Estimate the cost of child-proofing your home.
Child-proofing costs scale with rooms for the routine items — cupboard latches, socket covers, corner guards, blind-cord cleats — and separately for stair gates, which are priced per opening and are the most expensive single item. The per-room average is a useful sanity check against quotes: a figure far above the basics you entered usually means gates and the assessment fee are doing the work, not the room count. Furniture anchoring belongs in the per-room figure and is the item most often omitted.
Child-proofing budget
Total = rooms x per-room basics + stair gates x gate cost + assessment fee
Budget guidance only, not a safety assessment. Child safety requirements depend on your specific property, and equipment must be installed according to manufacturer instructions to work as intended. Consult current national child-safety guidance and, where appropriate, a qualified assessor.
Furniture and television anchoring, stair gates and window restrictors address the hazards that cause the most serious injuries. Socket covers and corner guards are cheap and worth having but address far lower-consequence risks.
It is most useful in an older property or one with unusual layout, where the hazards are not the obvious ones. In a standard modern home a published room-by-room checklist covers substantially the same ground for free.
Most manufacturers rate stair gates for children up to around two years, after which a determined child can climb them and the gate becomes its own fall hazard. Judge by the individual child's climbing ability rather than the age alone.