Made-to-measure blinds & awnings — Hurlingham

Blinds for Hurlingham's big stands and tree-shaded windows — the garden view, without the four-o'clock glare.

Made-to-measure blinds, motorised living-room glass and patio awnings, fitted for Hurlingham's big stands and tree-shaded windows. Free in-home measure, written per-window quote.

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  • Free in-home measure & a written per-window quote
  • Cordless & motorised options, safe for kids and pets
  • Fitted to handle Highveld sun, glare and summer storms
Sunscreen roller blinds drawn part-way down full-height living-room glass in a Hurlingham home, the lawn and old garden trees still readable through the fabric

The range

One window at a time, or the whole house on one remote.

Eleven ways to control light, privacy and heat, matched to Hurlingham's mix of established family homes, glassed-in additions and garden-facing living rooms.

Pale sunscreen roller blinds lowered across floor-to-ceiling bedroom glazing in a Hurlingham home, morning light softened right across the bed

Roller Blinds

Blockout, sunscreen or double-roller — the everyday workhorse for every room in the house.

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Day-night blinds with alternating sheer and solid bands covering tall living-room windows in Hurlingham, striped sunlight falling over a grey sofa

Day & Night Blinds

Sheer and solid bands in one blind — dial the light and privacy up or down, hour by hour.

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Wide aluminium venetian slats tilted inside the reveal of a Hurlingham study window, a clipped hedge and jacaranda branches in the garden beyond

Venetian Blinds

Aluminium for kitchens and bathrooms, timber for character homes — tilt for light, not just on or off.

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Full-length vertical blinds on a track above wide sliding doors in a Hurlingham dining room, louvres turned to show the pool and lawn between them

Vertical & Panel Blinds

Wide sliding doors and big spans, without the join lines of a single flat roller.

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A pleated cellular blind fitted inside a timber-framed Hurlingham bedroom window, the top section closed and the lower pleats left sheer

Cellular / Honeycomb Blinds

Air-cell construction adds real insulation — the energy-conscious pick for big glass.

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A blockout blind dropping from a concealed ceiling recess above sliding doors in a Hurlingham living room at dusk, aloes lit in the garden outside

Concealed / Recessed Blinds

Tucked into a ceiling slot before plaster stage — a blind that all but disappears.

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A skylight blind running in side channels across a roof window above a pebble-tiled Hurlingham bathroom, pulled halfway against midday glare

Skylight & Shaped Blinds

Skylights, gables and arches — the windows most companies won't even measure.

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A striped folding-arm awning extended from a plastered wall over a paved courtyard dining table, its arms carrying the whole span with nothing standing on the paving

Folding-Arm Awnings

No posts, no clutter — shade a patio or braai on demand, retract for winter sun.

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A bronze aluminium roller shutter rolled down from its headbox over a face-brick Hurlingham bedroom window, side guides visible and frost still on the lawn

Roller Shutters

Sun, heat and blackout control in one motorised system, over doors and big windows.

Shading, not security. Ours sit on the outside of the glass, taking the sun, the heat and the glare before any of it reaches the room. A security-rated shutter is a separate product altogether, and we will quote on that if you ask.

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A bronze-framed zip screen tensioned in side channels across a covered Hurlingham patio opening, the garden showing softly through the dark mesh

Zip Screens

Zipped side channels seal an outdoor room from wind and glare, wet-weather mesh or clear PVC.

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A run of motorised blockout blinds lowered together over stacking doors in a Hurlingham dining and living room, with no chains or cords on any of them

Motorised Blinds & Automation

App, remote, schedule or sensor — one button for a wall of glass, no cords at all.

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A technician on a step ladder refitting the headrail bracket of a roller blind above a Hurlingham lounge window

Blind Repairs

Restringing, snapped cords, worn brackets or a re-fit after painting or a move — we mend what's already on your windows, not just sell new ones.

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In the home

Built around how Hurlingham actually lives

A blockout roller blind lowered over a wide bedroom window in a Hurlingham home, an olive headboard and rust throw picking up the palette of the room
Blockout roller blinds — a dark, cool bedroom regardless of the afternoon sun.
A cream folding-arm awning shading a Hurlingham patio and its built-in braai, jacarandas in flower along the boundary wall
A folding-arm awning turns a west-facing patio into shade for lunch.
Close-up of warm oak timber venetian slats and their cords at a Hurlingham window, an olive sofa soft-focused behind
Timber venetian detail — slats and cords chosen to suit the home's olive-and-rust palette.
A double-storey brick and sandstone home with charcoal exterior blinds lowered over the ground-floor windows, jacarandas in bloom along the garden path

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Acre & Aspect — the Hurlingham Window Survey

We wrote down everything we know about shading a house on a Hurlingham stand: how the sun crosses this suburb through the year, what your own garden canopy does and does not do about it, what we would fit on each elevation — and the honest catch with every one of those answers. Every figure is sourced at the foot of the page.

