For the new owners opening the door
Nobody's been to your new place yet, and the first guests always get lost. Put the directions, parking, and a what-to-bring note on one page, and track replies while you unpack.
A housewarming has a problem no other party has: the address is new to everyone, including whoever's trying to tell you how to reach it. Guests circle the block, park two roads away, and arrive flustered. The invitation page settles it — it carries the address, the way in, and where to leave the car, in words and in a map they can open from their phone on the corner.
There's no housewarming design to switch on yet, so you start from the nearest party setup and rewrite it as your own. The general toolkit is what a first night at a new place needs: a shareable page, replies tracked against names, plus-ones inside a limit, reminders, and a clear place to spell out directions and what to bring.
The postal address is only half of it. Say which gate, which side of the street, where visitors can park without a permit, and what to do if the road is closed. A block a guest can read on their phone prevents the queue of "where exactly are you?" messages.
Housewarming etiquette is awkward — some guests want to arrive empty-handed and worry, others assume a bottle is expected. A line on the page settles it: bring yourselves, or a drink for the table if you like, and there's a note about what the house still needs for anyone who asks.
A flat fits a certain number of people and no more. Replies and plus-ones come onto one list, so you can watch the headcount early and cap it before the living room turns into a standing queue with nowhere to set a glass.
Write it the way you'd text a friend who has never been — plain and specific.
The details that turn a wrong-turning guest into one who arrives on time and unstressed.
We've got the keys and the boxes are barely unpacked. Come and see the new place — Saturday 4 October, from 4:00pm, at our new address.
It's 27 Alder Row, the blue door by the corner shop. Park on Ash Lane rather than the estate road — the permit cameras are already up. Use the side gate; the front path is still muddy.
Nothing you have to carry. If you'd like to bring something, a bottle for the table is perfect — and there's a short list of what we still need, on the details page.
The living room seats about twenty comfortably, so we're holding the list close. Please reply by 25 September and tell us if a partner is coming.
How it works
Start the event in the app, or tell Jitabi the address, date, and time on WhatsApp. There's no housewarming design, so choose the closest party type and rewrite the wording for your new place.
Add the full address, the gate or entrance, where to park, and the transport options in plain lines. One sentence on what to bring stops the polite guessing.
Let each guest confirm against their name and add a partner within whatever your living room allows. The running total tells you early if you're about to outgrow the space.
Share one link to friends and family alike, and if the plan shifts — you're stuck in traffic, the gate is jammed — change it on the page so every guest sees the current version.
Questions
Put the address, a landmark, and the entrance on the page, and link it so a map app opens cleanly. Add the gate or path detail in plain words — that's the part a map pin can't tell them, and it's what usually goes wrong.
Be specific: which street, any permit rules, and the closest lot if the road fills. Tell people where not to park as clearly as where to. A short parking note saves a dozen calls asking where they can legally leave the car.
There's no dedicated housewarming template yet. You start from the nearest party setup and rewrite it as your own evening. The shareable page, tracked replies, plus-one limits, and reminders come with it, which covers what a housewarming needs.
Say the number on the page, set plus-ones to whatever keeps it realistic, and close the list once replies reach it. Because confirmations land against names, you'll see the room filling before you have to turn anyone away at the door.
Not when it's phrased warmly. Guests genuinely wonder whether they should arrive empty-handed or with something, so a line that says "bring yourselves, a bottle if you like" settles the question and takes the awkwardness out of the first knock at the door.
Get Started
Put the directions, the parking, and the what-to-bring note on one page, and watch replies come in while you finish unpacking. Start free, and shape it as your list grows.
