You can hire them by the hour or by the task, helping with, perhaps the kitchen or garage only, or for a consultation for an organizing overview, giving the new homeowner suggestions for the future. Meals out . If you have to wait until the homeowners are settled enough to find and wear their nicer clothes, the novelty of moving may have already worn off. Restaurants that serve breakfast, lunch AND dinner just might be the ticket here, while new homeowners are still in a quandary as to which box contains the frying pans and while the refrigerator contents are sparse. A plug-in intercom set .
Kids think they're fun.
Gardening, pool services, or housekeeping services . The luxury of a hired person to do the actual cleaning or maintenance while homeowners are still figuring out where to put things can be a godsend, with their permission, of course. Video-taping the move . No one will have time for this, so if you are a helper or bystander, this could be a fun gift for the new homeowner. Just don't get in the movers' way, however, or you may live to regret it.