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AlexP... can you all sit around as a family and explain to your brother that whilst your parents were happy to help him out of a pickle, that was 15 years ago and they really need to get maximum rent from the house he is living in in order to fund their retirement. Why are your parents...

He is living in his parents' rental house but paying no rent. He is not at home with his parents, so that theory is out the door.

AlexP, why do your parents continue to allow your brother to live rent free when they need rent from the house to fund their own retirement? Do they know their other two children are not happy about it? I know you say you have accepted it but I would not be happy, especially seeing he is...

Really... if he had a genuine concern for his future, wouldn't he stop buying "toys", man up and pay his parents for some rent, even a discounted rent. Unless, of course, he has some illness or something else preventing him from doing so.

Because, let's say he is living in a house that would rent for $300 per week, then just this year alone he is being handed the equivalent of $15,600. What if that house would rent for $400 per week ($20,800). That adds up to a whole lot of money over 15 years, plus however many more years he...

Do you have other siblings? Will your parents make provision in their will to make up for the huge financial benefit he has received for rent free living for 15 years (plus however many more years he benefits), not to mention the other help with his bills? I know some will think that this...

Without reading through the whole thread, did you say your brother is living in your parents' IP "rent free"? This, for me, would be the sticking point. Why should he spend whatever he likes when he is living rent free? Apart from that, I'd let him do what he wants, and try not to let it...