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Why Hurlingham is different

Old trees, big glass, and a Highveld sky that changes its mind

Hurlingham's wide stands and mature gardens mean the tree canopy is part of the address — and part of the specifying problem. Most homes here juggle deep shade on one side of the house and hard, low afternoon sun on the other, often in the same open-plan room at different times of day. A single "one blind fits all" spec rarely survives contact with a real Hurlingham floor plan.

Renovation is the norm more than new-build in this suburb, so aluminium frames from one decade sit next to a newer glass extension from another. That's why we measure room by room on site rather than quote off a plan — fascia and control choices end up matching what's actually on the wall.

Summer adds its own rhythm: clear, glaring mornings followed by fast-building Highveld thunderstorms by mid-afternoon. It's why exterior products — awnings especially — get specified with a motor and a wind sensor as standard practice here, not as an upsell.

Tree canopy, uneven light

Established gardens mean deep shade on one side of the house and hard glare on the other — sometimes in the same room.

Renovation-led market

Older aluminium and timber frames sit alongside newer additions, so blinds get measured window by window, not off a single spec.

Afternoon storm pattern

Highveld summer storms build quickly. Awnings and exterior screens here are specified with auto-retract wind sensors as standard.

How it works

Four steps, start to fitted

01

Enquire

Tell us your rooms and fabric preferences — or just send a photo — and we'll book a time that suits you.

02

Free in-home measure

A consultant measures every window on site and talks through fabric, control and mounting options.

03

Written quote

A clear, per-window quote — no jargon, and no pressure to decide on the day. Something to work with beforehand: R1,000 to R7,500 a square metre installed spans the range here, from a plain interior blind up to a motorised patio awning. Openings under about a square metre carry a minimum. Nothing exact exists before the measure.

04

Made & fitted

Your blinds are made to measure and fitted by the same team that measured them.

About

The service, described without the sales gloss

This is a made-to-measure window shading service covering Hurlingham and the parks belt beside it — Atholl, Illovo, Morningside and Sandhurst. Roller blinds, day and night blinds, roller shutters, folding-arm awnings and motorised control are made to the size of the opening they are fitted to. There is no stock range to pick from, and there is no showroom: the samples come to your house instead.

What happens, in order. You enquire through the form or the chat; one of our expert consultants will contact you shortly and arranges a free in-home measure. At the house every window that needs treating is measured, and fabric, openness, control — chain, cordless or motorised — and mounting are worked out room by room against the trees, the aspect and the way the room is used. A written per-window quote follows, so you can fix the two rooms that bother you now and leave the rest for later. Approve it and the order is manufactured to those measurements and fitted, with child-safe controls as standard.

What you put into the form or the chat is used to arrange the call-back and to price the work, in line with POPIA, and for nothing else.

Also serving

The parks belt around Hurlingham

Genuine neighbours, all inside our standard coverage.

Illovo Morningside Atholl Sandhurst

Questions

Before you enquire

Do you cover all of Hurlingham and the surrounding parks belt?
Yes — Hurlingham, Illovo, Morningside, Atholl and Sandhurst are all inside our standard coverage area, with no call-out fee for the free measure.
How does the free measure and quote actually work?
A consultant visits at a time that suits you, measures every window that needs treatment, and talks through fabric, control (chain, cordless or motorised) and mounting options. You get a written, per-window quote afterwards — there's no obligation to proceed on the day.
Can blinds and awnings handle a Highveld summer storm?
Exterior products like awnings are specified with a motor and wind sensor for exactly this reason — the sensor retracts the awning automatically before gusts get dangerous. Interior blinds aren't weather-exposed, so that's mainly a fabric and mounting conversation.
Is motorisation worth it for a family home?
For wide glass, multiple blinds on one wall, or anything above a stair void, motorisation is close to essential. For everyday rooms it's a lifestyle upgrade — one remote or app for every blind, and no dangling cords to manage around kids.
What are the child-safety options?
Cordless, wand-tilt and motorised controls are all available, and any chain or cord we do fit gets a wall-anchored tensioner as standard. Ask us about the safest option for a nursery or playroom.
Will new blinds match the existing window frames in an older Hurlingham home?
That's exactly why we measure and consult in person rather than quoting off a plan — fascia and frame colours are matched window by window, which matters most in houses with a mix of original and renovated windows.

Ready when you are

Let's get a tape on every window in the house.

No call-out fee, no pressure — just an honest, written quote for the rooms you actually want to fix first.

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Tell us about your windows

Fill this in and a consultant will call to confirm your free measure — no obligation.

  • No call-out fee for the in-home measure
  • Written, per-window quote before you decide anything
  • One of our expert consultants will contact you shortly

Would you rather have a ballpark first? There's an optional window list inside the form — add rough sizes and we'll send a budget range by the next working day. Skip it and nothing is lost: the free measure gives you exact per-window pricing either way.

Optional: add rough window sizes for a budget range

Want a ballpark first? Rough sizes are all we need to send a budget range back the next working day. Not sure how to measure? Leave it — our consultant measures for free and you'll get exact per-window pricing that way.

Your window list — room, width, drop, mount and product for each window
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Nothing on the list yet — and that is completely fine.

Your details are used only to arrange your free measure and quote, and are never shared or sold. Chat and enquiry conversations carry the same processing notice.

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