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I agree with Bobbyjo on a couple of points - firstly that I'm not entirely sure how wise it is to buy flats for offspring, especially for university purposes (chances are that after leaving uni they'll move away from the university town anyway) and secondly that the most sensible option IMO would be to treat girl A as a tenant and charge her the going rate for rent rather than half all the costs incurred by the flat which I would see an an unecessary complication.

Crikey, my parents wouldn't have dreamed of buying me a flat, certainly not for university - I was expected to work my way through uni anyway without having my living expenses paid for; several of my friends' parents paid all expenses for them rather than have their study distracted by having to work. Ironically out of all my friends my parents could easily have afforded to pay my way and buy me a flat - I often received inordinate amounts of grief from my peers for coming from a well-off family - but they left me to work my own way through life ever since leaving home at 18, something I prefer anyway. I still get grief from time to time which I find most amusing as I am pretty much the only one of my old teenage friends who hasn't been bought cars or given cash sums to use as a deposit on a house; I struggled along for long enough with large loans but I'm in a better position now than a lot of them, gained without any help! Of course that's another thing to think about DO - will your daughter be receiving flack from people for having parents that "pay for everything for her"? Just another thing to think about IMO.

<blockquote data-quote="Shadow Leader" data-source="post: 2087692" data-attributes="member: 65043">I agree with Bobbyjo on a couple of points - firstly that I&#039;m not entirely sure how wise it is to buy flats for offspring, especially for university purposes (chances are that after leaving uni they&#039;ll move away from the university town anyway) and secondly that the most sensible option IMO would be to treat girl A as a tenant and charge her the going rate for rent rather than half all the costs incurred by the flat which I would see an an unecessary complication.Crikey, my parents wouldn&#039;t have dreamed of buying me a flat, certainly not for university - I was expected to work my way through uni anyway without having my living expenses paid for; several of my friends&#039; parents paid all expenses for them rather than have their study distracted by having to work.&nbsp; Ironically out of all my friends my parents could easily have afforded to pay my way and buy me a flat - I often received inordinate amounts of grief from my peers for coming from a well-off family - but they left me to work my own way through life ever since leaving home at 18, something I prefer anyway.&nbsp; I still get grief from time to time which I find most amusing as I am pretty much the only one of my old teenage friends who hasn&#039;t been bought cars or given cash sums to use as a deposit on a house; I struggled along for long enough with large loans but I&#039;m in a better position now than a lot of them, gained without any help!&nbsp; Of course that&#039;s another thing to think about DO - will your daughter be receiving flack from people for having parents that &quot;pay for everything for her&quot;?&nbsp; Just another thing to think about IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadow Leader, post: 2087692, member: 65043"] I agree with Bobbyjo on a couple of points - firstly that I'm not entirely sure how wise it is to buy flats for offspring, especially for university purposes (chances are that after leaving uni they'll move away from the university town anyway) and secondly that the most sensible option IMO would be to treat girl A as a tenant and charge her the going rate for rent rather than half all the costs incurred by the flat which I would see an an unecessary complication. Crikey, my parents wouldn't have dreamed of buying me a flat, certainly not for university - I was expected to work my way through uni anyway without having my living expenses paid for; several of my friends' parents paid all expenses for them rather than have their study distracted by having to work. Ironically out of all my friends my parents could easily have afforded to pay my way and buy me a flat - I often received inordinate amounts of grief from my peers for coming from a well-off family - but they left me to work my own way through life ever since leaving home at 18, something I prefer anyway. I still get grief from time to time which I find most amusing as I am pretty much the only one of my old teenage friends who hasn't been bought cars or given cash sums to use as a deposit on a house; I struggled along for long enough with large loans but I'm in a better position now than a lot of them, gained without any help! Of course that's another thing to think about DO - will your daughter be receiving flack from people for having parents that "pay for everything for her"? Just another thing to think about IMO. [/QUOTE]

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