On high, open ground a mosquito net has to stand up to wind as well as insects. Across the wide balcony doors of Bambolim's newer flats, a stiff sliding panel, in heavy-section aluminium and seated in a real bottom track, holds firm where a pleated net would bow and flap. Pleated nets belong on a sheltered door, or one that swings out over a narrow balcony. Tenants can ask for nets that fix with a few screws into the window frame, so they come out cleanly on moving day. Near the highway the mesh clogs with dust, and a sliding panel that lifts out for washing is easier to keep clear. On the bay side, choose stainless fixings.
- Upper-floor flats on the plateau: framed sliding nets for bedroom windows and the balcony door alike, heavier in section on the windward side.
- Villas with wide doors to a terrace: pleated nets in two panels meeting in the middle, used on the sheltered face of the house.
- Bedrooms of hospital staff on night duty: fine fibreglass mesh on the windows left open for air during daytime sleep.
Bambolim lies on the plateau and hillside south of Panjim, above the Zuari bay. It is known for the Goa Medical College and its hospital, and has the military camp, a beach resort on the bay, and many newer apartment complexes and villas.
Bambolim housing ranges from flats for doctors, students and hospital staff to upmarket complexes and villas looking over the bay. Rented flats change hands often.
The plateau is exposed to wind, and the bay side gets salt air and afternoon sun over the water. The highway runs through, with noise and dust.
Hilltop and plateau homes
Wind pushes on a large net like a sail. On exposed openings choose a rigid sliding frame over a pleated net, with a thicker frame section and a secure bottom track.
Apartments and town flats
In a flat, nets go on the balcony door and the bedroom windows. A sliding net runs beside the existing glass panels, and a pleated net suits a door that swings open onto a narrow balcony.