What would you ask a 27 year old boomerang son to pay housekeeping?

In London it costs around £100-150 per week to rent a room in a shared house, inclusive of bills but, of course, not food. I expect it is considerably less than that in some areas.

As someone else said, can you try and work out what the extra cost is in food and water and energy bills? I would imagine around £50 a week is reasonable. As Jalima says, it also depends on how much he earns.

We never charged our adult son for "keep" but, on reflection, I think it was a mistake because it has taken him several years to budget and save sensibly. Our daughter left home quite young and we made a contribution towards her rent.

Mine pays £150 per month, or much you say. He has debts from an old partnership, so the way I see it the quicker he pays them off ,the quicker he’s out of my hair.

I suggest looking at what it would cost him to live elsewhere and charge him a similar amount. If that comes to more than a third of his salary - and it probably will - then reduce it.

However I'd put at least part of the money away for him each week so that when he is ready to move on he has his flat deposit and other costs ready.

Am maybe going to go against consensus of opinion but would say there are no guidelines on how much AC should pay. It all depends on your own personal circumstances. IF you are struggling then you need more. If you don't actually need his money then yes, of course you still need him to pay but speak to him about how much he earns, how much the bills are etc so you point him in the right direction for when he moves out eventually. I don't agree you take such and such an amount and save it up for him. He should be doing this himself!

Just be open and honest: "Hey we will help you all we can but you can't offload" That type of thing.

I am interested to know what happens in other countries. My Danish mother-in-law was horrified at the “English habit of charging their children to live at home”. Therefore she never charged my husband and he in turn wouldn’t take money from our sons. They moved out at a reasonable age and seem to manage ok though.

He should pay what it costs you to have him there unless you don't need the money. I think people learn to budget when they need to. Parents don't need to teach them.

Well we ask for 10% of earnings after tax etc, this doesn’t include if they do overtime. For this they get all meals, I pack a lunch, and cook evening meal. We cover all bills, but ask them to respect hot water etc, tbh they are very good with that. My son pays for the internet connection to the house for all of us, Netflix and amazon prime. My daughter does Help with chores, and they are responsible for cleaning their bathrooms and bedrooms, including changing beds. I do the laundry so long as it’s brought down to the utility room !.