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Really depends on your home, but a few that I had...
If you have wood floors, a bulk pack of sticky felt pads for furniture you buy to not scratch them up
Robot vacuum (or vac/mop)
Basic power tools
Electric lawn mower/weed whacker that uses the SAME BATTERIES as your power tools
if you're a nerd and wanna do "smart home" stuff, don't buy smart lights, buy smart switches
a touchless live-wire tester
A label maker
Big pack of furnace filters
an accordion folder thingy for the billions of documents you'll wanna keep (receipts/user manuals for appliances), property tax assessments, etc
Bulk pack of lightbulbs with the same colour temperature (it looks idiotic if all your lights are different hues)
nail-in picture frame hangers, wall anchors (they're YOUR walls now!)
keycode deadbolt
most microwaves have a way to enable "silent mode", do that
water sensors (smart if possible), put under your hot water tank and dishwasher
double check your laundry room drain actually has a slope to it, and isn't the damn high point in the room
if you're not living with a romantic partner... I'd suggest not blowing your budget decorating... Let them have the space to feel like they can make the space thiers as well, and accept that means some of your decorations are going to be retired
are you fucking kidding me. the thousands of times i have thought about why this didn't exist, fantasizing what changes would be required in the world economy to get rid of those awful noises. you are telling me it does exists?!
Yeah! If you can find the manual for your microwave (can usually find a pdf one online) there should be instructions on how to do it. Usually a wacky sequence of buttons you gotta press and hold.
This right here. Everybody should have one of these - not just homeowners, everybody. They're cheap and easy to use.
Circuit breakers can fail shorted. Miswiring happens. Just because the switch is off doesn't mean the wire is dead.
You may avoid electrocuting yourself or someone else, or starting a fire. It could literally save your life.
Can you recommend one? I have a non-touchless volt meter that I can’t figure out for the life of me.
Klein tools are reliable: https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/electrical-testers/non-contact-voltage-tester-pen-50-1000v-ac
But really any similar pen-style non-contact voltage tester that you can find at your local hardware store should work just as well. They're simple devices, and for this function probably the simpler the better. Should be in the US$10-20 range, don't overspend for fancy features. Nothing wrong with a store-brand tool in this case. I'd be concerned if it were $5 or less, might be junk.
100% on the water sensors! Gas sensor and carbon monoxide sensor too! I have a gas stove and people are always leaning against it and turning the gas knobs on.