Moving out??

-username-

umm im new to this website and didn't really know where to take this question so sorry if it is outside the topic of the board. I'm seventeen and live in Dublin. My family is moving down to Cork because my mum wants to be closer to her family. Does anyone know if i can rent a flat at my age.Is the legal age 17 or 18?. I tried looking it up but the all the websites i went on are really badly laid out. The best i could find is it's 17 in the UK. Help appreciated!

MagicMarker

You can rent a flat at any age once you have a job and can afford it.

Do you have a job? And can you afford it?

You'll have to share, so your biggest problem would be the people you live with, they probably won't want to live with a 17 year old. But it depends on the 17 year old.

Overheal

If I read in between the lines here, your parents told you to look this up?

Do they support this move out?

How do you plan to pay for it?

You can't move in with friends in Dublin?

Moving out seems all the rage when you're 17, but 3 months in you will want to go home. Please seriously consider the decision.

MagicMarker

Overheal wrote: »

If I read in between the lines here, your parents told you to look this up?

Do they support this move out?

How do you plan to pay for it?

You can't move in with friends in Dublin?

Moving out seems all the rage when you're 17, but 3 months in you will want to go home. Please seriously consider the decision.

Why will he/she want to go home? I think the opposite would be more the case. As long as they can support themselves of course.

marthaclark

I agree. Age is just a number when it comes to independance.

I say, GO FOR IT.. in a mature responsible and informed way..

i guess it depends on the person. i was never a home bird. I loved moving out.

I move nearly every year i love it so much.. that's a joke but yeah.

I would advise that you learn how to budget and prioritise my friend. unless your parents are happily funding this move and happen to be millionaires.

are they?

also. never let other people sleep in your bed.

seriously. unless they are without and you are all consenting. otherwise, no. be there or beware.

Irishcrx

I moved out when I was 18, not because I was unhappy at home just because I wanted to stand on my own two feet and was living with my aunt. I got a decent job and moved in with some friends never looked back I loved the freedom, moved about a bit since then and you have to take the hard times with the good but it's a part of life. Plan it out, get yourself working and see if any friends would be interested in renting a house with you.

JuliusCaesar

-username- wrote: »

I'm seventeen

Are you still at school?
Do your parents support your wish to stay in Dublin?
Are they prepared to help out with money?
Would you need to work to support yourself?

the daughter of some friends of mine moved out when she was 15 to share with a friend of the same age. Neither was getting on with their parents and there was a very messy divorce going on for one of the two girls. The parents paid her rent and living expenses and she continued at school. She gets on better with her parents now and will be starting college soon. I wouldn't recommend it at this early age but it can be done.

I myself was finished the LC at 17 and moved abroad for a year, au pairing. It was a good transition for me but did I do a LOT of growing up that year!

Mr. Incognito

and more importantly do you have 600 a month for rent plus bills?

Mazeire

You can't live on your own without your parents permission until you are 18 and over. You could however maybe move in with a relative.

Susannahmia

-username- wrote: »

umm im new to this website and didn't really know where to take this question so sorry if it is outside the topic of the board. I'm seventeen and live in Dublin. My family is moving down to Cork because my mum wants to be closer to her family. Does anyone know if i can rent a flat at my age.Is the legal age 17 or 18?. I tried looking it up but the all the websites i went on are really badly laid out. The best i could find is it's 17 in the UK. Help appreciated!

I moved out when I was 17 as I was going to college. As long as you can afford it you can.

baztard

Susannahmia wrote: »

I moved out when I was 17 as I was going to college. As long as you can afford it you can.

You have to be 18 or over to enter into a contract. So technically you can' t sign a lease or anything like that. But in reality so long as you have the money and actually find a place that'll take you your grand.