Is it right to move out when you turn 18??

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My case is the same as you, except I got a crappy supermarket job to fill the money void.

Once I get 2 mates earning a decent wages we are planning to move out to some cheap crap of a house, and see how we go...thankfully despite the crap I put them thru I can still go back to my parents.

And the good and bad sides of moving house.


If you got money, enough intelligence to pay bills/manage money etc then you'd be ok, here in Australia if your getting $400 a week and you know how to budget right, you can move out thanks to rent assistance.


But avoid moving out on your own, otherwise you won't have much money to "have fun" with

 

Loony,if you moved out,its not 1 job youd need,it would be 2.Youd need about £3000 straight off for carpets,furniture,appliances and decoration.Id say if your parents are alright,stay there for as long as possible...

 

I agree.

As you can see from the large amount of responses, apart from the people who don't think of the consequences, there is a lot more cons than apparent pros to moving out.

 

sure you can move out when you are 18, BUT how are you going to support yourself? are you going to get a job or are you asking your parent to support you?

if you are getting a job, i dont think there is a single job you can do that will cover your expenses like water bill, electrical bill, food and rent.

if you are asking your parent to support you then whats the point of moving out since you are still depend on your parent? moving out but still depend on your parent will only add extra expenses for them and increase thier burden.

 

it depends how mature you are, before 20 i wasnt mature enough. there is no way i would have paid the bills when my mates was off out drinking and only had enough money to do one or the other. when i did move out though at 21 it was the besy decision i ever made

 

I agree with your question BUT:

1) Can you life on your own?
2) DO YOU HAVE THE MONEY?
3) Can you cook, clean a house?
4) Do you have all the needed stuff: own tv, pc and so?

And that is all I can think of now.

 

How can you agree with this question? WAT

1) wat
2) k, it's moreso a steady income of money, not how much money he has now. It's a lot better to have a steady stream of money than have a bunch of money to get the first 4 months of rent or the first few mortgage payments.
3) You don't really need to clean.
4) That's not needed, that's wanted. You NEED water, food and at least electricity/gas.

 

1) If you ment live on my own, then yes i am not very social and do fine on my own.
2) Ill get a job and because i will be living with someone (as posted in an earlyer comment) i wont have to pay as much
3) I can cook myself meals for under 5 dollars and cleaning is not that hard
4) All i wont have is an Xbox anymore but even if i didnt you dont need TV or a PC to live plus i will work on restoring cars, going to mechanic school, and have a job, i wont have much time for stuff like video games.

 

To be honest, that's all I imagined when I move out...

 

What ever you do, make sure that
you have the money! It would be pretty
awkward if you go back home to your
parents and they had changed your
room into a new bathroom like on
that comersial about reece or something
like that

 

My exact situation. Word for word.

As painful and frustrating as it is being stuck at home, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and live with it. If you manage to get a job of any sort, hold onto it for dear life until opportunities start coming back around. Save what money you can for "just in case" times. With luck, you'll save up enough to move out, find a job that makes enough to keep you afloat, and you can continue working on moving up in life.

The generation Loony and I are from (20-26 years old) is known as the "Boomerang Generation", because those of us that end up moving out on our own generally end up having to move back in with our parents due to unfortunate circumstances. Some like me cannot even get out of the house for the first time... With the economy as it is, it's simply best to stay at home for now until the situation gets better. We may be in for a depression like we had in the 30s.

 

Life is always about money. All problems can be solve with money. If i have unlimited money, i can live a very happy life, i wont need friends, i wont need family. I would just have money and all what i want.

 

are you sure you wont need friends or family?
would rather have everything i have now then unlimited money and lose it all

 

You could always go down the hobo/tramp route, all you need worry about is getting the money for your next bottle of 'pop'. You'd also be providing a public service... people need something to throw their change at, be it a wishing well, you or the local school kids.

 

Live there until they ask you to leave. By then, you would have enough for an apartment and other stuff. I know people that lived in their parents basement in their 20's. If you ak me, unless you dislike your folks being around all the time, you shouldn't leave right away. Plan where you will stay, if it's near your job, etc. My uncle (in his 30s) has a car and has been living in my house for years, then he left because he got the money. Oh wow, he owes like a ton of money in rent but he never paid, etc. Oh well, i didn;t really care that he lived in my house. He was the only personin the house that had a game system, someone that intro-ed me to the console (XBOX 360) and allowed me to play games on it. He showed me how to play Cal of Duty: Modern Warfare and some RTS games such as Starcraft and some other games. (exhale) Good times, now he barley visits... He misssed Chinese New year with us...

 

yes, i wont need them if i have a lot of money. to be honest and from experience i saw for relatives, if you are poor and dont have money, you dont have a family and relatives. they even disown you, but when you are rich, you suddenly have a town-full of so-called relatives.

the only reason i live with my parents is because i dont have money to live on. but if you have money, i bet you will be disembarking from that dark basement you call room, as soon a possible.

 

If you can afford yourself and is prepared to live alone and deal wth all the stuff, then why not? Otherwise, don't even think about it.

 

It's alright to move out, especially if you can support yourself or if you have family and friends supporting you while you are just getting used to it, but if you are turned out by your parents then you have obviously had a bad experience and it might be hard to support yourself

 

its easy in the uk, you dont even need a job everything gets paid for you!
ive been unemployed a few times but council just gave me a 2 bedroom house and pay the rent and council tax for me and JSA gave me 65 pound a week to pay bills and get food.