Move out of home ?

samhail

What kinda ages do people move out from the family home ?

Im 27 and still living at home. Dont have a problem with it, 15min away from college and spent a year in australia so time kinda passed.

Is 27 too old to still be at home ? When did ye move out ?

Snowie

i moved out when i was 17..... my god you suck man... I bet your mum wash's your clothes, cooks you dinner etc you are a mammys boy grow up... i take it you live in funshauglin or rathooth ?

aoibhebree

Moved out when I was 18 ... been in and out since. A year abroad, home for a summer, a few months for college here and there, etc. I've been at home for the past year now, but can't wait to get out of here again in August, it'll probably be permanent this time (or so my parents are hoping! )

useful_contacts

was 18 when i left

best thing i ever did

samhail

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

i moved out when i was 17..... my god you suck man... I bet your mum wash's your clothes, cooks you dinner etc you are a mammys boy grow up... i take it you live in funshauglin or rathooth ?

no i dont have a mam actually, passed away 15years ago - maybe thats part of it, having a bit more independence as such ?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I was 21, 24, 29, 33 and 37 when I moved out.

Snowie

samhail wrote: »

no i dont have a mam actually, passed away 15years ago - maybe thats part of it, having a bit more independence as such ?

sorry man

*put his foot in mouth *

really sorry

samhail

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

sorry man

*put his foot in mouth *

really sorry

its OK
im just wondering what ppl think.

Tech3

I was 17 when I moved out for college, couldnt live at home.

It gives people a great start in life and not to have mommy running after you all the time. Great independence living away from home, your house your rules

Snowie

Move out man for shore !

TheIrishGrover

samhail wrote: »

no i dont have a mam actually, passed away 15years ago - maybe thats part of it, having a bit more independence as such ?

moved out when I was 17 but moved back for a year or sowhen I got a job in my hometown. So who is in your house? I mean are you helping to look after your dad there?

banshee_bones

Moved out when i was 17. Cant say il ever be going back, well not if i can do everything in my power to avoid it anyway.

Mark200

I'm 18 and can't see it happening in the foreseeable future tbh. I started college in October and I live within comfortable commuting distance from it, so I have no real reason to for at least 3 or 4 years. I'd like to....but I don't have the money to yet anyway.

I can't cook either, so I'd be living on take aways. I wouldn't even know how to use a washing machine either....so I'd hope by the time I move out I'd be rich enough to hire a maid or else just buy new clothes whenever any get dirty.

BeerWolf

Expect quite a few number of people moving back to their parents [temporarily], with this whole recession thing...

Too many young people are being made redundant because their employers want to keep those experienced.

Abi

Theres no right age OP. Whenever you feel you need your own space is fine. I was 18 though, left for the same reason.

wylo

moved abroad at 18, came home later at same age, moved out at 20, came home 21, moved out for another summer at 21, had to move home again!! Moved away to Oz at 24 for a year and a half, Im 26 now and back home AGAIN!!!
Really need to move out properly, it gets embarrassing telling women you still live at home with mammy.
At the risk of sounding like im making excuses, oz really screwed me up, a year and half before I left I was "going" to oz, so I saved and stayed at home, and now Im "back" from oz, so its like my life is reset again.

Latchy

I lived in a flat when I was 20 for about 4 months but officially moved out of home when I was 27 .I had being contemplating doing so about 5 years previous and needed the head space and freedom as much as the physical .I dont think their is an age limit on when you should leave home .Every persons circumstances are different and not everybody can afford to move out , as much as they would wish to .

ferrigan101

samhail wrote: »

What kinda ages do people move out from the family home ?

Im 27 and still living at home. Dont have a problem with it, 15min away from college and spent a year in australia so time kinda passed.

Is 27 too old to still be at home ? When did ye move out ?

Moved out when I was 18 to go to college and had a great time! Did a LOT of growing up in the first year, now I can cook, use a washing machine and even iron! The missus loves it!

Snowie

ferrigan101 wrote: »

Moved out when I was 18 to go to college and had a great time! Did a LOT of growing up in the first year, now I can cook, use a washing machine and even iron! The missus loves it!

you iron your clothes :pac:,

18 and only been back for a week at a time around christmas..

