House keeping

quelfie83

I paid a third of whatever I got per month - when I was working, it was a third of my wage, when I was on benefits, it was a third as it was contribution based at the time and I still had to pay prescription costs

Spendless

I was on a YTS that paid £25 per week, then went up to £26.25. I worked at this Mon-Fri. On a Saturday I kept the job I'd had during sixth form and as I had my 18th birthday, I was paid the adult rate of £2 an hour for the 8 hours I worked. Mum asked for £8 per week. After a year, my YTS placement took me on permanently and I could pack in my Saturday job and be £2 per week better off in total. I told Mum who put up my housekeeping by £2! When I protested, she said she;d never taken my Sat wages into account. I never again told her about a pay increase!

LittleOne

My parents let me stay at home rent-free for 1 year after I finished sixth form (I was working part time) Then after that I paid £100 a month. I started full time work at 20 and I lived at home until I was 26. I continued to pay £100 a month and I was encouraged by them to save my money instead, which I did. I'm 28 now :-)

jraf

I recently moved back into my parents home and contribute £300 per month towards monthly bills

Kayalana99

I'd take into account what sort of luxuries you are offering them to, I paid £250 a month which was about 1/2 of my wage - then had to buy my own food - but for this I sort of had a bed sit downstairs. I had 2 rooms which even had my own fridge freezer.

My Mum charged me £100 previously but I had to do my own washing and food shopping again, I could never quite get my head around my ex was charged £250 for a box room (I think slightly more then half his wage at the time) then spent 3-5 nights with me anyway.

I think 200-300 is fair amount if they are earning a full time wage, about what you'd pay for a room anyway if they moved out and lived with others depending on location but you can only judge it as it comes.