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Best 'welcome' gifts on completion from Mortgage lender / estate agent

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  • paddyandstumpy
    paddyandstumpy Posts: 1,486 Forumite
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    sheepy21 wrote: »
    We're getting a mortgage with nationwide would be a lovely surprise if they still do the boxes:beer:

    We completed with Nationwide yesterday, box was waiting for us when we went Into the house.

    Printed box looking like a fish tank on the outside, with some essentials (tea,coffee, biscuits and cleaning products in).

    Also got a bottle from the estate agent, shame it's white and not red though!
  • Dolly123
    Dolly123 Posts: 189 Forumite
    Anyone had anything from Natwest?
  • NaughtiusMaximus
    NaughtiusMaximus Posts: 2,839 Forumite
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    Dolly123 wrote: »
    Anyone had anything from Natwest?

    We didn't get anything from them, but we did get a bottle of wine from the vendors.
  • SG27
    SG27 Posts: 2,773 Forumite
    edited 18 January 2024 at 9:20PM
    Catsacor wrote: »
    In all the years I've bought and sold houses I've not once had a gift from any party involved.
    In America you get 'Welcome' gifts/vouchers/whatever but I wasn't aware of it happening here.

    I didnt get anything 6 years ago :( maybe this time around!?
  • Mutton_Geoff
    Mutton_Geoff Posts: 4,021 Forumite
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    Estate agent (Savills) brought round a bottle of corporate branded champagne after my last purchase. Selling agent on outgoing house offered me a free lunch but yet to go and claim that!
    Signature on holiday for two weeks
  • CHlHlRO
    CHlHlRO Posts: 95 Forumite
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    We arrived to find a box containing teabags, squash, popcorn, biscuits, a posh pot noodle, sachets of shampoo and conditioner, febreze, a dish sponge, zoflora, a razor, bin bags, kitchen towel, loo rolls, and a canvas bag, a magazine and a pile of vouchers for places like Hillary’s and Hello Fresh. It was a nice surprise, especially considering it arrived—at our new address—before we’d even exchanged contracts!
  • sheepy21
    sheepy21 Posts: 221 Forumite
    paddyandstumpy wrote: »
    We completed with Nationwide yesterday, box was waiting for us when we went Into the house.

    Printed box looking like a fish tank on the outside, with some essentials (tea,coffee, biscuits and cleaning products in).

    Also got a bottle from the estate agent, shame it's white and not red though!

    Aw fab, now I'm excited :rotfl: congrats on your new house! Did they take long to send the offer after valuation?
  • mitch20151412
    mitch20151412 Posts: 20 Forumite
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    Anyone been getting gifts from lenders during lockdown?
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