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If you’re wrecking your brain to figure out how to live in NYC without paying these insane rents, a woman named Alanna Parish might have the solution.
“I’m a full-time house sitter in NYC, I don’t have my own place. I live in other people’s homes full-time,” the millennial said in a TikTok video with almost 1 million views.
So how does one manage to always have a bed to lie in and a roof over their heads without actually living anywhere?
In her explainer video, Parish, who has only been “living” in NYC for 10 months, shared that her setup requires a lot of planning. “I’m usually able to line all of them up so that they overlap so one ends and the next one begins on the same day.”
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The few times when Parrish has a gap in between her sitting jobs, “I will get a hotel for the night. I’ll get an Airbnb. I’ll crash at a friend’s. I have options available to me, I just don’t have my own place to go back to,” she said to her millions of viewers.
The real shocker of Parish’s lifestyle is that she typically doesn’t charge clients for watching over their home. She looks at it as an even exchange: she has somewhere to stay, while clients know their home is being carefully watched over.
There are a few exceptions when the millennial will charge a fee, like if the homeowner has certain requests, like pet sitting.
Of course, many in the comment section of her video had a ton of questions about this unusual gig.
“what about belongings? do you have a storage facility?”
“What’s an expense you now have that may be a surprise to people?”
While the 30-something-year-old didn’t initially answer these questions in her video, she did tell Newsweek, “While house sitting, I maintain my regular work routine, care for the home and pets, explore the local area, and keep the space clean and organized. I treat every home as if it were my own.”
“Some of the biggest perks are flexibility, cost savings, getting to experience new places, and spending time with pets. The biggest downside is lack of long-term consistency in one place and needing to adapt quickly to new environments. That said, it’s a trade-off I’m happy with,” she added.
During a time when average and median rents have hit a record high, house sitting might be New Yorkers’ best option.
