

I thought there were only around 20 of us obsessed saddos who ever ventured onto this forum.

SaLoGo

<18

I was 17. I moved back last year for 6 (long) weeks last year after my ex left me, never again!

I don't normally look in this part of the forum, I just saw the thread on the 'new posts'.

JonnyBravo

25-30

Moved out for Uni but back after. Stayed until 28. Couldn't give a t0ss about those who think it was unfair on my parents etc. If they were unhappy about it they would have told me.
Yes it gave me a huge "helping start" and I'm not in the slightest bit ashamed of that either!
Get on so well with my olds and still see them pretty much every week or two.

Percy1983 wrote: »

I will add I have had no financial support from parents, yes I don't pay a 'full' rent but I don't cost them as the money I give them covers the cost of me (In short they are profiteering out of me living here).

Dont be so soft. Of course you are having "financial support" from your parents. Sure you might not be costing them extra but it's stopping you from paying council tax, insurance, amenities etc etc etc. That's financial support. Be grateful of it, not ashamed of it.

ska_lover

<18

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I think it's a mistake to assume that people living with their parents are annoying them and taking advantage. Of course, they might be, but for many families it works well and to everyone's benefit. I agree, that is why I did not state 'Everyone who lives with their parents..'

I moved out in a way at 18, when I went to work in Poland for a year, but not in a definite and permanent way, because at 19 I went to uni, was home in the holidays, etc. And my parents supported me through higher education (first degree, bar school, master's degree, pupillage) and that little lot took 6 years. I wasn't actually living at home, though.

My sisters (who are 31 and 27) sort-of live with my parents. My parents live in London, and my sisters live in their house in Kent. My parents spend 2-3 days a week there usually, plus a month in the summer, and Christmas and Easter, etc.

Everyone's happy. My sisters pay some rent, and they look after the place - it's occupied, and therefore safer, they make sure that when my parents turn up the heating's on and there's milk in the fridge. And it's a big enough house that there's no jostling for space.

My parents are happy, my sisters are happy. They do actually all quite like each other! My parents aren't exactly in their twilight years, either - my mother's nearly 63, my Dad's 61.

There are always going to be exeptions to the rule on this topic. I could not imagine living in my 30's with my parents, it is unhealthy to be relying on them (and your sisters will be paying a lot less rent than if they properly rented).

I cant help butthink some of our generation is selfish, unable to support themselves - I really do.

globalds

<18

I joined the merchant navy at 17 so was not at home as such from that point on.

The original gulf war between Iran and Iraq let me build up the funds at 21 to get a mortgage.

Jimmy_31

ska_lover wrote: »

There are always going to be exeptions to the rule on this topic. I could not imagine living in my 30's with my parents, it is unhealthy to be relying on them (and your sisters will be paying a lot less rent than if they properly rented).

I cant help butthink some of our generation is selfish, unable to support themselves - I really do.

Yes i agree, some of this generation are very selfish indeed, Ive even heard of some people buying more than one house just so they have a spare to rent out, this has obviously had quite an effect on house prices and also the age people are ABLE to move out of their parents home.

I cant help but think a lot of these people who are still stuck at home with their parents through no fault of their own will reap the rewards of saving a big deposit in the not too distant future:) I dont really see my deposit as a deposit anymore:)

ska_lover

<18

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

Yes i agree, some of this generation are very selfish indeed, Ive even heard of some people buying more than one house just so they have a spare to rent out, this has obviously had quite an effect on house prices and also the age people are ABLE to move out of their parents home.

I cant help but think a lot of these people who are still stuck at home with their parents through no fault of their own will reap the rewards of saving a big deposit in the not too distant future:) I dont really see my deposit as a deposit anymore:)

Absolutely. Currently we are living in a rented house (local authority) but saving hard for a deposit so we can have a place of our own, in a nicer neighbourhood.

We both work full time, and my son also works, but it will take us a few years yet to get to where we want to be house-wise. However when that time comes, I will feel proud that we have done it all by ourselves, as independant adults, rather than relying on handouts from our parents, who are not getting any younger. both sets of our parents are nearing retirement.

Jimmy_31

ska_lover wrote: »

Absolutely. Currently we are living in a rented house (local authority) but saving hard for a deposit so we can have a place of our own, in a nicer neighbourhood.

We both work full time, and my son also works, but it will take us a few years yet to get to where we want to be house-wise. However when that time comes, I will feel proud that we have done it all by ourselves, as independant adults, rather than relying on handouts from our parents, who are not getting any younger. both sets of our parents are nearing retirement.

Lots of parents dont give their children handouts, they just let their children continue living at home until they have saved a deposit, everybody i know who is doing this is paying their own way in life and costing their parents nothing.