Welcome Home Letter To The New Owners Of Your Home

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We sold our home to people who we knew absolutely nothing about. It was weird! Weird that a new family would be moving into our home of 13 years and we hadn't even met them.

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You're probably thinking it doesn't matter, right? To me, it mattered!

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I asked our realtor to find out a little about who was buying our home. She must not get this request often because she seemed a bit shocked.

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A few days later we got 'they were married in Hawaii a year ago and have not started a family yet'. That was it!

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The home we had cared so meticulously for would have new owners and those owners would not know anything about the history of our home.

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Of course, the new owners had explored our home before making their initial offer but they didn't know that the Christmas lights we left were cut to size specifically for the peaks of the home.

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They may have laughed at the little flip lock on the front door. The flagstone path we had so carefully laid would not be appreciated if the new owners didn't know how we had built it. What about our mailbox number or the code to the garage door keypad?

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I was determined, and made it my mission, amongst the craziness of moving, to let the new owners know the history and important information about their new home. I also wanted to share about us, the family that had lived there!

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When you sell your house, a welcome home letter to new homeowners creates an extra step for you in the middle of one of the most stressful times of your life.

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However, the gesture will not go unnoticed and will be appreciated by the new owner!

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Use this Welcome Home Template to give buyers a glimpse of their new home's history, important info, and who has lived there!

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Although the moving process was incredibly tiring, busy, and emotional, I found peace in knowing I had shared with the new owners a little of the history, information, and FUN we have had in the shell of a house we once called home!

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