Apartments for Work in Kathmandu
Fibre broadband, backup power, a desk and a door that closes. Built for people whose trip has deliverables attached.
Fibre broadband, backup power, a desk and a door that closes. Built for people whose trip has deliverables attached.
If you are in Kathmandu for work, the requirements are unglamorous and non-negotiable: the internet has to hold up, the power has to stay on, and you need somewhere to sit that is not the end of a bed.
House of Forrest is a small building of seven serviced apartments in Nagarjun. A good share of our guests are here on contracts: development sector consultants, researchers, engineers, journalists, and remote workers whose employers do not care which time zone they are in as long as the calls happen. This page is the practical detail those guests ask about.
Connectivity and power are the failure points for working in Nepal, and most accommodation is vague about both. We would rather be specific. The building runs on fibre, not a shared mobile hotspot, and guests hold video meetings on it every working day. Kathmandu's mains supply is far better than it was a decade ago but still drops occasionally, so we maintain backup that keeps the internet and lights running through an outage rather than leaving you to reschedule a call.
If your work depends on a particular upload speed or a specific window of availability, tell us before you book and we will give you a straight answer about whether we can support it.
The obvious choice for work travel is a hotel in Lazimpat or Durbar Marg, close to the offices. The trade-off is that you are in the noisiest, most polluted part of the valley, in a room with no kitchen, paying two to three times more.
Nagarjun is fifteen to twenty five minutes from the main office areas by ride-hailing app, which is a modest commute for the difference in evening quality. You get clean air, silence after dark, a kitchen so you are not eating hotel restaurant food for six weeks, and a rate that leaves room in the per diem. For anyone here longer than a week, that maths usually works out.
Proper documentation for expense claims, grant reporting and organisational accounts.
Someone on site during the day to receive couriers and documents for you.
Discounts from 28 nights, lower again past three months. No lease required.
$7 per trip, booked in advance, so arrival after a long flight is handled.
The national park gate is five minutes' walk from the building, which means a genuine forest walk is available between finishing work and dinner. Several long-stay guests have told us this is the thing that made a difficult contract sustainable. Our day hikes guide covers the routes if you have a free weekend, and the transport guide explains getting to and from meetings without overpaying.
Tell us your dates and requirements, and we will confirm what we can support.
Enquire About a Work StayWe run fibre broadband and guests take video calls from the apartments daily. Kathmandu still has occasional mains power cuts, so we keep backup power that covers the internet and lighting, meaning an outage does not take you offline mid-meeting.
Yes. We can issue an invoice with your organisation's details for expense claims or grant reporting. Tell us what the invoice needs to show and we will prepare it before you check out.
Regularly. Consultants and development sector staff on one to six month contracts are a large part of our guests. Rates drop for stays over 28 nights, and drop again beyond three months.
Every apartment has a desk and a separate living area, so you can take a call without sitting on a bed. Because the apartments are self-contained, you also control the background noise, which is not true of a hotel with a shared lobby.
Most government offices and international organisation offices are in the Lazimpat, Maharajgunj and Baluwatar areas, which are fifteen to twenty five minutes away depending on traffic. Ride-hailing apps make the trip straightforward and cost a few dollars.
Yes. Someone is on site during the day to receive couriers and packages on your behalf, and we will let you know as soon as anything arrives.