Drapehaus
Preparing the room
Drapehaus
Preparing the room
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The kinds of property we work in across Goa, and what each one needs. A heritage house, a sea-facing flat and a homestay fail in different ways, so each gets its own specification.


Deep reveals, tall shuttered openings and oyster-shell windows that modern curtain advice gets wrong.
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Double-height glazing, salt on every surface and months of the year with nobody home.
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Guest turnover, genuine blackout and fabric that survives being handled by strangers.
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Society rules, concrete you cannot always drill, and standard openings that still are not standard.
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Balcão, small deep windows, thick walls and a way of living that curtains should not fight.
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Fire ratings, repeatable specification across many rooms, and installation around paying guests.
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Views worth keeping, wind that tests every fixing, and light that arrives from unexpected angles.
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Humidity that never drops, insects at dusk, and a soft reflected light off the water.
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Let unfurnished or short-term, maintained remotely, and specified for tenants rather than owners.
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Old openings and new extensions in one building, each needing a different answer.
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Bare windows, a moving-in deadline, and every decision still to make at once.
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The best view and the worst conditions in the same room, usually with a terrace attached.
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