New home messages

Not every move is a first home with a mortgage. These messages cover renting, downsizing, moving in together and starting over too.

Sixty below, grouped so you can pick one that fits the actual move.

Short new home messages

• Welcome home.
• Congratulations on the keys.
• New home, new chapter.
• Wishing you every happiness here.
• May it be full of good days.
• Home sweet home at last. Shop this card
• Here's to your new front door. Shop this card
• Congratulations - enjoy every room.
• A lovely home for lovely people.
• Cheers to the new place.

First home messages

• Your first home. There is nothing like it and never will be again.
• All that saving just turned into a front door key. Shop this card
• Congratulations on the mortgage and the freedom.
• The first place that is genuinely yours. Enjoy it.
• So proud of you both for getting here.
• May the boiler behave and the neighbours be quiet.
• First homes are small and perfect. Enjoy every inch.
• Onto the property ladder and up we go.
• Wishing you many happy years in your first home.
• Congratulations - now the fun of choosing paint begins.

Funny new home messages

• Congratulations on your new home and your new debt.
• Welcome to a lifetime of DIY you did not plan.
• New home, new places to lose things.
• May your wifi reach every room.
• Enjoy the honeymoon period before the first plumbing bill.
• Congratulations. We will visit constantly.
• Home is where the mortgage is.
• Remember: flat pack furniture is a test of character.
• A house is just a very large storage unit you sleep in.
• Just here for the housewarming buffet.

Housewarming messages

• Thanks for having us - the place looks brilliant.
• A little something for the new place.
• Every home needs one of these. Congratulations.
• To warm the house and the people in it.
• Wishing you long evenings and good company here.
• May this house be full of noise and cake.
• Here's to the first of many gatherings.
• Something small to make it feel like home.

Renting, downsizing and starting over

• New place, fresh start, good decision.
• Smaller home, bigger life. Enjoy it.
• Congratulations on the new flat - make it yours.
• Wherever you live, you make it feel like home.
• A new address and a new chapter. Both suit you.
• Downsizing takes courage. Enjoy the lighter load.
• Here's to a home that fits the life you want now.
• New start, and about time too.

Moving in together

• One address, two names. Congratulations.
• Good luck sharing a wardrobe.
• The best decision you have made, probably.
• Here's to arguing about the thermostat forever.
• Congratulations on your first home together.
• May you never fight about the dishwasher. You will.
• Two lives, one home. Lovely news.

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How to write it so it lands

• Check why they moved before using a funny message. Not every move is happy.
• Post it to the new address - a card waiting on the mat is a good first day.

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Frequently asked questions

What do you write in a new home card?

Congratulate them on the move, wish them happiness there, and add one line about visiting. Skip mortgage jokes if the move was not by choice.

Is a new home card the same as a housewarming card?

Nearly. A new home card marks the keys; a housewarming card goes with a gift when you visit. Wording overlaps almost entirely.