Heartfelt House-Warming Gifts

Moving house is usually a pretty stressful time, so it's great if friends and family give you a little something to cheer you up. Whether it's food, furniture or just a bit of help, it'll all make them a bit more comfortable in their home.

Bring Home The Bacon

Your friends are probably so tired from the move that they haven't even considered filling up their new fridge and freezer.

They'll love you forever if you drop in and cook up a meal while they're busy sorting things out. Better yet, order online or take a trip to the shop to pick up the essentials and a few small luxuries, like stuff for a BBQ, some ice cream and strawberries and a bottle of good wine that you can pop a special welcome label on.

A Little Help From My Friends...

Another pair of hands, or an extra car, can take a load of pressure off your movers. Offering to take a few car loads of stuff, or pitching in with some renovation or decoration can save your friends a lot of time and money they would have paid professionals.

Furniture and Fun Things

A new house should have some new furniture or kitchen essentials to go with it. It doesn't have to cost you a lot, you could just get them a simple, new kettle or toaster. Our particular favourites include funky red whistling kettles and the 'Note Toaster' which lets you toast drawings and little messages onto your toast!

Out And About

Having moved into a new area, there are endless options to explore. A voucher for the local theatre can get them into the swing of things or if they've moved out to the country, there's bound to be a park, river or even an orchard that would be great for a walk and a picnic.

Enrolling them into a local class, with everything from Zumba and Karate to delicate flower arranging and learning an instrument. This is a great way to help them get settled in, make new friends and get involved with their local community.

Put Down Roots

If your friends are budding botanists (Get It? Get It!?...oh, never mind) then getting them something for the garden is a great idea. A big garden is just asking for a herb garden or vegetable patch, companies like SeedPantry can get you growing with one of their Veg Patch Starter Packs.

Or if you're the sentimental type, a sapling that can grow with them in their new home. If you can't decide on a tree, go for Chestnut, the kids will thank you for the conkers some day...