How many still live at home

TomTom · 01-09-2003 11:58AM

I've been living out of home for close on a year now but before that i was in college so i was away from home for most of the year.

Tis great living away from home.
You may have all the bills and stuff and have to take responsibility for the gaff.
But the freedom is great.
Nobody waiting up for you at all hours of the morning to question you about where the hell you were. (unless you are living with the gf)

Havelock · 01-09-2003 01:20PM

Cunning parents would do what mine did.

From the age of about 8 I have been tiding a room in the house each day, have other choirs, from 11 did most of the local shopping, from 14 cooked, cleaned and ironed for my self, now at tyhe age of 20 pay my parentsd money for living at home and do everyones, washing, cooking and cleaning, and due to my parents' "backs" any heavy work has always been left to methe only son. Though it ain't all bad, I am never at home bar to sleep and shower, so its better than paying rent to do the same.

Emmo · 01-09-2003 01:32PM

Bought my place 5 years ago when I came into some money. My Dad advised me to buy a aprtment when I was going to college so I got a two bedroom apartment.

I took the small room and I rented the spare room. My Dad paid the balance of the mortage for 3 years (about 200 quid a month) so I took out a loan when I got a job and repaid him the loan and now I pay the balance of the mortage whist still renting out the spare room.

Emmet

bug · 01-09-2003 01:41PM

I moved out for three years when I was 22, then I moved back in March due to not being able to afford the increasing rent. I dont know why I moved out in the first place.

There's three of us left at home now 3/5. The other two are still always there during the day and we all get along very well, nice atmosphere. enjoying it very much.

Dustaz · 01-09-2003 05:43PM

I moved out when i was 23 for about 3 years. After leaving my first flat, i moved home while looking for another one. I thought id give it a couple of months but after 2 weeks i was going insane and luckily found a nice flat ive been in ever since (ive been here 5 years now).

It sometimes feels like dead money, but id rather pay that than live at home especially at 31

Trojan · 01-09-2003 07:07PM

I don't get the whole dead/wasted money think regards renting - you're getting a nice place to live with no strings attached, surely that's worth money?

Been away since age of 20 (5yrs ago), moved to Dublin for 1st job, been renting since.

Al.

aodh_rua · 01-09-2003 07:29PM

Originally posted by Am I Sad?
Of the people saying they moved out in their teens/early 20's.

How many mean recently or actually mean when they were 20yo in '93 for example? Don't we all wish we had the foresight to get on the property ladder back then.

If you mean recently, are you living on bread and water so you can afford the rent/mortgage for a decent place or are you paying a little less exhorbitant rent/mortgage for a hovel?

If recently and your not living on bread and water and you have a decent place, are you a lawyer, doctor, Tradesman or Cisco network Tech!

Hmm - I moved out aged 20 and went to London for a summer's work (this was in 2000). I came back to finish final year in College and moved into a flat in the centre of Dublin across the road from Trinity for dirt cheap rent. I'm doing a postgrad now - still living in the same place three years on, and I can say that there is absolutley NO WAY I'd move back to live with the parents. Don't get me wrong - I get on well with them - but having lived away I think it would be a real backwards step to move back.

As for people still living at home into their thirties - to me it doesn't sound too healthy for people to get to that age having not learned to survive on their own. Still - I know its not their fault. Not everyone's as lucky as I have been accomodation wise.

TacT · 01-09-2003 08:34PM

25, living at home, get on grand with the folks etc and pitch in so it's not all that bad, only have part-time work atm so can't afford to move out (which I would have done already if things had gone as planned but the haven't....)

May yet leave the country in order to be able to afford my accomodation and food

Seraphina · 02-09-2003 01:49PM

almost 19 now and still live at home, starting college, so i wont be able to move out coz i wont have enough time to work enough to pay rent. my parents dont like the idea of me moving out really, they say there's no point because its an easy journey from where i live to where im going to college, but its really the lack of freedom that gets me. hopefully i will get a part time job and be able to save enough to move out when i finish college.

Big Chief · 02-09-2003 03:24PM

moved out when i was 19, im 21 now and never looked back..

my parents and I have a better 'phone relationship' than we do when i was staying at the house... Hell, we actually get on with one another and are able to talk since i moved out

wheres the 'i dont live at home' option anyway?

Zab · 02-09-2003 03:26PM

I read this a while ago. It seems to have some relevance here.

po0k · 02-09-2003 04:02PM

19
Been renting exactly a year.
Was living at home for the first eyar of college, but moved in because the cost of rent was roughly equal to the cost of getting cabs home the one or two nights I went out.
Also the lack of hassle thumbing lifts in teh morning was well worth it.
Course...I never counted for the cost of heating, ESB, DSL, food, cost of beer due to me going out more etc.

One great perk is having my own room (and a bigger bed) to do what I like with whom I like and be as loud as i like.

