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Post by Lexica on Sept 20, 2022 22:23:18 GMT
I don't know if it is a thing to have a house warming party, but I totally enjoy going to them. I also love walking through new model homes. It gives me ideas for my own place.
Several years ago a women that I worked with had a house warming party to show everyone all of the things she had just had done to her house. She had lived there for years and raised her children in that house, but when the inherited some money, she completely remodeled, taking down walls to combine some rooms and changing the purpose of other rooms. She even turned her living room into her dining room because she had a large extended family and the living room was a better fit for her big dining room table. It also had a fireplace in that room which made it so cozy to host parties in.
The house originally had both a family room and living room and she didn't need both anymore so this was her creative solution. She invited her friends from church, her family, and her coworkers. We all brought a gift and got to see what she had been working on for so long. I enjoyed seeing all the changes she had been talking about. She had considered moving, but adored her neighbors and had been in the house for over 25 years. It went from a four smaller bedroom house to a two larger bedroom and the changes she made vastly improved the place.
She put up enlarged photos of the house taken right before the remodel began which were really fun to see so we could fully appreciate all of the changes.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Sept 20, 2022 22:40:40 GMT
I think housewarming parties went the way of the chivaree. I had to look that up. Turns out I know the concept but simply never heard that word for it. But that did make think about "poundings." Those were somewhat common in the south back in the day. When a young couple established a new household, everyone would stock their pantry with a pound of flour, pound of sugar, etc. My first husband and I experienced that back in 1985 when we moved to the first house we bought which involved a move to a new town due to him accepting a job there. Some of his coworkers "pounded" us with pantry staples, basic cleaning supplies, toilet paper, and so forth. It was really sweet and actually very helpful as a newlywed couple.
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Post by gar on Sept 20, 2022 23:06:27 GMT
I don’t think it matters whether it’s your first or tenth house does it? If someone wants to invite people over to celebrate a new home, why not?
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Post by littlemama on Sept 20, 2022 23:11:07 GMT
How does someone else having a housewarming party make your life worse? Sounds like you are going to be one of "those" neighbors to this family.
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Post by AllieC on Sept 20, 2022 23:26:46 GMT
I don’t think it matters whether it’s your first or tenth house does it? If someone wants to invite people over to celebrate a new home, why not? Exactly! They've built a lovely new home, why not have people over to celebrate? I think because here we don't have such "rules" about parties here, we tend to think of an invite a good thing and a chance to socialise rather than a gift grab. The ones I've been to people may bring a plant or bottle of wine but nothing is expected.
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Post by KikiPea on Sept 21, 2022 4:45:34 GMT
When we moved into our current house, we had a party, but we just called it an open house. No gifts wanted, just visiting with our friends and having fun.
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Post by KikiPea on Sept 21, 2022 4:52:35 GMT
“Funny” story I wanted to add…
We had moved into our second house, which we built. We’d moved into in May, and had a house warming party that July. The week of our party, we had a really bad thunderstorm, and our house (It was the second house to be completed in our new neighborhood.) was struck by lightening. So, when people came to the “house warming “ party, we told them that the house had been properly warmed for them. 🤪
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 21, 2022 4:55:30 GMT
I don’t think people really call it that anymore but they do still have get togethers when someone moves into a new place or remodels an old one.
We’re getting VERRRRY close to being officially DONE with our cabin rebuilding project that was started in November of 2019. Our original plan to build on top of the existing floor structure of our original cabin had to be scrapped when significant mold and rot was found to have irreparably damaged the floor joists. The whole thing had to be torn down to the literal concrete basement walls which added a lot to our costs, which meant we had to take on more ourselves to offset the added expense.
Since we didn’t really have the time or money to do everything at once, we’ve been slowly knocking things off the laundry list bit by bit over the past almost three years (YIKES! Has it really been that long?) which has felt like forEVER. Especially since two of those years were hindered by Covid, and since his mom started the whole thing back in 2008 when she had the original cabin lifted and the concrete basement walls poured. 😳 So yes, we have been essentially living in a construction zone of some sort or another for literally the past FOURTEEN YEARS.
Anyway, we installed our upper kitchen cabinets earlier this summer and are wrapping up the final big project indoors which was putting up the stone siding on our fireplace and getting it grouted. There is just a little trim to put up, some grout work that needs touching up and that’s it! 👍 As a result, DH is really wanting to celebrate with friends and show off all of the hard work the three of us have put in to get to this point, especially since people have been naturally hesitant to come out over the past couple years. I totally get it. I don’t think that we would call it a housewarming which to us would imply gifts. We don’t need or want anything other than to simply celebrate this milestone with our friends.
