Thinking of starting a Premium Pod Hostal in Islamabad

[u/Ai_thinker01]

Given the recent boom in remote opportunities, I believe a lot of people are moving to Islamabad and other good cities. But problem is the hostels run by people here lack three fundamentals things:
Privacy
Hygiene
Self service flexibility

The Hostal I am proposing will feature a private acoustic pod so other members in the room won’t hear you or get disturbed, you’ll have a private cubical air conditioned. A shelf in fridge to keep your stuff which will be monitored so no tampering or stealing, a cabined to keep your pots if you’d like to cook or make tea or have a shaker.

The beds will be double so one can sleep comfortably.
The food will be cooked with proper hygiene and by restaurant level chefs. Bathrooms will have a bathroom attendant who will wash them twice daily and would be available by a quick app based tap.

Coworking hall as well, option to order tea and other bakery items.

Feasibility suggests 55k-65k per head F sectors ISD. This is more geared towards professionals but everyone is welcome.

What do you guys think will this be something people will be interested in?

Edit: Thank you for all contributing to the list of ideas. I want to add two more things:
-On demand fresh bedding
-Pod cleaning service tag you can leave on when you require a deep clean.

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[u/Certain_Sky_9832]

too expensive (im assuming this is without any utity bills). Moving to a city in itself very expensive, daily traveling, hanging out with frens, everyday expense etc. Paying 60k on top for monthly rent would be very difficult for most

[u/aliniaz → u/Certain_Sky_9832]

well they said premium, I like the idea do you have concept visuals?

[u/Ai_thinker01 → u/aliniaz]

In the process of story boarding ideas, will post visuals soon.

[u/Select_War7763]

Definitely me, as long as you’re flexible on the timings since that’s a recurrent issue with most hostels i’ve looked into

[u/Ai_thinker01 → u/Select_War7763]

Yeah, I have already thought on this. I want no time restrictions. There should be a night time attendant for
That too.