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For most people, the first house they buy will buy their only one. Since it’ll be your forever home, it’s natural to get excited. That doesn’t mean that you should overlook some things during the process.

While you’ll know to look after the legal and financial aspects, other areas are easy to overlook. Though these could be relatively minor, they’re still worth focusing on in the days and weeks after you buy the property.

Failing to do so could be a significant mistake.

What To Do When You Move Into Your First Home

Do A Walkthrough

When you’re buying your home, you may have had several conditions attached to the sale. These could include repairs or other changes to the property itself. You should make sure that these have been done. 

You’ll also want to make sure that the home is in the state that you expected it to be in.  There’s no better time to do so than when you first move in. When you’re performing your walkthrough, you should make sure that everything’s in working order.

That includes making sure all light fixtures and outlets, among other minor things, are functioning correctly.

Change The Locks

While you mightn’t have any concerns over the house’s previous owner, it’s worth changing the locks on the property. After all, you’ll want to make sure that there isn’t anyone else with a key to your home.

There’s also the fact that, if the locks or doors haven’t been changed in a while, then they could be relatively easy to break. That’ll make them much less secure than you’d want. Hiring a locksmith will overcome this quickly and easily.

You should do this for all of your external doors. If you have a garage, you should make sure any doors leading into it also have a new lock.

Get Cleaning

The last thing you’ll want to do when you’re moving into your new home is to start cleaning. When you first get the house is the best time to do it, however. It’s also worth cleaning from top to bottom.

While the previous owners would have cleaned the property before putting it up for sale, it may have been a while since then. That means that you shouldn’t need to put in too much effort, although you’ll need to put some in..

You might want to consider hiring a professional to do this, especially considering how many other things you’ll need to consider.

Wrapping Up

After you buy your first home, you’ll be eager to move in. During that process, you’ll have a significant number of things to look after. That’ll make it quite easy to overlook a few. While some things may be relatively minor, quite a few others won’t.

You should get each of the above done as soon as you can, preferably in the days after you move in. While you’ll typically want to move your things in as fast as possible, it could be worth leaving that off until you’ve done so.

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