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Post by workingclassdog on Sept 21, 2022 14:52:47 GMT
How does someone else having a housewarming party make your life worse? Sounds like you are going to be one of "those" neighbors to this family. Not sure how you got that out of her post.. It was just a question. Why do we always have to have to turn a simple post into something bitchy to say.
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Post by mom on Sept 21, 2022 15:10:16 GMT
Update: There is no animosity towards them wanting to build here. We haven't heard of people having house warming parties out where we are and just curious if this was still a thing. We don't live in a city, but in the county in the country where everyone has 2.5 acres and the only permits you need are for your culvert and septic system. When we had 2 floods a year apart, Memorial Day Flood and Harvey, the electric company did tell some at the front of our road their homes had to be rebuilt up higher before they would hook them back up. Are these a thing now days? I am asking because the people on one side of me bought the empty lot and built a new house. They over paid for the lot without any services (water, electricity, septic) in a flood zone. Just an empty lot that was overgrown. They have since built a house that they are still working on and she decided they were having a house warming party in October. This is not their first home, but their third.My neighbor and I were just wondering if this is still a trend? I sure hope it doesn't rain anytime soon since their driveway is the black clay and when it does rain, that stuff sticks like gorilla glue to your tires and shoes. While you say you don't have any animosity towards your them, you really might want to spend some time thinking about how you really feel about them/or their situation. Your initial post was full of judgment on things that truly have no bearing on you. And to answer your question, yes. I still receive 1-2 invitations to go see friends/family new homes (even if its not their first home) and we have a party to share in their excitement. I take a gift, ohh and ahhh over all the new design choices and ideas, and everyone is happy to see the couple happy with their new home.
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Post by littlemama on Sept 21, 2022 15:20:55 GMT
How does someone else having a housewarming party make your life worse? Sounds like you are going to be one of "those" neighbors to this family. Not sure how you got that out of her post.. It was just a question. Why do we always have to have to turn a simple post into something bitchy to say. Her entire post was hyper-critical of the new neighbors and the concept of a housewarming.
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Post by janeinbama on Sept 21, 2022 15:54:20 GMT
I would think a Open House would be a better invite!
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Post by mom on Sept 21, 2022 16:30:11 GMT
How does someone else having a housewarming party make your life worse? Sounds like you are going to be one of "those" neighbors to this family. Not sure how you got that out of her post.. It was just a question. Why do we always have to have to turn a simple post into something bitchy to say. Well, when the initial post in the thread is full of judgement about a new neighbor, it kinda opens the door to others being critical of the OPs actions.
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Post by bigbundt on Sept 22, 2022 14:44:31 GMT
We've gone to lots of housewarmings that are really just casual get togethers when they take you on a tour of the entire house. We will bring a small gift but we usually do that for anyone we know who bought a house (usually a plant or fire extinguisher). We bought our house a couple of months ago and are still in the moving process but we hope to have a house warming soon to show off the house.
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Post by workingclassdog on Sept 22, 2022 14:49:23 GMT
Not sure how you got that out of her post.. It was just a question. Why do we always have to have to turn a simple post into something bitchy to say. Well, when the initial post in the thread is full of judgement about a new neighbor, it kinda opens the door to others being critical of the OPs actions. Well yeah, maybe it is a little judgey.. Sometimes I post things and I am not really clear and it turns into a sh*tshow when I think I am just typing to fast and not getting my point across. Then here comes the peas to make it right. LOL..
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Post by joelise on Sept 22, 2022 14:51:23 GMT
Housewarming parties are still a thing in my neck of the woods.
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 22, 2022 15:03:13 GMT
I don’t think it matters whether it’s your first or tenth house does it? If someone wants to invite people over to celebrate a new home, why not? Exactly! They've built a lovely new home, why not have people over to celebrate? I think because here we don't have such "rules" about parties here, we tend to think of an invite a good thing and a chance to socialise rather than a gift grab. The ones I've been to people may bring a plant or bottle of wine but nothing is expected. I agree. Why not celebrate a new home! Plus, with the high cost of entertaining, I think it's silly to assume that someone would throw an open house just to get presents. I can't imagine anyone inviting someone over for food and drinks and thinking they are going to come out ahead if the guest shows up with a candle or random bottle of wine.
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Post by maryannscraps on Sept 22, 2022 15:33:57 GMT
We've gone to lots of housewarmings that are really just casual get togethers when they take you on a tour of the entire house. We will bring a small gift but we usually do that for anyone we know who bought a house (usually a plant or fire extinguisher). We bought our house a couple of months ago and are still in the moving process but we hope to have a house warming soon to show off the house. A fire extinguisher! What a great idea.
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