He currently pays £35 per week. £5 per week of this is towards sky television. He earns about £1000 per month.
2006-07-21 00:20:34 · 38 answers · asked by Elana N 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I should also mention that he occasionally cooks a meal for the family. He irons his own clothes, and has a turn washing the dishes
2006-07-21 00:57:14 · update #1
cheap! really cheap!
my mum started charging me full price that it cost her to have me living at home as soon as I left school - it's entirely fair and left me under no illusion as to the real cost of living!
2006-07-21 00:24:54 · answer #1 · answered by blank 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
£75 is a lot more reasonable. If he had a mortgage, he'd be paying a lot more, plus other expenses, council tax, water, gas, elec, house and contents ins, teli license, etc. And I am guessing he eats at home and you cook for him, so perhaps even £95. Put his £20 surplus into a "wedding fund" or house deposit fund. By the time he leaves your home, this amount will be great. Plus it ensures he doesn't overspend ad teaches him to save. £35 is nothing, £25 of it just goes on food. He is a big boy now and you deserve something back from him in return for all your hard input.
2006-07-21 01:27:55 · answer #2 · answered by ribena 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont you think £140 a month is enough?
He also pays out £20 a month for the sky so thats £160 a month.
Thats a weeks wage to some people
I understand he earns £1000 a month but he earns that money and just because he earns what he earns doenst mean hes on a 'give me a fair amount of your wage coz you earn good money' regime.
Does it cost more than £140 a month to keep him,if not then id say thats enough.
2006-07-21 00:25:21 · answer #3 · answered by freerange00720002000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My younger brother is 17, working full time earning about the same.
My parents take 50% of his wages per month and use 20% towards rent and put the rest into a savings account for when he leaves home.
It's quite a good way of saving money and still gives him around £500 per month disposable income
2006-07-21 00:24:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to contribute toward his ultimately becoming responsible, I would charge him $100 per week. Otherwise, to charge him less than that, would mean that he is not in tuned with the real world. What if something happens to you, will he think that he can go out on his own and pay $35 per week somewhere? I think to charge him $35 per week is unrealistic of the real world and does not prepare him for life outside of your home.
2006-07-21 00:48:17 · answer #5 · answered by killah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are very generous but I do not know how much he earns and how much off the little things he uses around the house, nor how much he helps out. If he eats at home most of the time 50 dollars per week is not unreasonable, but it also depens on what kind of living situation he has...old craped room or spacy place, own bathroom and own door. But 50 dollars or so per week sounds closer to the mark, if you dont need the money, put it in a savings account and give it to him when he moves out or when he needs it later in life.
2006-07-21 00:40:43 · answer #6 · answered by Deviant 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I have two teenagers who work full time and they give me £30 a week, we decided between us this was the right amount. They both still help around the house but as I said to them if they lived in a flat of their own it would cost an awful lot more and they would have all their own cooking and cleaning to do after a hard days work. Margaret
2006-07-21 03:25:37 · answer #7 · answered by ineedahugnowuk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About £500 a month to cover rent, food, heat and light.
Take what you need to cover the actual costs and put the rest into a savings account for him ready for a deposit for a house when he leaves home.
My daughter pays £65 a week rent only for a room in a shared house.
2006-07-21 00:57:27 · answer #8 · answered by Storm Rider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd fee 40 funds an afternoon. they ought to take care of to discover the money for that, and it truly is far more less expensive than daycare. you may also talk with them about providing lunch or breakfast, or providing money or nutrition for which to feed their toddlers. there is not any longer some thing incorrect with doing this. in the adventure that they have got a difficulty with this, you want to speak with them about looking childcare elsewhere. they prefer to attend to their funds more effective. in the adventure that they dont favor to provide nutrition, improve a bill on the end of the week, and present it to them. seeing that they're relations, and also you dont favor to reason not easy thoughts, only say that you cant discover the money for to feed 2 different toddlers, and also you arent making sufficient with 20 an afternoon to visual demonstrate unit their toddlers all by ability of the day. i'd double that volume, because the time is being more effective than doubled, and that would want to wish to cover expenditures. i'm hoping this enables you some. sturdy success!!
2016-11-24 23:59:34 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think £200 to £300 per month is a fair amount. It will help him to appreciate what he will have to face when he leaves home! If you think this is too much, perhaps suggest to him that you save on his behalf a percentage of what he gives you, which you can give back to him as and when he moves out.
2006-07-21 00:28:23 · answer #10 · answered by DeeBee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you live.
Check your local paper and find out how much a room only Lodger will have to pay, knock a bit off and throw in the food.
You can always save some of his house keeping money each month to help him pay the deposit on a house in the future.
2006-07-21 00:28:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