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Me and Husband living with his parents
My husband and I are buying a house and closing on April 29th but we will not be moving into the home until June 15 because the current owners are building another house and we worked out a deal where they could stay until June.
Anyway, we are in a rental now but are getting kicked out because it was on the market and it has sold. For the next 2 months we will be living with my husband's parents (how fun 
).
We don't know what to do in terms of paying them for allowing us to live with them. We approached them with a monthly payment idea but his mom doesn't want to accept any money from us.
Have any of you been in this situation? Did you pay a monthly rent? Give a gift? Thanks!
Re: Me and Husband living with his parents
I can't get past the fact that you're closing on a house and still letting the current owners live there.I sure as heck hope you have some sort of legal contract set up to cover your a$$es.
As for the parents, I guess just help out as much around the house as possible and the day you leave maybe just leave behind an envelope of $ for them.
Me too - I'd hate to see you guys try to move in come June and the current owners give you a hard time/refuse to move out. Please say you have it in writing that they HAVE to be out by 6/15!!!!
I like the idea of stashing the money aside to send your ILs on a vacation or get them a nice gift.
I think that is a great idea!!!
Also remember you are guests during this time. Keep things clean and quiet.
Definitely help with cleaning and housework, cook some meals (unless your MIL is like my mom, and hates having anyone else use her kitchen). Getting them a gift as a nice gesture, too.
I'd also recommend making a point to spend some time with them. It's very generous of them to let you live there, and while (I promise) you're going to be living for nights alone with YH, they're likely doing this in part because they want to see you. Take the alone time you need without guilt, but make a point to do things with them now and then.
I was thinking the same thing. What if they trash the place after closing??
My husband and I lived with my in laws until about a week before our wedding, I know it's not exactly the same situation as you guys are in. What we did was chip in on groceries and help pay for the extra expenses of two additional people in the house. We also cleaned the bathroom that we shared, I helped prepaire meals on nights I wasn't working, my hubby (who works for NAPA) would fix their car if needed, and we would run various errands for them.