Intro/First time homebuyer questions....

[minniebee]

We have one vacuum and carry it up & down.

Some additional items/supplies might need to buy:

window treatments
hoses/nozzles/sprinklers for the lawn
tools to care of any shrubs/trees you have (pruners and a lopper)
fertilizer for lawn/landscaping and a fertilizer spreader (you don't want fertilizer to touch your skin)
shovels (for landscaping and also for snow removal, depending on where you live)
furnace filters
water softener salt
water filters (if your fridge has an ice/water dispenser in the door)
new batteries for all the smoke & CO2 detectors (you won't know when they were last replaced)
basic tools if you don't already have them (drill, screwdrivers, hammer, etc.)
ladder - trust me, you will use one!

I'm sure there's more ...

[mrs.jacinthe]

Welcome!

I can think of:
*door mats
*patio furniture/grill
*weed whacker/edger
*new toilet seats (depending. I'm weird about this but you might be ok with it)

[FoxInFiji]

All good suggestions so far. We carry our vacuum but we made a point to buy a light weight one when we upgraded a few years ago. We bought all new door hardware for the exterior doors and replaced them ourselves. We wanted all of the doors to be off the same key (they weren't previously) and to add deadbolts.

I can only think of a few more:

- shelf liners for any cabinets/vanities in bad shape
- shower curtains, bath accessories, and bath mats (we previously had only one bathroom and mats we had weren't the right size)
- more/bigger area and utility rugs
- all of the broken stuff you won't find out about until after the fact. For us it was our oven that wouldn't maintain a temperature and an exterior spigot that had a cracked pipe because they forgot to take of a hose before freezing temperatures came.

[wineenthusiast]

Rakes if you'll have leaves

Minimum of $2000 extra in savings in case furnace/hot water heater/air goes out unless they are all under warranty. All 3 have broke in our house and cost way more than that combined.

If you pull out landscaping, it will cost money to put something there in its replacement. Even dirt/grass seed/sod is expensive. We spend around $300 on grass fertilizer and fixing bald spots this year alone.

Garbage cans if the city doesnt supply them