Purchasing a home is an adventure. If you’ve been looking for or purchased a home in Locust Grove, searching for a one level living house in Culpeper, or wanting a home with acreage in Spotsylvania, then you know how exciting it is when you finally find the home for you. Be ready to welcome a new neighbor, congratulate a friend, or celebrate a family member’s home purchase with a gift idea for first time home buyers (or second, third, fourth, ect) below.
Practical Gifts for First Time Home Buyers
A laundry basket of cleaning supplies
Grab a laundry basket and fill it with any type of cleaning products you would need to clean a house. You can include window cleaner, furniture polish, paper towels, floor cleaner, dish soap, toilet bowl cleaner, shower spray, a mop, and broom. This practical gift is perfect for first time home buyers who may not have all the supplies they need to clean their home handy. Often materials get buried in boxes while moving, so having everything to clean unboxed is perfect.
Tool Set
Gifting first time home buyers with a basic tool set is definitely a gift that will come in handy. Putting together furniture, handing pictures, or tackling small repairs all require basic tools.
Folding Step Stool
We never realized how useful a step stool can be until we got tired of climbing up and down our chairs while painting the living room. Step stools are really helpful for reaching the tops of walls while painting, cleaning and storing things in upper cabinets, and giving little ones easy ways to reach a sink when you have not unpacked all your belongings.
Welcome Mat
Gift the first time home buyers a sturdy welcome mat. You can also find personalized ones available to make the gift more unique. With lots of feet moving boxes in and out of the home in all sorts of weather, this gift is practical for helping to keep dirt out of the house.
Useful Gifts for First Time Home Buyers
Set of pans for cooking
Having a set of pans to cook meals in during the first few weeks of living in a new home is a game changer. Help the first time home buyers be ready to host parties and family gathering at their homes by gifting them some pans. There are so many different price points for pans, so you can find one that fits your budget.
Gift Cards
A gift card for a meal out after a long day of unpacking is always a great option. Sometimes it’s nice to just be able to call for take out and enjoy it on the floor of your new home. A gift card to Lowes, Home Depot, or other store is great for first time home buyers too; sometimes you don’t know what you are missing until you start a project.
Set of Towels
We’ve all got towels, but isn’t there something extra special about getting a new set? Using a nice fluffy towel after a shower is a great comfort after a long day of moving. It’s also helpful when you haven’t come across the box where the towels are packed.
Fun Gifts for First Time Home Buyers
Customized Key Chain
You can create a customized key chain with the name or address of the new home owner. First time home buyers will appreciate and use this gift for years.
Money Tree Plant
Said to welcome good fortune to anyone in its path, a money tree is pet friendly, easy to maintain, and a fun way to recognize that first time home buyers just invested a lot into their new home.
Movie Night Popcorn Set
Gift one of these popcorn sets to the first time home buyers to help them start enjoying their new home with a fun and relaxing movie night even if all the furniture hasn’t been delivered.
Hopefully this list of 10 housing warming gifts will help you celebrate the first time home buyers in your lives. Even if you are not first time home buyers, these items will be appreciated by anyone who is moving.
