Your First Home Guide
You’re surrounded by boxes and still need dinner, a shower and somewhere to sleep. This guide helps you pack, record the handover and keep track of the bills that follow moving day.
From money and agreements to cooking, cleaning, laundry, waste and internet.
Your First Home Guide is a 40-page workbook by Grit S. Böttcher for planning a first home. It covers budgeting, handover, equipment and everyday household tasks. Paperback and Kindle editions are available on Amazon.com; local rules should be checked where you live.
Read the free sampleWhat it is about
It needs a home whose costs you understand, an agreement you have read, a documented handover, somewhere to sleep and a first meal that works.
Next come the laundry basket, the bins, the internet connection and the bathroom that now needs cleaning.
The guide is designed for readers across countries. Tenancy law, deposits, registration, safety equipment and utility rules are clearly marked as local questions to check where you live.
The practical structure
Keep bedding, a towel, a plate and your charger in one box you can reach without unpacking everything.
Keep your bedding, bathroom basics, first meal and keys within reach tonight.
A worked example
Alex is moving this weekend. The bed is in pieces, the phone battery is low and the towels are somewhere in the van. One box stays by the door: bedding, a towel, a plate and a charger.
A fictional example created for this page, not a page from the book. Your own essentials may be different.
Bedding, a towel, a plate and a phone charger are already packed.
The plan: Put them in the first-night box. Get the bed ready before opening the other boxes.
There is no pan yet. A friend can lend one for a week.
The plan: Borrow it first. Write down anything else that is actually missing.
A sofa and matching storage boxes would be nice.
The plan: Wait until the room is set up and you know how you use it.
Pick three things you need tonight. Check what you already have, what you can borrow and what needs buying. Leave the rest on a separate list for later.
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The free PDF sample lets you check the writing and layout. The paperback is useful if you like making notes by hand. The Kindle edition is for reading digitally; it is not an editable PDF form. Use a notebook or your own notes app alongside it.
Read the free sampleGood to know
No. The practical sequence is international. Local laws, contracts, safety requirements and services are identified as items to verify locally.
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