Jay D

I was 19 and moved back for a month at one point while awaiting snag to be completed, would never even dream of it again.

ferrigan101

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

you iron your clothes :pac:,

Only the shirts for work, lets not get carried away here.....

Snowie

ferrigan101 wrote: »

Only the shirts for work, lets not get carried away here.....

really you where shirts to work i don't think i could ever do that :eek:

SarahMc

Moved out at 17, like others moved back at various times for a couple of months.

Now having my own family, think 17 a bit too early, but would throw children out if they were making no move by 23.

Captain-America

I'm seventeen and can't see myself moving out for the forseeable future. Plan to go to College around here so at the moment I see it as a waste of money. Though that opinion could change greatly in time of course.

Kersmash

I'm also 17 and I'm itching to get out. Can't wait. Really desire the independance.

kittensoft1984

Moved out last year when I was 24 to move to Galway but then moved back.

May as well be living out though, I do my own cooking etc!

ferrigan101

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

really you where shirts to work i don't think i could ever do that :eek:

What, work? :-o

Donkathon

hell no OP stay where you are man, wait till the folks pop there clogs ye get bigger share of the house (no offence intended) + loads of space

Rented Mule

Stay at home and save your money as long as you can. Use this time to your advantage.

Buy your own place when you are ready.

Stones85

Moved out a few weeks after the leaving cert finished. Saved enough that summer for ticket to Oz and away I went. Back in Ireland now.

I'd have to get to the stage were I was friendless, pennyless and homeless before I even started to think about moving home.

We're all different, but I'd feel like a retard if i'd to move back home, never mind burdening my parents, they've looked after me long enough

Rented Mule

Rented Mule wrote: »

Stay at home and save your money as long as you can. Use this time to your advantage.

Buy your own place when you are ready.

no1 you miss out on the fun of living on your own through late teens/early twenties.

no2 you are buying a house having no experience whatsoever of living in a few for a period of time. i've lived in 10+ houses and this would be invaluable when buying your own home.



18-22 isn't about saving imo.

marbar

i had no rush. in and out but mostly because they were rarely there and i got the place to myself for a good 3 month of the year.
moved out a few weeks before 28
just depends how handy your life is

MagicMarker

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

i moved out when i was 17..... my god you suck man... I bet your mum wash's your clothes, cooks you dinner etc you are a mammys boy grow up... i take it you live in funshauglin or rathooth ?

Oh and aren't you so much better than him? Jesus christ man chill out.

I moved out a couple of years ago, in that time I shared in Dublin and lived on my own in Canada.

I'm 25 now, I live with my mother and brother, I pay rent, I pay bills, I buy my own food and I wash my own clothes and dishes. The reason I'm living at home is because it's a cheaper option and I can focus on putting all my money towards paying off a loan.

Am I too old to live at home? No.
Would I prefer to live elsewhere? Yes
Am I independent? Yes
Is that all that matters? Yes.

It depends on how you behave and are treated at home.
I've always had to be independant and look after myself....damn hippy parents.
But it was a valuable people lesson to move out and live with crazies.

WindSock

19-20, 22-26.

Kya1976

I was 18 when I moved out, then I moved country when I was around 19.

Schism

Mark200 wrote: »

I'm 18 and can't see it happening in the foreseeable future tbh. I started college in October and I live within comfortable commuting distance from it, so I have no real reason to for at least 3 or 4 years. I'd like to....but I don't have the money to yet anyway.

I can't cook either, so I'd be living on take aways. I wouldn't even know how to use a washing machine either....so I'd hope by the time I move out I'd be rich enough to hire a maid or else just buy new clothes whenever any get dirty.

Hardly takes a rocket scientist to learn to cook for yourself and wash some clothes.

helimachoptor

23, lived beside college so what was the point!!

stovelid

Whatever time feels right for you and whoever still lives in the house.

So many factors involved: space in the family house, your relationship with your family, your means and whatever. Don't listen to any of the naysayers because just because you're 27.

The only thing I would say is that it's a little sad to hate living at home and still elect to put up with it if moving out was feasible.

Turd Ferguson

Moved out when I was 18. Best thing I've ever done. I grew up in the country and country life just is not for me. 2 weeks after Leaving Cert I was gone.