The house is cheap rent, close enough to college but isn't a palace. Dry and semi-warm (when we buy oil)
Must switch over to having house parties instead of pubbing.

AL][EN · 02-09-2003 06:06PM

i moved outta my house when i was 12.

went to boarding school from the age of 12 and really only ever made it home once a fortnight

there are both pro´s and con´s to living at home you dont have your own personal space and freedom at home Vs 3 square meals a day nice warm bed at nite but there´s absoutly nothing wrong with living at home

either way is fine

Doodee · 02-09-2003 06:10PM

Been living away from home for a year now. It is good freedom wise, but you can get very lonely, specially when you want to just chat to someone, but i suppose, thats what phones are there for

also leaves me with less cash to go out, so not as much of the bad stuff for poor old me

skipn_easy · 02-09-2003 06:17PM

I've been living away from home since I was 16 (3 years) and it's been great. Sure two of the places were studenty dives but it was well worth it.

Able to go out all night and come home the next morning and fall into bed without worrying about calling home or getting agro from the parents. Able to have parties and invite everyone you know without worrying about getting beer stains on the carpet.

I lived in a really nice house in sandymount with my brother for the last year which was the best of both worlds, he didn't care what i got up to as long as i paid the rent, and cos he's earning lots of dosh we were able to get a really nice house with broadband and lots of games consoles

When I moved back home for a couple of weeks recently I nearly cracked up because I kept getting in trouble when I didn't call to say I wasn't going to be home, and when I didn't get up early in the mornings etc. I have to say my relationship with my parents improved dramatically when I moved out.

sceptre · 02-09-2003 11:35PM

Originally posted by no1lfcfan
Get this.......my parents are living at home with me!! They bought a house last October and its still only half finished!! It's a pain in the ass.........all I want to do is have parties and watch what I want to on the telly!!

Ever think of invoking "my house, my rules" and by extension "my choice of what I want to watch on my TV in my living room"?

... or "rent a place, damn you, to hell with my inheritance"

sceptre · 02-09-2003 11:37PM

Originally posted by Lukin Black
Can't remember which comedian said it, but I hope you put them in different rooms and told them "They'll be none of that carry on under my roof!"

:mad:
I wanted to post that.

/stamps foot repeatedly

Lord Nikon · 03-09-2003 12:28AM

Well, I'm 23 living at home. I guess the reason why I want to leave is the fact that I have to share a room with 2 brothers. There simply isn't enough room for my clothes and stuff, and it's damn annoying.

If moving out was an option, trust me, i'd take it. But with the cost of living and buying/renting a house, it seems like a lot of money wasted. I'm gonna wait until house prices drop, or better still move abroad and bring back a **** load of money, and then buy a house.

Next year my car is paid off, then I'll think of getting a house. Although, an Audi A4 is looking like the nicer thing to do...

Am I Sad? · 03-09-2003 02:54PM

Finished paying for my A3 this August! €430 a month better off. Woohoo!

Course rent for a half decent place is at least €800pm so that doesn't really help me.

Basically to afford the rent I would have to work more overtime and days off and thus would basically only have time to eat and sleep in the place. Whats the point? Thats what I do at home. Eat and sleep and do whatever needs doing for the parents. At least this way I can save or spend.... and actually have free time to spend the money that would otherwise go on rent. Sure I can't throw wild parties, but I'm a bit old for that now and sure I cant 'do' the missus at the drop of a hat........(just makes it more rampant when we do actually find the time/place to do it)

:D:D

.........Course when I do find 'the ONE'.......she can pay half the rent.....Sorted!!

:D

bloggs · 03-09-2003 04:53PM

I moved out when i was 17/18. Never looked back. I have always wonder who people can have sex in their parents house, is it out of desperation or do you go to another place or what? Getting Ma to do your washing and cooking and stuff seems really sad to me. Also girls don't like mammy's boys

The Sweeper · 04-09-2003 12:45PM

I moved out of home when I was 17.

Eight years later, I moved back into my parents house. I was in exactly the same situation as when I'd been 17 - single, unemployed, emotional. The only difference was that I was thousands and thousands of pounds in debt. (Pounds, not Euros. The worst day of my life was when the euro was introduced and my debt went from four figures to five.)

A considerable proportion of this debt came from paying another loser's rent for a year on top of my own, plus all bills, household expenses, groceries, shelling out for nights out etc. etc.

My advice?

Stay at home, hand up "keep money" weekly or monthly out of basic respect.

OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

If you live at home and don't pay rent there is NO good reason for you not to be putting away a couple of hundred Euro a month if you have a halfway decent job. It'll prepare you for the shock of a lower disposable income when you eventually do move out, for starters.

In addition, your parents will look out for you on a lot of things - they may help you out by doing washing for you if you're lucky, make dinner for you etc. Don't ever take that stuff for granted.

