Daughter is looking to buy first home

youth_leader

@wjr4 I've just read your profile line!  Apologies! 

@Yorkie1 I hope to see at least one house with them when I go - but they might have already offered by August. As you say there are so many things to pay for when you are an owner - gutter cleaning, wasp nest removal, window cleaning, etc etc! 

My daughter sent me photos of them at the Taylor Swift concert in Dublin on Friday night and I felt so glad they are still having fun - at the moment  

tealady

If I were them I would make a list of things they might use daily (like tin openers)
When I bought my 1st house I asked everyone I knew what was the one thing they realized they needed when the moved in.
One person said clothes pegs, another hadnt a tin opener. So I started acquiring these before I moved in.
Saved a lot of trips for little stuff.

youth_leader

Thank you @tealady but they have been living together in a rental for a few years now.  I recently sent my daughter my KitchenAid mixer, I could hardly carry it to the PO, good luck to whoever has to move that!

RHemmings

Yorkie1 said:

If you're visiting them when they are starting to view properties, it could be helpful to accompany them to point out things to look for, which as a renter they wouldn't previously have had to consider and/or deal with. e.g. are the gutters blocked (possible damp issues) etc.

Quoted for truth. There was one property I viewed where it really looked nice in the photos, and I was already keen on it before visiting. Being in that positive frame of mind had me overlooking some important things when I viewed. Having other family members there helped a lot as they pointed out things that I had skimmed over.