I lived at home all through college(live in the country so a car was more important) only moved out when I was going abroad for a year at 22. Moved back in for a few months after the year away and planned on getting work locally and living at home but couldnt so renting now(age 24). Tis a pain really I would have much more money if I was living at home paying out rent and bills is a pain in the arse and having to cook in the evenings is painful. I still bring my clothes home at the weekends for washing though!! Also I always have some friends couch after nights out etc so that aspect of things never bothered me.

If I were you op I would stay put I know I would rather be living at home.

antodeco

Moved out when I was 17. Went back for a few months after relationship broke down. Moved out again for over 4 years. Moved back home for a year (with a daughter in tow) and moved back out again. Im now 27.

azezil

Moved out when I was 19, that's nearly 10years ago now. I knew how to cook & clean and all that jazz from a young age so that was never an issue.
I value my independence, at times it's been hard going trying to scrape the rent or bill money together but I've always managed.
I get along pretty well with my family, but I could never live with them.

Personally I find it strange whenever any one older than 24 tells me they live at home.

Calibos

Look at it this way.

Say you met some people and you were all discussing where you lived. They wouldn't bat an eyelid if you told them you rented a room in an amazing house with all the mod cons, that there were never any arguements about anyone in the house using this room or that room, about using the comunnal kitchen, heck some of your housemates even cooked the odd dinner for everyone else, The workload and bills were all shared by all the housemates, how people still had their personal space and independance, how you got on so well with everyone that it was like you were all family.

You know what their answer would be?

Thats so cool, I wish my housemates were like that, I wish I leved in a houseshare like that. You are so lucky.

Yet all of a sudden when you say, that this house share is not just like family, it is family.

OMG!!, U SUXORS, Saddo, Mammies BOY HAHAHA

Just because some people have to get out ASAP at 17 or 18 because their parents are Fuddy Duddy old farts who are on their case all the time or who are alcos or a multitude of other negative reasons, doesn't mean the rest of us who might have more liberal parents born of the 60's, nicer people for parents etc are saddo's for staying at home. We're not all the sterotypical mammies boes and girls who let their aging mothers still do everything for them. For some of us its a mutually beneficial and mutually respectful mature arrangement.

Until I move out to live with the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with I much prefer to give my parents the rent money than some stranger, where I have great 'landlords' that I trust and they have a great tenant that they trust, and to live in a 'houseshare' with all the benefits I mentioned rather than some grotty hole with a bunch of strangers that may or may not be nice people. There are countless threads in Accom&Prop with people complainging about, lack of privacy, dirty housemates, noisy housemates, scamming housemates, lazy housemates. They are not family and as long as they are paying rent you can't say a thing to them. With family one can have a mature discussion to resolve issues etc.

Alcatel

Depends on how you behave, but generally as soon as you're finished college it's time to go sunshine. And if you're in college but treating the home like a dump you ought to get short shrift (though, luckily for many, the softer parent will keep you shielded...) Too many college students living at home suffer the disability of not being able to move a cup from the table to the dishwasher.

After college it's likely good time to go. Your parents want space too, you know!

Ginny

I moved out in 2nd year of college, only gone a year and was back, then moved out at 26, moved back at 29 for 7 months(saved for my own place), moved out again at 29 into my own home.
Although I paid rent, did my own washing most of my own cooking and had completely independance while at home, tbh I think my mother misses me, she's still trying to cook my dinner and get me to pop in on the way home.

Solarball10

Moved out myself when I was 18 to go away to college.

I'm 25 now and I've got a couple of friends still living at home. Their jobs are close by, they have cars, and they pay their parents a bit every week - why not? In fact I'm jealous - 50 quid a week covering rent and food? No-brainer, as long as your family don't drive you crazy!

samhail

I am in no way pushed either way about it... its not like its a PI sort of post or anything.

im in no rush to move out... espicially when your living in a house that with the "rent" split 4 or 5 ways just for the bills for the house (since house is paid off) its nearly as expensive as having rent or a mortgage. id only have to move out to a much smaller place !
and my sisters cook the dinner alot so too easy !

23 and moved in with the grandparents. Very handy place near town and work, and I just bought my first car, add that to a bunch of things and I don't have the time or money at the moment. Hopefully in the summertime before the next round of exams in sept.

shezzie

moved out when i was 21 shared for few years till i saved to buy my own house at 30 .