Heritage Parktown North living room with roller blinds half-lowered on tall timber sash windows, jacarandas in bloom outside
Parktown North & the Parks belt

Blinds cut to fit Parktown North sash windows — the jacaranda light, without the glare that comes with it.

Blinds, venetians and awnings made to fit Parktown North's original timber-frame windows — not the other way around. Free in-home measure, written per-window quote.

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  • Free measure & written quote
  • Fitted to original timber frames
  • Child-safe controls standard
The range

Built for character windows, not standard ones.

Eleven product families, all made to measure — because a 1930s sash opening and a new aluminium frame at the back rarely take the same blind.

Taupe sunscreen roller blind softening midday light through a sash window in a Parktown North living room

Roller Blinds

Blockout, sunscreen or double day/night — the clean, everyday fix for a park-facing living room.

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Banded day-and-night blind half open in a Saxonwold bay window with warm evening light through the sheer bands

Day & Night Blinds

Sheer-to-solid banded fabric that dials privacy up or down as the light through the trees shifts.

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Aluminium venetian blind slats tilted against afternoon sun over a Parkwood kitchen window

Aluminium Venetians

Tilt for direction, not just on/off — the practical choice for kitchens, bathrooms and studies.

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Basswood timber venetian blind half-tilted in an original sash window of a Parktown North study

Timber Venetians

Real basswood slats for sash windows and studies — the material heritage rooms were built to hold.

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Wide linen panel vanes on a ceiling track drawn across a garden-facing sliding door in a Parktown North lounge after sunset

Vertical & Panel Blinds

Wide sliding doors and garden-room spans, without a join line breaking up the view.

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Blind fabric emerging from a concealed ceiling recess above glazing in a Forest Town garden-room extension

Concealed & Recessed Blinds

The blind hides in a ceiling slot — for architect additions where no hardware should show.

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Cellular honeycomb blind glowing amber in late-afternoon light over French doors in a Parkwood courtyard

Cellular Honeycomb Blinds

Air-cell insulation for north-facing rooms — steadier temperatures through a Highveld winter.

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Motorised roller blind lowering with no visible cords in a Parktown North bedroom at dusk

Motorised Blinds & Automation

App or schedule control, no cords near cots or climbing frames — the gold standard for safety.

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External aluminium venetian blinds mounted outside a window facade on a Forest Town house

External Venetians

Our premium tier — heat stopped outside the glass, not inside the room, and the first thing we suggest on unshaded west faces.

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Retractable folding-arm awning fully extended over a stoep on a heritage Saxonwold home

Folding-Arm Awnings

Retractable shade over the stoep and garden room, with a wind sensor so it retracts before a Highveld storm hits.

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A charcoal zip-track screen run right down the open side of a covered Parktown North patio at dusk, string lights along the beams inside

Zip Screens

Wind-proof mesh in a zipped channel — closes off an outdoor room without walling it in.

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Close detail of timber blind slats and cord mechanism — repairs and restringing in Parktown North

Blind Repairs

Cords, tilters and broken slats on your existing blinds, put right — restrung, components replaced, or refitted after a repaint or a move.

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Recent work, this end of town

Three rooms, one street's worth of light.

Folding-arm awning extended over a stone-paved stoep as storm clouds gather, Parktown North
A fold-arm awning over the stoep — retracts before the afternoon storm rolls in.
Blockout roller blind mounted behind the original curtain rail in a Parktown North bedroom
Blockout roller behind the original curtain rail — full dark, frame untouched.
Timber venetian slats gathered up to the sill of a brick-reveal window in Parktown North, a weathered copper vase standing in the light
Cocoa and verdigris finishes, chosen to sit quietly against face brick and copper guttering.
Why the spec here is different

The park is the whole point — the light needs managing, not blocking.

Parktown North sits in Johannesburg's old "Parks belt" — narrow tree-lined streets, mature jacarandas and oaks, and more original 1930s–1950s stock still standing than almost anywhere else this close to the city. It's one of the reasons the area holds its value: these are recognisably character homes, not tear-down stands.

That canopy is a blessing and a complication. Light here doesn't arrive flat — it moves through leaves, changes through the seasons as deciduous trees drop, and swings hard when a jacaranda finally does lose its cover in winter. A single fixed sunscreen fabric that works in December glare is often wrong for July's low, direct sun.

And because so many gardens back onto Delta Park, Zoo Lake or a quiet walking route, privacy from the path matters as much as privacy from a neighbour's window — without losing the reason you bought here in the first place: the view of it.

Original timber windows Many homes still carry their original sash or steel-frame windows — openings that don't match modern standard sizes, so measuring is done room by room, not off a catalogue.
Canopy-filtered light Tilt-adjustable products — interior venetians and external venetian slats — earn their keep here: steer light through the day rather than committing to one setting.
Park-facing privacy Day/night and sunscreen fabrics let a park-facing room keep its view by day while controlling what's visible from the path once the lights are on.
A Parktown North avenue closing over with old plane and jacaranda branches, a face-brick block of flats behind the leaves with fixed canopy awnings shading its balconies
Free, no email needed

Reading the Avenues — our Parktown North playbook.

