How much should I be paying rent to my Mum?!

Hannurh

breaking_free wrote: »

Are you saying that the total rent for the house is £750 per month, of which you are paying £150 per week? Shurely shome mishtake?

Yes, the rent for the house is £750 of which I am paying £150 a week. Nope this isn't a mistake,, this is how much she's asking. :') My Dad and I worked out how much gas, heating etc would cost and it came to £135 a month, so if we split that, it'd be £75 a month.

tea_lover

So how much of the £750 rent is your mum paying? Not much by the looks of it!

PlymouthMaid

That sounds very high to me. I was thinking of getting a lodger and would charge them between 70 and 80 pounds a week (buying their own food). I think much more than that (if you are in London maybe) is taking the mickey. Discuss it with her and you may as well move out otherwise and have your independence. In fact my daughter pays around £620 for a nice room in a lovely house on London.

Oakdene

Hannurh wrote: »

Yes, the rent for the house is £750 of which I am paying £150 a week. Nope this isn't a mistake,, this is how much she's asking. :') My Dad and I worked out how much gas, heating etc would cost and it came to £135 a month, so if we split that, it'd be £75 a month.

So some months (where there are 5 weeks) you would be paying the full rent for the month??? 5*150=£750

BJV

tea_lover wrote: »

So how much of the £750 rent is your mum paying? Not much by the looks of it!

Exactly what I was going to ask? & food is ontop????

Does your mum work?

thorsoak

In the circumstances that you have posted, then look for other accommodation!

lobbyludd

It would perhaps have been a good idea to agree this before you took on the new place?

Do you know what it covers? is the weekly shop in with that?
I don't like working things out "weekly" unless you are paid weekly as most bills are monthly.

so ask her what it covers per month
and remember this could all be part of it....
rent
gas
electric
water
council tax
food/drink
TV license
Contents Insurance
Food
toiletries
cleaning products etc
any subscription services/broadband/landline

add it all up and halve it, take into account whether you have a hobby or lifestyle that will use more electricity or fuel than her or want certain foods. Will you be pulling your weight domestically?

all of this should be discussed and factored in between you - the random figures picked out of the air by people other than you and your mum are irrelevant.

you are an adult and will get half a house, it's not the same situation as if you were 17, and paying board for your room in your parents house: you've lived away, this is a newly rented place.

Ames

For once yes, it seems high. The rule of thumb always used to be 1/3 of wages, so around £350 a month.

From what you've said you're paying £650 a month for a room in a house for which the full rent is £750? And you're going to be paying a share of bills?

I think this is one of the few cases where you'd be better off not living at home, especially if you could find a place as a lodger. Indeed, it sounds as though you could end up with your expenses costing more than your income when bills and food are paid for.

onomatopoeia99

Hannurh wrote: »

Yes, the rent for the house is £750 of which I am paying £150 a week.

£750/month = £173/week over the course of a year.

So out of £173/week rent for the house, you are paying £150 and your mum £23.

You haven't said (that I have noticed, anyway) who is buying food, paying for heat, light, water etc, but even if your mum was paying all of that it sounds like you are paying too much. Whether a lot to much or a little too much depends on who is paying for what of the other things and how much they cost.

My gas+elect+water+food costs me as an individual living alone in a 3 bed house, about £300 / month (and I don't stint on any of those things, run a server computer 24/7 etc so your electric will definitely be considerably cheaper than mine), so I'd say your mum is getting a good deal even if she's paying for all of that stuff.

breaking_free

Oakdene wrote: »

So some months (where there are 5 weeks) you would be paying the full rent for the month??? 5*150=£750

Oakdene has hit the nail on the head. Some months the OP is paying the entire rent.
On top of this she paid for the TV licence herself.
She also paid for the broadband and line rental
She pays for her own food.

So what does that leave mum to pay? (Theoretically)

• council tax
• utilities
• water
• insurance
• cleaning products

Add all those things together and there is no way they will equal the £150 per week the OP is paying - in other words, mum is paying MUCH less than her 20 year old daughter.
Frankly I am appalled.