Our story
We were your guests before we were your hosts.
Maison KANAM grew out of two careers spent between planes, hotel lobbies and company apartments. Its two founders, both corporate executives, have lived in several countries, moved with every new posting, and learned to tell within one evening whether a place will feel like home.
We have seen both sides.
The flawless serviced apartment that makes a relocation feel light. On the first evening everything works, someone picks up the phone, and you can think about your new job and your family rather than the plumbing.
And the place that looked perfect in the photos, where the first week goes on fixing what should have been fixed before you arrived.
The difference almost never comes down to price. It comes down to the care of the people who prepare the home.
“We expect of our homes what we always expected, as travellers, of everyone else’s.”
What it taught us.
Three rules, applied to every home, from studio to villa.
1
High standards don’t depend on budget.
A studio is looked after with the same care as a villa. What changes is the floor space, not the attention.
2
We choose before we offer.
Every home is visited, audited and equipped by us. If it isn’t up to standard, it isn’t online.
3
A person, not a process.
Someone who knows the home and the country answers you, and comes over if needed.
Why “Kanam”
In Wolof, kanam means “forward”.
That is how we work: each stay a little better than the last, each home revisited whenever something can be done better. We don’t claim to be perfect. We claim never to settle.