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You Got The House 🏠 Do These 6 Things First

YOU GOT THE HOUSE!!! 🎉🏡🔑

Before you start decorating, buying furniture, and arguing over where the couch goes… do these things FIRST.

Move-in week gets chaotic fast. Here are 6 things that can make it a whole lot easier:

🔐 Change the locks and reset the garage and door codes.

📶 Get the internet scheduled BEFORE move-in day. You’ll thank yourself later.

🚽 Replace the toilet seats. They’re cheap, easy to swap, and… you know why. 😂

🎒 Pack a first-night bag with clothes, toiletries, chargers, medications, toilet paper, and anything else you don’t want buried in Box #37.

🔌 Check your appliances and hookups BEFORE delivery day. Washer hoses, dryer cords, gas connections, refrigerator water lines… make sure you have what you need.

🍕 Have a food plan. Takeout, delivery, grocery pickup… anything is better than realizing at 8 PM that you’ve been moving furniture all day and have nothing to eat.

And remember: your new house does NOT have to be perfect on Day One.

You’ve got plenty of time to make it yours. ❤️🏡

Save this for closing day or send it to someone who just bought a home! 🔑

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Russell McDonald | NMLS 290837 | Broker CA DRE 01150730
Wymac Capital Inc | NMLS 18766 | Broker CA DRE 01121628
Real Estate Broker – CA Dept of Real Estate