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Ideal Home
Ideal Home
Rebecca Knight

I just bought my first home, and this £10 buy was the very first thing I bought for it to make it feel warmer and secure

Pink front door interior, with decorated glass panels bringing light into the hallway.

A few weeks ago, I bought my first home, a ground-floor flat in London. I didn't have a sofa, a dining table or a wardrobe, but before I even started looking at furniture, there was one £10 buy I bought almost as soon as I moved in: a letter box draught excluder.

A letterbox draught excluder costs around £5-10 on Amazon and is an internal flap that fits onto a door and often includes a brush seal.

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