My frail old mother wants to come and live with me...how much rent is it fair to charge?

so let me get this right, she gets £72 pounds a week, you are charging her £60 to live there. BUT yet you allow her £10 to keep for food. Well doesn't the £60 you are scamming out of her cover food or is that separate. My God I bet she is so proud of you. I bet she is so thankful that she took care of you emotionally and financially ALL those years without expecting anything in return.You are prepared to "knock a few quid off" for baby sitting, My Goodness this is your Mum, she is not a baby. The only one behaving like a baby here is you Young lady. REALITY CHECK. Loving your Mum is unconditional not financial.

If you are allowing her £10 for food then she is hardly going to create a huge impact in your family budget is she,so don't give me you cant afford to have her there. OMG I am going before I break my keyboard in anger.

Hmmm, well for a start,you need to be claiming attendance allowance and then take about 50 quid of her, 22 quid is more than enough for her to buy food and for her to go to the bingo ( she might win and split the winnings) and then at least you and crispy get to spend some quality time together!

You need to look into being her POA,( it is easy to fool social workers into thinking she is senile) and then seriously think about selling her house.

Did your Mother charge you when she rocked you as a baby, changed your diapers, clothed you, fed you, put a roof over your head and made sure you were warm? You should be ashamed of yourself for even asking such a question. If your Mother is a decent individual she will contribute to the household with out even being asked and that is all you should hope for. Unbelievable.

Ok your mother is old and frail and your gonna charge her to live with you? I dont think that is right that you should even think about charging her. Maybe just ask for help with the groceries, and plus she is going to be babysitting, cooking, and cleaning. I cant believe families these days charging relatives to live to live with them thats selfish and rude. Just think, did she charge you for living with her when you were young and frail?

If you have a frail old mother would you really want to take money off her? if she offers to give you money because she does not need it fair enough, remember she brought you into this world and cared for you, I would be a bit more compassionate if I were you.

Your mother took care of you your whole life and didn't charge you, why would you charge her?

I understand she may need to help out some with extra expenses but only charge her what you absolutely have to.

Being elderly and having to take expensive medicines etc.,, will take up most of her check.

My mum has just got her winter heating allowance of £300. Now I could do with a break somewhere warm, it's getting decidedly cold here now don't you think?

Nowhere near as cold as some of the answers you've had though !!

Well, it depends... How long and how much did she charge you while you were living with her?

Add those figures together, divide by zero and you should come close to an estimate...

Oh, then make sure YOU pay HER for babysitting, cooking and cleaning; around £80. What do you think?

i believe you had ask a few STUPID question that are most likely not true. i think you ask to see what kind of responses you get. you must have no life or bored or very immature to think of things like this. So your poor mom could live with you over the smelly flat. no wonder your kids have a wish list to have a new mummy. saw the stupid question grow up

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