Helpful Ideas for Gift baskets for new homeowners

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Moving into a new house can be such an exciting time for your friends, family members, or even yourself! Moving into your first house, or the first piece of property you officially own can bring an overwhelming amount of excitement and also fear for the unknowns in homeownership. Renting and owning are very different, and it can be a lot to take on as an individual, couple, or family. We just made the switch ourselves last year from renting to now owning a house and all the fun and excitement along with the unexpected challenges it brings.

Why gift baskets for new homeowners?

One of the questions I was asked most commonly by friends and family was what they could get us that was helpful. My mind often fluttered to home décor, different items for the kitchen or living room, or furniture pieces we needed. However, my mind then also ground to a halt when I realized I didn’t know yet what décor and color decisions I wanted to make for this space as I hadn’t spent enough time in it to know yet. So, I was stumped and often struggled to give ideas.

I had one friend who gave us a gift card for a home maintenance store, which at the time I thought was odd. However, I quickly learned when moving this will become a place you somehow end up daily with new things you need to purchase to alter, fix and adapt the house as you’d like. I then had the idea for practical gift baskets for new homeowners as opposed to gifts for décor. From there this article on the best housewarming gift baskets was created! Below is a list of suggestions, and no, a lot of the gifts aren’t flashy or exciting at first. Each gift idea does help with something most new homeowners struggle with or could really benefit from in the first couple of months in their new space.

Cleaning Supplies

Starting off with the least attractive new home gift basket idea, but one that will be put to good use! When moving into a space that was previously owned by someone else, you are constantly cleaning. Some folks hire a professional service to come and clean, while others DIY it. In this case of DIYing it, you can create and send a housewarming gift that is filled with different useful cleaning supplies such as a window squeegee, all-purpose cleaner, microfibre cloths, rust remover, bathroom cleaning products, dish soap, and laundry soap. All these items will come in handy and will be useful to new homeowners in their space.

Professional Lawn Care Clean-Up Services

Owning land can be exciting, however, it can be a lot to take care of on top of moving and trying to get yourself settled into a new space. Gift a friend or family member with a gift voucher for a professional lawn care service that can either do a one-time clean-up or has maintenance packages that can help take a load of stress off the new homeowner.

This will also help them feel more at home sweet home in their space by having it cleaned up and cared for while they take care of the rest of the space with moving. I also recommend this if the individual is moving in the spring or fall, as having professional services that can come and essentially reset the yard for the homeowner to maintain the rest of the year can be helpful, especially if it was left in less than an ideal state.

Professional Window Washing Services

This goes hand in hand with cleaning supplies and lawn care. When moving into a new space the windows can be left in a less-than-ideal state, there could be a build-up of dust, dirt, rainwater, or all 3. Either way, getting your windows professionally cleaned (especially those hard-to-reach ones) will help to alleviate the stress off new homeowners and have them enjoying their space that much faster. With owning a new home comes pride and admiration of what you own and looking out a window and seeing your property is an incredible feeling – but not when that window is tough to see out of or covered in debris. You can add a window washing service gift voucher into your gift baskets for new homeowners enjoying their wonderful views and property!

Grocery Gift Cards & To-Go Food Gift Cards

When you’re moving spaces it’s often you try to stop buying as many groceries as possible and eat what food is left in your space, therefore you move less! What happens on the other side of that is needing to buy a lot more groceries than usual to re-stock your new kitchen. Not to mention while you’re moving you likely have all your kitchen items packed so eating out and to-go food becomes normal for a couple of days. This is where gift cards for groceries and to-go food options can help in gift baskets for new homeowners as it helps homeowners reduce their stress knowing those costs are reduced or eliminated from their growing budgets as homeowners!

Tools & Home Maintenance Items

Once again nothing flashy about this one, but it’s incredibly practical! When moving into a new home, or previously owned home you’re bound to need tools and items to keep up with home maintenance! This is such a simple and easy idea for adding gift baskets for new homeowners, as you can add simple everyday items or a gift card or a gift voucher for specific maintenance items around the home. Some ideas can include a hammer, level, wrench set, drill, a gift voucher for a water heater/furnace tune-up, and a screwdriver set. If you live in a similar area to the new house owners, you can also provide a list of recommended service providers if they need assistance from a professional for their repairs and maintenance.

Outing Ideas for gift baskets for new homeowners

Everything I’ve outlined is important so far, however, it’s all about the new space for the new homeowners. However, what can often get lost in the mix is having fun and enjoying time by yourself, or with your loved ones in amongst the chaos of moving. This is why outing ideas is a unique gift idea for gift baskets for new homeowners as it provides stress relief from moving which is impactful and important! Ideas can be such as date ideas (if a couple), vouchers for local attractions for family/friends, a scavenger hunt/amazing race around the new town to learn surroundings, or taking the kids or pets for a day to provide respite!

Moving spaces can be exhausting for anyone, and therefore this list of gift baskets for new homeowners will hopefully take some of the moving stress off new homeowners when they get it! Is there anything else you would like to see on this list? Let me know in the comments below!