Before I moved to the UK, I lived at home and worked for about seven months. At first it was just temping work, then for three of those months I landed a job on which the annual salary was €27K. In seven months, I saved enough money to allow me to emigrate - enough to pay my expenses, cover me for a deposit on a flat and enough to leave in my Irish bank account that would cover the direct debit for my debts for four months to give me time to get a decent job.

THINGS I DON'T HAVE NOW THAT I COULD HAVE HAD IF I'D LIVED AT HOME UNTIL AGE 25:

A car. (Can't afford one.)
The ability to drive. (Couldn't afford the lessons.)
Savings. (Does this need an explanation?)
A zero debt balance. (See above.)
A credit card (have scrapped the one I used to have).
An extensive wardrobe. (Disposable income = new shoes.)
A steady work experience history untempered by leaping around from place to place because renting with eejits was driving me mental. ("I'm late to work today because of a 3am banging row between my housemates. Yes sir, I know that's the third time this week.")
An unjaundiced view of the rental market.
A property of my own, or at least a considerable deposit on one.

All in all, if you can manage it at all, mom and dad's place is BEST.

Doodee · 04-09-2003 10:12PM

why pay someone elses rent for a year?

ArphaRima · 05-09-2003 03:22AM

Does everyone who owns an A3 live at home?!

My damn A3, love it. Just decided to pay E1000 on it a month just to blitz the payments along. When the loan is at about 4000 ill drop it back to 500 a month. Then that saving will go to a house deposit savings. Saving even now though.

Family getting 200 a month(not a lot -I know, but there's a reason), sky digital, and NTL cable internet from me. Im only about for about 4 days a week, never eat their food, and keep everything of mine seperate. Do all my own work.

From age 18 Spent 2 years in the UK studying. All paid for by a company; now a trained professional earning a decent wage. 1 year back in Dublin in a rented house, and then back home. Next plan is a house (joint purchase with a mate hopefully). Not like I havent left the nest, or that I'm leeching.

I'm 22.

chernobyl · 05-09-2003 03:46AM

"cant afford to move out"...toss

Too much of a mammys boy more like. Moved out when i was 18 to go to college and im never going back. Im a minimum wager mofo for the next few years and i can survive [in dublin] without govt assistance. Your just lazy and a redneck.

kamobe · 05-09-2003 04:46AM

I'm 22, living at home, and a lot happier having seen this thread

Selik · 05-09-2003 07:09AM

I moved out of home when I was 21 (22 now) in March of this year. I've been fortunate in that I've had the resources to purchse my own apartment near the city centre due to an investment that I made a few years age paying dividends! Would never move back home (for obvious reasons) now as I don't think I'd ever need to and the freedom of having my own place is just fantastic..... All weekend sessions and all that + no nagging Mum etc etc....

The Sweeper · 05-09-2003 04:03PM

Originally posted by Doodee
why pay someone elses rent for a year?

..."You know I'm good for it".

When you're in a long term relationship with someone and they say they'll pay you back etc. etc., - ah look, it's too much to go into, but to be honest by living with him I felt I had a chance at getting some of his income in repayment when he eventually got a steady job. He was in on-off employment all year. That and I was up to my oxters, working hours that could be from 7am to 10pm (in what was supposed to be a 9 to 5 job). I didn't want the hassle of finding a new flatmate. I was hardly aware of how much it was costing me (I was working those hours because of the wage I was getting for it). It only really stung when himself waged war on the third flatmate, causing them to move out.

Yeah, I loved paying £850 a month all on my lonesome for two months until we found another tenant. Of course he'd started a war with her within four weeks. He was all delighted with himself when she announced she wouldn't put up with it and was moving out. He was less delighted when I came home that evening having given the landlord a month's notice on the house.

I went back to my parents. He waited until the last second, then left half his stuff at the house. I had to hire a taxi to take it to my parents house or we'd lose the deposit. (Landlords don't like their rental property being full of your crap when you're not supposed to be living there anymore.) Considering he had... what... five people in his family with cars...

Anyway. We got the deposit back in full. Or rather, I got the deposit back in full and kept the lot. I'm sure he managed to find space in his tiny brain to resent that as well.

...so that's why, to answer your question Doodee.

TacT · 05-09-2003 04:35PM

From the looks of some of the replies it seems like one of the best things about moving out is you get to slag everyone who hasn't.

Samson · 05-09-2003 04:49PM

Originally posted by KdjaC
Leaving the bathroom door open when you having a crap.
That's the best thing about your own place.

A truer word, was seldom spoken!

Doodee · 05-09-2003 07:29PM

..."You know I'm good for it".

heh, been there.

alot of people in college bummed cash off me, just got to a point where they sd "ahh sure your loaded,you wont miss it" i went ape****, i was working part time, loosing most weekends and some weekdays to work 7 hour shifts while doing my college work.

o yes, college work, they also bummed that off me aswell,and ended up claiming i was the cheat :rolleyes:

only found out a month ago that one of the culprits was sleeping with one of the course leaders, o the scandal

How many still live at home

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