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Iโm building a longer-term base in Calcutta, India, and was wondering what digital nomads would think of renting a room here, or what theyโd consider a fair rent.
Quick overview:
Newly renovated, ground floor, in a nice residential neighborhood (Salt Lake), a ten minute walk to the City Center mall. Restaurants, pharmacies, public transportation, etc are all within a five minute walk.
Jacuzzi tub in the bathroom, fancy shower stall, nice patio with hammocks and bean bags. AC in the study and bedrooms.
The study has high speed internet access with redundant internet lines (the main line is an actual physical DSL connection, not cellular, extremely reliable, goes down for a few hours maybe once every three years), extra network storage if you need to backup or dump large files, and there are a couple of raspberry pis around if youโre a techie and want to make something while youโre bored.
New paint, new tiles, new electrical wiring, granite bookshelves; the entire apartment was rebuilt (everything from the floor tiles up) this month.
The downside, of course, is that Calcutta is very far off the digital nomad path 
Assuming anyoneโs interested in seeing this side of the country, what would a reasonable rent be for someone sharing the apartment with me in a private bedroom? I suspect I could make the place work at $250/month.
What else would you like included or available as an option? Food (Iโd normally recommend against this; food in Calcutta is cheap and amazing), tours, travel in this part of India, other stuff I havenโt thought of yet?
Thanks! All ideas welcome. Iโve been toying with the idea of making this a space more friendly to digital nomads since I started the renovation, so I figured itโs time to start vetting the idea.
