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Gifts for a New Home Over $100
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items Gifts for a new home over a hundred dollars, for the person who has just got keys and nothing in the cupboards. Fourteen things between a hundred seventeen and three hundred, sorted by the first month: floors, kitchen, tools and air. This is the list...
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Cleaning and Floors
Kitchen Basics Worth Buying
Tools That Get Used
Light, Air and Comfort
Cleaning and Floors
Three cordless stick vacuums between a hundred seventeen and a hundred fifty-seven, for a house with no cupboard for a full-size machine. Run time is the number that matters and none of them lasts an hour. Two come with a wall mount. Buy the one with...
A cordless stick vacuum with an anti-tangle brush, one hundred fifty-seven dollars. The brush is the feature that matters in a house with long hair. Run time is about forty minutes, so it is a whole-flat clean rather than a deep one.
Eureka ReactiSense 350W Cordless Stick Vacuum
A cordless stick with a wall mount and several heads, one hundred forty dollars. It is the version to buy when the flat is mostly hard floor. The bin is small, so a big room means emptying it twice.
Cordless Vacuum Cleaner 650W 60KPA 70Mins
A cordless stick vacuum at one hundred seventeen dollars, with a crevice tool and a brush for stairs. It is the price where a stick vacuum becomes a gift rather than a gamble. Battery life drops as it ages and the cells are not replaceable.
NADALY Cordless Vacuum 600W 70Mins 8-in-1
Kitchen Basics Worth Buying
Four cookware sets between a hundred seventy and two hundred fifty, all stainless and all induction capable. This is the purchase people put off and then keep for twenty years. Count the pieces, since lids are included in the totals. The non-stick pa...
A twelve-piece stainless set with a ceramic non-stick fry pan, two hundred twenty dollars. It covers induction, gas and a dishwasher. The non-stick pan is the piece that wears first, so treat it as the replaceable one.
GreenPan 12pc Stainless Steel Pro Cookware Set
An eleven-piece stainless set that has been sold for two decades, one hundred seventy dollars. It is the set to buy for a first kitchen because every piece has a job. The handles get hot under a grill.
Cuisinart Chef's Classic Stainless Steel 11pc
Three stainless frying pans, eight, ten and twelve inches, two hundred fifty dollars. It is the set for someone who already has pots and needs pans that will outlive them. They are heavy and the handles are long.
Made In 3-Piece Stainless Frying Pan Set
A seventeen-piece tri-ply set for one hundred seventy dollars, which is a whole kitchen for the price of three pans elsewhere. It is the gift for a first flat with empty cupboards. Seventeen pieces includes lids, so count the pans.
EWFEN 17-Piece 3 Ply Stainless Steel Cookware Set
Tools That Get Used
Three kits between a hundred twenty and a hundred thirty, for a house with flat-pack furniture and nothing to build it with. Two are drill kits and one is a full household box. Batteries and charger are included in all three. This is the gift that ge...
A drill and an impact driver on the same battery, one hundred thirty dollars. It is the pair a new house needs for shelves and flat-pack. Batteries and charger are included, and the kit bag is not.
DEWALT 20V MAX Drill & Impact Driver DCK240C2
A household tool kit with a 20V drill and the usual hand tools, one hundred twenty dollars. It is the box to give someone who owns a single screwdriver. The bits are the part that gets replaced first.
WORKPRO Home Tool Set with 20V Cordless Drill
A 286-piece home and auto kit in a case, one hundred thirty dollars. It covers the jobs that come with a first house and a first car. The case is heavy, so it lives in a cupboard rather than a drawer.
KINGTOOL 286 PCS Home Auto Repair Kit with 21V Cordless Drill
Light, Air and Comfort
Four air purifiers between a hundred forty and two hundred twenty, which is the appliance nobody buys for themselves. Room rating is the number to compare rather than the price. All four need a new filter every six months, so the running cost is real...
A large-room air purifier rated for over three thousand square feet, two hundred sixteen dollars. It is the one for a house with pets or a road outside. Filters cost money every six months, and the price of them varies.
BLUEAIR 211i Max Air Purifier Large Room
A smart purifier for a large room, one hundred seventy dollars, with an app and an auto mode. The auto mode is the part that makes it liveable rather than a fan. It needs wifi to be smart and the filter is proprietary.
LEVOIT Vital 200S-P Smart Air Purifier 1875 Ft²
A HEPA purifier rated for seventeen hundred square feet, one hundred forty-four dollars. It is the quietest of the four, which matters in a bedroom. The filters are the ongoing cost rather than the machine.
COWAY Mighty AP-1512HH Air Purifier, HEPA
A tower purifier with a washable pre-filter and a carbon layer, one hundred eighty dollars. The washable pre-filter is why it suits a house with a dog. It is tall, so it needs a corner.
WINIX 5510 Air Purifier w/ App, True HEPA