Useful things for a first house

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You're buying your first home...what are the most useful things you never knew you needed?

I'm putting a box together for a family member and looking for ideas please

Scissors
First aid kit
Torch + batteries
Vanish carpet cleaner
Bottle opener

A gift voucher for a take away on their first night in the house as they’ll want to choose their own stuff.

or a box of cleaning products including those blue block thingies you put in the loo and bin bags and matches

A couple of really good things, rather than lots of cheap things maybe?
Decent pegs
Good kitchen scissors
A nice vase
A couple of wine bottle stopper thingies
Good quality tea towels and dish cloths

Screw drivers
picture hanging stuff
hammer

Ooh yes - matches - some of those nice extra long ones.

A toolbox with a few basic tools to start them off

Ball of string
Sellotape
Coasters
Black sacks
Post-it notes

Extension lead

A knife for opening boxes.
A pen.
A notebook.
Key rings - to sort your new keys.
Tea, coffee, sugar, mugs, kettle...
Bin bags.

Step-stool.
Small bucket.

Wine!

Thank you for all the suggestions so far, they're great!

Rather than matches I'd say a long lighter. And a refill can to go with!

Measuring tapeFire extinguisher
Bin bags
Pain relievers
Rubber gloves
Cleaning bits
Light bulbs
Lint roller
Hand soap
Markers
Notepads
Duct tape
Plunger
Kettle
Sewing kit
Hand-held cordless vacuum
Batteries
Laundry basket
Carbon monoxide detectors
Step-ladder
Measuring jugs
Video doorbell
Foldable fabric storage bags - life saver

Toilet paper, brush and duck.

it’s the little things.

Dust pan and brush
WD40
Shoe cleaning stuff
Oven gloves
Table mats/ trivets/coasters
Envelopes
Sellotape

Nail brush
Radiator allen key
Blue tack
Elastic bands

Tin opener
That yellow plastic key thing for opening the outside gas meter box.

The 'unsexy' things. Friends will get them some pretty mugs.

If this is a younger family member, I'd get them all the stuff you don't need to buy every week in your grocery shop, but you do need at some point, like toilet rolls, hand soap, toilet duck and those rim cleaner things and a toilet brush (unless they have the MN hatred for them ). Then things like salt, some basic spices, garlic etc, ketchup, cooking oil, a box of teabags and jar of coffee. Washing up liquid. (presuming you'd know if they don't drink coffee or if they love marmite or other specifics).

But does depend a bit - I think a lot of people buying their first house will have already lived away - perhaps as a student ? So will have some things already.

Depends, if they have rented previously and now are buying, a b&q voucher is more useful as they'll have plenty of stuff

Electric screwdriver and bits.
Hex keys
Small hammer
Metal tape measure.

A good corkscrew🍷!

Personally I would give them a JosephJoseph mixing bowl set or as a joke a salad spinner (cheap but essential).

Cash
Everything else risks being a duplication
I have owned many houses in the last 50 years and never owned some of the things on these lists! (including a toilet brush- sorry!)

Freezer bags.