A Different Kind of Gift Basket for New Home Owners
I just read an article about a new web based business called Homes.org. If you browse their site, you will see that Homes.org’s mission is to help new “would be” home owners by providing information about moving companies, realtors, utility companies and other service providers in the location where the move is planned. Most often, this information is delivered in a “gift box” that includes moving supplies, maps and other relevant items.
Although this service is geared to people who are planning a move, it occurred to me that a similar service could be provided to any new homeowner who has recently arrived in a new neighborhood and needs to quickly learn the ins and outs. I recently moved to new city and had no idea where to grocery shop, take my dry cleaning, find doctors, or a groomer for my dog. So I started to ask my neighbors and slowly I gathered some resources. But it would have be great to have a “relocation” package with some of this basic, neighborhood information so that I could get some routines established more quickly in my new neighborhood.
So what’s this have to do with gift baskets? Many of you already work with local realtors who order gourmet baskets to send to their clients who have just purchased a home. But if I had received a gift basket when I moved to my new home, here’s what I would have wanted:
- A local map of the neighborhood plus surrounding neighborhoods.
- A list of the following including addresses: grocery stores, dry cleaners, gas stations, hospitals, banks.
- Directions to the local Home Depot (or other similar store) where all new homeowners spend an enormous amount of time!
- Information about registering my car, and getting a new driver’s license.
Of course, along with this information, some cookies, candies and other gourmet treats would have been greatly appreciated. Not to mention some coupons from local restaurants, beauty salons, and other businesses that I would gladly try since I didn’t know where else to go!
If you as a gift basket business owner, delivered this to my home when I moved in, I would have been grateful forever! And of course, I would be thinking about you the next time I wanted to send a gift.
9 comments May 4th, 2007
