Among the things she listed was that the 800 square feet house only takes an hour to clean.
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Caitlin Orellana’s TikTok account is dedicated to showing her home and her daily adventures while living in New Orleans.
Her 800 square feet house has two bedrooms and one bathroom.
In a TikTok video, she listed off the reasons she loves living in it despite the limited space.
Lower heating and cooling costs were one of the benefits noted, especially with it being a “single-story shotgun house.”
Caitlin says that cleaning is a breeze as well. It only takes her an hour to get through the clutter, and even less if she remembers to turn on her robot vacuum.
There’s a minimalistic benefit too.
Caitlin doesn’t need huge amounts of furniture just to fill space.
“Everything seems more cozy and meant to be there,” she said of her furnishings.
She also highlighted that her small house “lessens the temptation to buy things you don’t need and don’t have the space to store.”
She listed off an “obvious” reason she loves living in a smaller place as well.
“Smaller mortgage/rent payment,” Caitlin said.
She added that when it’s time to sell the home, there will be a bigger buyer pool.
“Bigger isn’t necessarily always better,” she stressed in her video’s caption.
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