Zoo Lake's front garden — character homes, constant foot traffic.
We work Parkview from our Parktown North base, right along the same belt of parkland — familiar streets, familiar window ages.
What homes here are like
Parkview grew up alongside Zoo Lake and the Johannesburg Zoo, and it still reads that way — original brick homes on tree-lined streets, a fair number lovingly renovated rather than replaced, with an easy walk to the park, the lake and Greenside's restaurant strip. It's one of the more walkable pockets of the Parks belt, which cuts both ways for window specification.
Streets here carry genuinely constant foot and jogging traffic to and from the park, so front-facing rooms tend to want more control over what's visible from outside than a back-garden room in a quieter suburb would. At the same time, nobody wants to lose the reason they're here — being two minutes from the lake.
What the light does here
Mature street trees filter a lot of the direct sun on older stands, while renovated homes with opened-up living areas often introduce much bigger glazing than the original house had — glazing that wasn't necessarily planned with Highveld summer glare in mind.
Privacy from the path, without losing the lake.
Day & night blinds
Sheer by day for the park view, solid by evening once the lights are on inside.
Aluminium venetians
Tilt-adjustable privacy that still lets you see out at your own angle.
Roller blinds (sunscreen)
Handles the bigger glazing a renovation often introduces, without losing the outlook.
Folding-arm awnings
Shade for a garden entertaining space, close enough to walk to the lake afterwards.
Read more on roller & day/night blinds, venetian blinds or folding-arm awnings.
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