How much should a 21 year old contribute to the household income?

onejontwo

I've no idea if this is in the right place but I'm after opinions about what amount roughly should a 21 year old contribute to the household income as it's their first job. There is no rent to pay and no food, heating, council tax bills etc to pay. So whatever is left after the household contribution is all theirs apart from maybe £15 travelling expenses. We were thinking of maybe 10% of their wages or is this too little or not enough? We welcome your views.

duchy

Depends what they earn
What does a room in a house share locally go for ?

On minimum wage or just above 10% would be £20 a week which sounds a bit low -would they be buying their own food, doing their own washing and ironing, buying their own cleaning stuff and toiletries and would they be helping around the house with cooking and cleaning ?

onejontwo

duchy wrote: »

Depends what they earn
What does a room in a house share locally go for ?

On minimum wage or just above 10% would be £20 a week which sounds a bit low -would they be buying their own food, doing their own washing and ironing, buying their own cleaning stuff and toiletries and would they be helping around the house with cooking and cleaning ?

Roughly around about £150-£200 per week and no to all of the above.

tanith

10% = roughly £80 which sounds about the same as my son was paying about 4yrs ago but he earnt more..so it sounds fair to me but he really should be doing his own washing and ironing and helping around the house if you don't mind me saying so. He needs to learn those things for making his way in the big bad world eventually. (I know you didn't ask that )

Dunroamin

onejontwo wrote: »

I've no idea if this is in the right place but I'm after opinions about what amount roughly should a 21 year old contribute to the household income as it's their first job. There is no rent to pay and no food, heating, council tax bills etc to pay. So whatever is left after the household contribution is all theirs apart from maybe £15 travelling expenses. We were thinking of maybe 10% of their wages or is this too little or not enough? We welcome your views.

Why not?

10% is a bit of joke, I'd charge at least £50.

forgotmyname

Depending on their earnings i had the idea of about £60 - £80.

But putting money into a special savings account to help them when they finally move out. Help with a deposit to rent or buy.

If they earn more then increase it and help them save. But you need to balance it out and leave them enough so you can encourage them to save a bit each month also.

Lokolo

I wasn't charged rent before I moved out because my parents knew I was saving to move out anyway!

My brother is the opposite and my parents charge him £200-300 a month (his take home varies but is usually £800-£1000) so they are generous. They are also using the money to save for him as a deposit, although he is saving his own money anyway on top.

Bennifred

Our adult children who live with us contribute £50 per week each towards the household expenses. They also uncomplainingly do cooking/washing up/household chores etc. The youngest is a full time student so does not contribute financially but does his share of chores etc when he is at home in the holidays.
They have very different attitudes to money (very different natures!) I know that one of them saves a good proportion of his remaining income, as well as running a car, but the other does not . I suspect I'm going to have to be very blunt with him soon, or he'll be here forever!

Jobseeeker

I don't really believe in the % thing because that doesn't happen in the real world. E.g your rent has to be paid whatever happens with your job (hours cut etc) and if you do some overtime or get a second job your rent does not go up.

I think you should decide on the amount it costs you to have him living there and the child has to find a way to pay it.

duchy

onejontwo wrote: »

Roughly around about £150-£200 per week and no to all of the above.

That's very expensive for a houseshare -are you sure ?

As an adult presumably living at home and expecting to be treated as an adult -then why on earth would they expect to act like a child in not paying for food ,not contributing to utilities (presumably they bathe or shower, watch TV, charge their phone , have computer , heating in their own bedroom etc) and needing someone to cook for them, shop for them and do their laundry. Do they have some kind of disability that prevents them doing these things or are they just thoughtless and lazy.

I have a son of twenty two (who actually does have a disability) and he is expected to act like an adult not a child. I charge him keep and he's expected to contribute to the household in terms of helping out. He's a member of a normal family not the royal family !!

Once kids are in employment - (education is a little different) surely they want to be adults not remain children reliant on parents ?

onejontwo

[QUOTE=duchy;64084550]That's very expensive for a houseshare -are you sure ?

As an adult presumably living at home and expecting to be treated as an adult -then why on earth would they expect to act like a child in not paying for food ,not contributing to utilities (presumably they bathe or shower, watch TV, charge their phone , have computer , heating in their own bedroom etc) and needing someone to cook for them, shop for them and do their laundry. Do they have some kind of disability that prevents them doing these things or are they just thoughtless and lazy.

I have a son of twenty two (who actually does have a disability) and he is expected to act like an adult not a child. I charge him keep and he's expected to contribute to the household in terms of helping out. He's a member of a normal family not the royal family !!

Once kids are in employment - (education is a little different) surely they want to be adults not remain children reliant on parents ?[/QUOTE]

Sorry, the £150-£200 per week was the income not the houseshare as I don't know the amount for that.