Anybody still living at home at 30+?

[pimping]

Left the army just over a week ago and am waiting for the kitchen to finish being installed before I move into a house share with my friend.
I am 30 and am staying with family (read parents) for a few days just to do the whole 'coming home' thing and seeing everyone before moving on. They have said I could stay but for their and my own mental health I just couldn't do it. They are brilliant but I am interested in other peoples thoughts and experiences in this.
It just can't be right for a 30 year old man to live with his parents surely!

[dudleybloke]

i know several people 30+ who hav never moved out and have no intention of moving out.
sad gits!!!!

[krisdelta]

I think this is becoming more and more common - the entry price on to the property market around here is @£100k - so you'd need a min £40k income + probably £15k deposit to buy. My sister is over 30 and still at home - I am over 30 and not, only by the virtue of buying a flat "back in the day" as they were going up £1k a week. If I'd been 6 months further back with my savings I suspect I would be in a rented flat now.

ETA - welcome back to civvy street

[dudleybloke]

id rather rent than be living with parents at that age!

[SeventyThree]

I moved out at the age of 21 and house-shared with a mate close to the city centre before getting engaged and buying my first home at 26. This is the way to do it. I had such a laugh in those five years, it was brilliant.

[Prospec]

Try this for screwed up, my wife's brothers, early and mid twenties have both purchased thier own property's, which remain empty while they still live (like spoilt teenagers) at the parents.

WTF!?!

[pimping]

Even though I have only been here a few days I feel a bit of a tt already to be honest. Don't think I could face telling people I still live at home, especially women. Choices are :

Parents : live in deepest darkest rural shropshire.

Mate : live in Folkestone with all the bright lights!

[ensignia]

This is very common in Asian households.

I'm 24 and still at home which I'm mildly embarrassed by, but have plans to move out within the next couple of years once I've saved enough for a sizeable deposit. House prices in the South East

[martin84]

Isnt the average age of a first time buyer 36 now? Thats practically middle aged!

[pimping]

I think jumping ship before you get comfortable is the trick. Found myself thinking 'yeah but the foods good here' this morning. Oh dear.

[RemainAllHoof]

Prospec said:

Try this for screwed up, my wife's brothers, early and mid twenties have both purchased thier own property's, which remain empty while they still live (like spoilt teenagers) at the parents.

WTF!?!

Do they not rent them out for free money?

For about 0.5 seconds, I considered moving back to my parents and living off the rent plus free food/TV/heating/cleaner/etc, never working again. I jokingly said this to my mum who gave me a similar reaction to one had I told her she'd won the Lotto.

[e8_pack]

I work abroad and sold up before i left, i use my mothers house as a correspondence adddress, so technically, maybe i do live at home, although i stay with my girlfriend when im back!

so 36, living at home (on paper)!

[SuperHangOn]

dudleybloke said:

id rather rent than be living with parents at that age!

But paying rent would probably make it very difficult to save enough to buy. No shame in using it as a way to save for a deposit but as a lifestyle choice its pretty sad!

[tank slapper]

I don't think it is anything particularly uncommon these days. I know quite a few people who live at home, mainly for financial reasons. The cost of living alone is pretty high and for a lot of people it is unsustainable, especially in some areas. I do think there is quite a difference between never having left home and moving back at some later date though. I also think it is more common for people to not be living with a long term partner - people are remaining 'single' longer and as a result don't have the combined income and shared costs a couple would have.

[pimping]

The thing is I work away 6 weeks and wil only be back for two weeks. My mate is willing to do a pay as you go arrangement for when I am back as he works away alot too and wants the house lived in ( and a few extra pennies for the mortgage).

So really a win/win situation and he suggested it which makes it all the better.

Think I just convinced myself that last 1%. Plus he's a good mate so nights on the piss will be plentiful!

[tenohfive]

A mate of mine is around that age and still living with his parents. He comes and goes as he pleases, has food and laundry etc sorted for him and most importantly almost his entire income is disposable. I envy his financial situation but having (within the last few years) become a first time buyer and having moved out when I was a teenager I still wouldn't trade it in. That being said, I don't necessarily think, "sad bd," when I see someone in that situation.

Now 40+ years old and without a divorce to blame...that to me seems a bit weird.

[Rouleur]

My mum knows of a guy who's 36/37 and still lives with his parents. He works as a mortgage consultant so must be earning decent money and could get good financing on a house, and as he doesn't own a car from choice he gets his mother to drive him to and from work (only 3 miles away!) and to the pub, football etc. Apparently he doesn't help with any house work or do his own washing either...

My parents' friends' daughter who's 40 lives with them, and my mate's mum's 'gentleman friend' moved in with his mother when he was 50-odd! His excuse was that he was waiting for her to die so that he could have the place to himself.

[Jasandjules]

I couldn't stand it. But I can see the benefits of not having a mortgage etc

I suspect these days with stupidly high property prices and lower LTV mortgages it is more and more common.

[Famous Graham]

I just turned 38 and I'm staying at my mum's in Berkshire at the moment. Been here for a month and a half and moving into a company studio flat this week (waiting on a US visa, hence leaving Edinburgh - the company office is in Windsor)

It's been very pleasant having home cooked meals and the like but it's getting rather tiresome, for both of us, so the company getting its arse in gear has come not a moment too soon.

I moved out 17 years ago to live with mates, then bought a flat in Reading, and I really miss having my own place to do with what I please. The "Naked Factor", if you like

[Chapppers]

My sis is over 40 now and has been living with the parents for 2 years now. Saving for a deposit for a house.