- Provide lots of drink for friends.
- Nice selection of music for the night.
- Lock ALL valuables in one room. I've witnessed everything from precious jewellery, TV's, DVD players and a fridge/freezer combo being stolen.
- Dim the lights in all rooms bar the kitchen. Kitchen is always the chatty/social area.
- Tell your neighbours, it's just polite.
- Cups... buy cups. There's always a shortage of cups.
- Make sure your mates smoke outside, if they're proper mates they'll respect that it's your house anyway.
- Buy lots of MDMA and insist that it is sherbet powder, all guests must have some on entry.
- On arrival, insist to the female gender that the theme of the party is a topless one and it'll be enforced at all times.
But be prepared for unwanted visitors, thieves and snakes coming along... They always hear about, and turn up to parties.
Also, you have the absolute right to call the police if any unwanted people turn up/it gets mucky. As long as you're not breaching the peace, it's absolutely not illegal to get drunk at home and have a private party, so if something really does kick off, don't be scared of calling the police.