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Get some blankets and cushions - makes sitting on the sofa so much more cozy if the room is cold. Also a hot water bottle is amazing for this and for cold beds too! If you’re a shoes off in the home kinda person (which you should be - the streets are dirty!) then get some good warm slippers. A lifesaver if you’re running the place a bit colder.
Dehumidifier’s are really good but they’re expensive to run, and don’t forget to ventilate - open the windows daily.
Something every residence should have is Carbon Monoxide and smoke alarms - they are not expensive and may save your life. Also a small fire extinguisher and fire blanket.
It’s nerd shit, but running some type of mini pc or raspberry pi with pihole for adblocking and some type of jellyfin and arr stack if you’re inclined is very good for media.
Get an aeropress. I’m also a big fan of a Moka pot.
Tools: the most important ones are a decent measuring tape, a claw hammer, some pozidrive and flathead screwdrivers (or whatever your local fixings tend to be: torx, Allen, square etc), for hanging pictures and the like get a torpedo spirit level, they don’t take much space. Buy cheap tools - if they wear out or are insufficient only then buy good quality ones. The fact is if you don’t do much work the $2 claw hammer you bought at Walmart may be all you ever need, and that’s better than spending $100+ on a pro framing hammer that you’ll never see the benefit of. Then beyond those basic hand tools, a Combi drill with hammer functionality is very useful. After that only get the tools you need, for the tasks you intend to do. No point owning a circular saw if you’re never planning on cutting a load of timber or a pipe cutter if you never do any plumbing!
Also buy a torch incase of power cuts and store it somewhere you can find it in the dark!
This is left of field, but I’ve got an ancient 80s era Braun analog alarm clock (other alarm clocks will also be perfect) that I keep by my bed so I can still wake up but also not have my phone in the bedroom. I strongly recommend it. Phones in the bedroom are a route to late night scrolling and ignoring your partner. Not good. It’s a thief of romance and time.