Daughter moving into her first home, needs an essentials list

triticale

Forget loads of different cleaning sprays. All you need is a bottle of stardops (60 odd p), some basic white cloths (pence) and some basic sponge scourers (pence)!

They'll get anything sparkling for under a quid. Bottle of basic thin bleach if you want to be extra clean.

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

triticale wrote: »

Forget loads of different cleaning sprays. All you need is a bottle of stardops (60 odd p), some basic white cloths (pence) and some basic sponge scourers (pence)!

They'll get anything sparkling for under a quid. Bottle of basic thin bleach if you want to be extra clean.

Agreed, although I still buy thick bleach (dunno why!) and also washing up liquid. We did treat ourselves to one of those blue things you put in the toilet the other day, and other than turning the water blue I can't see a difference!

soupface

alittlebitofmagic wrote: »

I recieved a very strange parcel from my mother last year. Ity contained an LED headlight, disposable rain mac(lol) and some other odd stuff(shje is very practical). It went straight in the chest in the hall as I dare not throw, but I thought her daft.

Well, last week the skylight started leaking and it blew the electrics. We are not talking a drizzle either as the rain/gale was awful here. Mum's are very clever as despite looking really silly I was dry and managed to see what was going on(torches are a pain if you are needing both hands).

I still have my reservations about the disposable rain mac though!!!!

There you go! I told him indoors it was an essential household item but he wouldn't listen. :rolleyes: Men. And yeah, unless you're frequent festival-goers I can't imagine why you'd need a disposable rain mac... haha!

OP, I second the suggestion to move in with absolute essentials to tide them over for a night or whatever and then to assess what they have space for/need, etc.

SailorSam

Get as much as you can from Freecycle.

skintbint_2

Sewing Kit! & clothes pegs,
Loo roll for when actually moving the stuff into the house, (been caught out before with this!!!!!!)
cant think of anything else
(Asda doing 4 plain white mugs for 50p, and kilner jars for 50p fine for starting out with so much to buy)

PasturesNew

I'd say move in and buy stuff as they need it. I've lived alone for 20 years and some of the stuff listed above I've never had or needed to this day.

Everybody's different.

Just loo rolls, tin opener, a mug each, something to eat from and with, kettle, washing up liquid, washing up sponge. The rest can wait.

lynzpower

a set of proper screwdrivers, a CO2 detecotor and a smoke alarm ( sensible)

If you are near an Ikea ( not sure if other places sell them) they make these clips for clipping bags of food closed ( eg rice, pasta)

An airing rack , clothes line ( if they have an outside) pegs.

Lip_Stick

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd say move in and buy stuff as they need it. I've lived alone for 20 years and some of the stuff listed above I've never had or needed to this day.

Everybody's different.

Just loo rolls, tin opener, a mug each, something to eat from and with, kettle, washing up liquid, washing up sponge. The rest can wait.

Spoil sport... Going out and buying a load of crap you don't need for a new place is one of the best things about moving in.

Bikertov

I would add to the list: A simple first time cookbook

It is amazing how many people don't even know how to scramble eggs etc. I still use my first one now for bits - 19 years after leaving home and 12 years after getting married !

Remember, cooking from scratch is fun (!) and much cheaper and healthier than ready cooked. The cookbook will pay for itself many times over.

PasturesNew

Lip_Stick wrote: »

Spoil sport... Going out and buying a load of crap you don't need for a new place is one of the best things about moving in.

It's my idea of hell. I hate shopping, choosing, finding, buying, lugging stuff home, finding space for it ....