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Plan your first home checklist beyond the kettle
Keys are coming and you don't know what you need first. Get a prioritised checklist for the first fortnight.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Plan a first home checklist. Move date: [date] What's already there: [flooring, curtains, white goods] Budget for setup: [band] DIY comfort: [low/medium] Pets/kids: [any] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Day-one essentials. 2. First-fortnight priorities. 3. What can wait three months. 4. Safety checks (smoke alarms, stopcock) to confirm. 5. A packing-of-essentials box list for move day. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. date: a short note you already have. flooring, curtains, white goods: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Plan a first home checklist. Move date: [date] What's already there: [flooring, curtains, white goods] Budget for setup: [band] DIY comfort: [low/medium] Pets/kids: [any] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Day-one essentials. 2. First-fortnight priorities. 3. What can wait three months. 4. Safety checks (smoke alarms, stopcock) to confirm. 5. A packing-of-essentials box list for move day. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. date: a short note you already have. flooring, curtains, white goods: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You say move date and what's included.
The assistant asks about budget and DIY.
You get a day-one list and a fortnight plan.
What happens
Use Copilot to plan your first home checklist beyond the kettle
Keys are coming and you don't know what you need first. Get a prioritised checklist for the first fortnight.
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