Short answers, and honest ones. Two of these pages exist mainly to tell you that something everybody repeats has no source behind it. Nobody publishes a British average for housewarming gift spending, and no UK authority we could find tells you to change the locks when you move in, so those pages say so rather than filling the gap. The rest quote GOV.UK, Citizens Advice, RICS and the fire service where a rule genuinely exists.
Stage one: the move
- What is on a moving house checklist?
- What is on a first-time buyer checklist?
- What are the best moving house tips?
- What should you do first in a new home?
- What is on a new home essentials checklist?
Stage two: the housewarming
- When should you have a housewarming party?
- What is housewarming etiquette?
- What are common housewarming traditions?
- What is the bread and salt housewarming tradition?
- What are good housewarming party ideas?
- How much should you spend on a housewarming gift?
- What do you write in a new home card?
Why a gift shop answers moving questions
Because we'd rather be useful before we're useful to ourselves. Nothing above asks you to buy anything, and several of the pages recommend things we do not sell. When the boxes are gone and there's a bare wall left, the gift and on the wall are the two stages that do sell something: an illustration of the actual house, made from one photograph of it.
Written by Craig Fearn, Our House Print. Last updated .