This suburb is the only one in Johannesburg with nothing but numbered avenues, running in every direction — so the street tells you nothing about which way your rooms face. We wrote down what the Highveld sun actually does to a house on these stands, and what we would fit on each wall.

  • Sun angles, storm season and hail — with real sources
  • North, west, east and south, room by room
  • Eight products, each with its honest trade-off
  • What the 60-year heritage rule means outside
Read the Playbook Or work out a ballpark
How it works

Four steps, one consultant, no online guesswork.

We don't sell made-to-measure blinds off a self-measure form — not on window openings this variable. Every project starts with someone standing in the room.

01

Enquire

Tell us the rooms, roughly how many windows, and what you're solving for — chat, form or a message is fine.

02

Free in-home measure

A consultant visits with sample fabrics and slats, measures every opening precisely, and talks through light, privacy and motorisation room by room.

03

Written quote

A per-window quote, options itemised, so you know exactly what you're approving before anything is ordered. As a rough guide beforehand, the range here runs R1,000 to R7,500 per square metre installed, product and control deciding where a window sits; small windows carry a minimum charge, and the real figure comes from the measure.

04

Made & fitted

Each blind is made to order to your measurements, then professionally fitted, levelled and demonstrated on site.

About this service

What it is, and how a job actually runs

Parktown Blinds makes and fits window shading to measure across Parktown North and the streets beside it — Parkview, Parkwood, Saxonwold and Forest Town. Roller blinds, venetian blinds and folding-arm awnings are all built to the sizes taken in the house. On original timber-frame windows that is not a preference, it is the only way a blind sits square in an opening that has moved over a century.

The steps do not change. You enquire on the form or through the chat, and one of our expert consultants will contact you shortly to arrange a free in-home measure. At that visit every opening is measured and the fabric, slat and mount options are talked through against the light each room gets under the trees. A written quote follows, per window and with the options itemised, so you know exactly what you are approving. Once you do, everything is manufactured to those measurements and fitted properly.

Whatever you send reaches nobody beyond the consultant arranging that visit and its quote, and is handled under POPIA.

Also serving

The rest of the Parks belt.

Same consultant-led process, next door in character. If your street isn't listed, ask us in the chat — chances are we already know it.

Forest Town Parkview Parkwood Saxonwold
Questions we actually get

Straight answers, before you commit to anything.

Will new blinds damage our original timber window frames?
No — brackets are chosen and positioned for the frame you have. On soft or heritage timber we'll flag it on site and, where inside-mount isn't sensible, recommend outside-mount instead rather than force a fixing that could split old wood.
Can you fit inside a heritage sash window?
Often, yes — if there's enough recess depth. Where a sash window's recess is too shallow for a tidy inside-mount, an outside-mount blind or a timber venetian usually sits more honestly with the original proportions anyway. Your consultant checks this at the measure, not after ordering.
We back onto the park — can blinds help with privacy without losing the canopy view?
This is the most common brief we get here. Sunscreen fabrics and day/night blinds keep the view by day while controlling visibility from the path once the lights go on at night. Tilt-adjustable venetians give even finer control, hour by hour.
Are the cords and chains safe with young children or pets around?
Chain and cord tensioners that anchor the loop to the wall are fitted as standard. For nurseries and playrooms we'll usually suggest a wand-tilt or cordless product, and motorisation removes cords entirely — ask about child-safe controls at your measure.
Can blinds be motorised without rewiring the whole room?
Yes — most motorised blinds run on rechargeable or battery power with app or remote control, so there's no chasing walls or rewiring required. Mains-wired options exist for permanent installs where that's preferred.
How long does made-to-measure take, from quote to fitting?
It depends on the products and finishes you choose, since everything is made to order. Your consultant confirms an exact lead time in writing on your quote — we won't guess at it before then.
Ready when you are

Let's get someone measuring your windows.

No online self-measure, no obligation past the quote. A consultant visits, measures properly, and leaves you with a written price per window.

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Book the free measure

Tell us about your windows.

Rooms, roughly how many windows, and what's bothering you about the light or privacy right now — that's enough to start. A consultant then comes to the house, measures every opening properly and leaves you with a written quote per window. No charge for any of that, and no obligation once the quote is in your hands.

Still working out what you want? Reading the Avenues, our free Parktown North playbook, goes through it wall by wall first — no email needed.

Want a ballpark figure first? Open this — about two minutes.

Parktown Blinds — window list

Walk the house, fill this in by hand, then type it into the form on parktownblinds.co.za when you get back. Millimetres throughout, and take each opening across before you take it down.

Put in approximate sizes and a budget range comes back to you by the next working day. Not confident with a tape measure? Then leave the boxes empty — the measure is free and the exact per-window prices reach you either way. Optional from start to finish, and it holds you to nothing.

Room Width (mm) Drop (mm) Inside or outside the reveal Product

Nothing on the list yet — and it stays entirely optional.

What you write here is carried in the enquiry itself as plain text — nothing uploaded, no outside service in the middle, and no copy held anywhere else. Should a photograph or two help, the consultant will say so when they reply.

Your details do one job here — booking the free measure and getting the quote to you — and they are never sold or handed to anyone else. Tell us above that you are still researching and your phone stays quiet. This enquiry runs under POPIA, so say the word and we delete what we hold.

Thank you — one of our expert consultants will contact you shortly.