What would be a reasonable price to charge my dad for rent?

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NinjaTech

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Here I'll work you out a fee schedule:

Mom: Free unless she started bothering me about having grandchildren then it would be 10 dollars for every mention of it.
Dad: His fee would start at free and then increase by 100 dollars for every time he decided to tell me what to do.
Brother: I would rather light myself on fire.
Sister#1: If I owned a barn outback I still wouldn't let her stay there.
Sister#2: Free for as long as she wanted.
 
Phoenix86

Phoenix86

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guyver01 said:
hopefully if you ever have a kid... they don't see you as being a burdeon.

I feel sorry for your dad... having a pathetic excuse for a son like that.
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You gave your parents free rent/utilities for 18 years once you were an adult? Or did you simply hand them a check for 18 years of rent/utilities?

I can understand the latter if your parents didn't want to live with you, or something.

:rolleyes:

The idea that a child owes their parents for their upbringing in such a way that it has to be paid back is pretty fucking moronic. I understand not charging him rent because you can/want to, but EXPECTING it?

Fuck no. That's just retarded.
 
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preCRT

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I wouldn't charge a parent.

But since you feel the need to, it is impossible to come up with a number without knowing how much his disability income is. I would think anything over 20% is too much.
 
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SAWYER

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Getting him out will not be a problem when I'm ready, I let him and my brother stay a few years ago and we kicked them out once they stayed longer than they were supposed to.
 
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BlahBlahYouToo

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If it were my dad, absolutely nothing. My parents raised me, put me through college, bought my first car, and have always been there for me.

If they needed some place to crash for a few months while they were trying to get back on their feet, I'd feel like an absolute douchebag for charging them.
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they bought you a camry. that alone would be enough for me to charge them double rent.
;)
 
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HydroSqueegee

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my mother in law lives with my wife and me. We pay the house payment and groceries, she pays the gas, electric and cable. Works out pretty well.
 
Slew Foot

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If my parents were so hard off that they couldnt find a place for themselves, I couldnt imagine asking them to pay rent.
 
thraashman

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Charge him whatever the increase in utilities is (approximate) plus a small additional charge. The $300 you named initially doesn't sound too bad. Depending on the exact situation I might swing that a bit lower.

Then again, I have a different situation. My parents will never need to live with me as my dad gets a pension of over $60k/year and their house was paid off like 15 years ago. Also even if they did, they let me stay into my mid 20's rent free and let me stay for 2-3 months last year when my lease was up and the closing on my condo took far longer than expected.
 
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NetWareHead

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To all the ppl not charging their own father rent, I salute all of you. You are the definition of what it means to be a family, what it means to care for one another and illustrate the respect and care a child should show a parent. After all my parents did for me, I would never dream of charging a parent rent. All of you charging rent suck and if were your father I would rather go rent an apartment and pay rent to a landlord than to my freeloading selfish son. I would be sad that the son I raised turned out to be such a POS...
 
AMCRambler

AMCRambler

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Yeah, don't charge him. That's not cool. He took care of you for the formative years of your life. The deal is you take care of him for his de-formative years.
 
hanoverphist

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goog40 said:
I can't imagine charging rent to family.
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my dad would live in a hotel before living for free with either me or my bro, thats the way he is. as a dad, i wouldnt want a free ride from my kids if i found myself out of a place to stay. as it is, this guy isnt destitute, he has an income and could find another place with a bit of time and help. the offer from the wife to rent a room to him was likely to make it easier on him and get him closer to family, not to save him from the world.

id charge him 400 with util included. it would more than pay for the added water/ elec per month, and the extra could go towards savings for a family trip.
 
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ciproxr

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. . . but then give him the first 17 years free.
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it doesn't work that way, his father wanted kids and by law he is responsible till they are 18. People don't ask to be born and its unrealistic to expect them to pay you back for raising them. (lol)

as far as charging him rent, specially since hes disabled i think around 300 sounds reasonable. you guys have to keep in mind if he doesn't charge him rent he will be there forever and also the OP mentioned that he paid rent once he turned 18.

Me personally i wouldn't charge him cause thats how i was raised, i still live at my parents home and they dont charge me rent.
 
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M0oG0oGaiPan

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Tell him to pay for his food and charge him a portion for any utilities he uses.

If you don't charge him anything he'll feel like a handout.

everyone knows this.
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