What Makes The Perfect Housewarming Gift

In most cases, moving home is something worth celebrating. This is particularly the case when moving out of your parents’ home for the first time or buying your first home.

Housewarming gifts can be a great way to congratulate friends and relatives for their move. But just what do you buy someone as a housewarming gift? Below are a few tips on how to choose the perfect housewarming gift.

Think practical

If you’re buying a gift for someone who is moving into their first home, there will likely be lots of small essentials that they need from cutlery to toilet brushes (although you probably don’t want to buy someone a toilet brush!).

It’s worth asking your loved one what they need. You can then be certain to buy them a gift that they will appreciate.

Items like a bottle opener/corkscrew are commonly overlooked. Quite often people get bottles of wine and beer as gifts when moving into a new house, but without a bottle opener/corkscrew, they won’t be able to open these bottles. If you’re looking for a small practical gift, this is definitely a gift to consider.

Inspire hope and comfort

Moving into a new home can be exciting, but also a little daunting. To help your loved ones settle into their new home, it could be worth considering gifts that inspire hope and comfort.

Something as simple as a new home wish bracelet could help to inspire positive feelings and could serve as a nice keepsake to remember moving in. These types of gifts are simple but meaningful.

Personalise it

When looking for a new home gift, it could be worth considering a personalised gift. These items can help to make a house feel more like a home by giving it a personal touch.

Such a gift could include a keepsake ‘sold’ sign with a custom family name printed on it. This could be ideal for a first time buyer who may be settling into their new home – helping to reinforce the sense that the home is now theirs.

Send it to their new address

You may not always be able to visit a friend or family immediately after they’ve moved – particularly if they’ve moved somewhere far away.

By using a gift delivery service, you could send them a gift directly to their new address. Letterbox gifts are a great option – these can be sent directly to your friend or family member and posted through their letterbox. This means that no-one has to be in to sign for the gift so that your loved one is certain to receive their gift.

It’s the thought that counts

You don’t have to get anything too big when buying a housewarming gift. In most cases, the thought is what counts.

Bear this in mind if you’re on a tight budget. Sometimes a card may be all that’s necessary to send your congratulations. Of course, if you want to go that extra mile and buy someone a new home gift you can do.