How Much To Charge For Board

[jocky 198]

How much do you think I should charge my 22 year old son for board. do you think £60 a week is ok. he his 22 and brings home about £200/£250 per week. I was paying £30 per week 23 years ago before I moved out.

[bracken boy 584]

Id say less, if hes a good son and mucks in round house then why charge £60? Now if hes a chancer then up to you...

[Fieldsporthunter 1,864]

I used to pay £30 out of my £50 a week apprenticeship money.

 

£50/£60 seems fair.

[Blackbriar 8,569]

Find out how much it costs to rent a room in your area, and add a bit on for the laundry and cooking services !

 

At least you're teaching him that you get nowt for nowt !

[jocky 198]

he thinks he should not pay any, as his mates don't pay any. some times he helps around the house garden ect, but not often.

[socks 32,253]

£60 is very fair and if he doesn't like it tell him to move out and see what he gets for £60 ... Rent, food, electric, Internet, laundry, rates etc etc ... Tell you what he would get ... Fukc all .......

[tb25 4,627]

He needs to learn things dont come for free.in time when he moves out he be paying a hell of a lot more..60 seems fair for all he creature comforts am sure he gets..

[BGD 6,436]

£60 sounds more than fair too many kids these days get away with staying at home, earning and not putting anything in the pot. How does that set them up for life in the real world?

Your son will thank you for it when he's standing on his own two feet and all his mates are stil living with mam and dad in their 30s

[walshie 2,804]

My boy pays £200 a month and even he says he thinks that's cheap, Mind you he does eat about £195 month's worth of food.

[blackmaggie 3,377]

sounds fair enough to me you have to pay your way in life hes working so there should be no argument always taught my kids to pay there bills and were they can try and save a little each week

[Accip74 7,112]

I paid £50 a week & £60 is fair......I worked with quite a few young lads over the years that never paid a penny haha.....

Don't feel guilty about it, you leave school, get a job & pay rent......simple as that....

[lurcherman 887 13,264]

Then you die.... Lol how could you take your boys money he will think your a right cnut just make sure he saves his bit of cash and when he does move out he will have a bit... I wouldnt/wont exspect a penny off my children il look after them until they move out end of.

 

 

And they will also no things dont come free as thats common sense

[desertbred 5,490]

tell him to go get a mortgage and when he does and gets a house you and your mrs sell up and move in with him

[DIDO.1 22,846]

If you don't need the money off him why not put a few quid of it away for him without him knowing...

[tatsblisters 10,312]

Seems fair to me i carnt believe the amount of young lads i have worked with who dont pay board despite being in their twentys some of them its another sighn of how times have changed as everybody i knew 40 years ago that was the first thing they did when getting paid was cough up your board to your mother.