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[quote=Anonymous]We rent the first and second floor of a row house and the basement is a separate unit occupied by other tenants (it's a 1-bedroom with bath, kitchen, living room, separate entrance, and its own washer/dryer,  It has a NY-style apartment-size fridge and oven/stove but otherwise is a full kitchen).  The basement tenants are moving out and we're wondering whether it would make sense to rent that unit too for use by a live-in nanny.  We're expecting our first baby, so the LI nanny would be caring for 1 infant for 50 hours a week (starting when the infant is about 3 months old).

I've seen other posts on the board about rates for a live-in nanny who has a separate bedroom/bathroom but shares other living space with the family.  Our situation is different since the nanny would receive a fully independent apartment that normally rents for $1300 a month.  We'd also cover utilities (water, gas, electric, garbage/sewer) but not cable/internet or food.

In this situation, what would be an appropriate hourly rate for the LI nanny?  Would this be an attractive position?  We're very close to the metro near the zoo.  It seems like the fully-separate basement apartment would allow us to reduce the hourly rate more than the $2-$3 reduction that you typically see mentioned for LI nannies, but I'm not sure how much more.  There should be very few job creep issues or issues with nanny's friends or comings and goings since we won't know when the nanny is home (we think it's important to respect the nanny's separate life).

TIA![/quote]

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