Siolim House is still a private home, and we hate to call it a hotel. The entire
restoration of Siolim House was done with a view to it being a home, and therefore
we were very generous in our use of space. In a building that had twenty four
rooms there are today only seven suites and seven bathrooms. No necessity was
felt to cram rooms in, and so we have spacious public areas and rooms.
We realised several years after the restoration began that welcoming guests
in a "hotel de charme" would help us keep Siolim House in perfect
shape, and give it the character that comes with welcoming people from all
over. That way we also did not have to worry about the Goan monsoon storms
that had wreaked so much havoc on the house when we decided to take on the
enormous restoration job.