Blinds in Durbanville

Total Blind Design measures and fits blinds, shutters and curtains across Durbanville and its estates. Our showroom and workroom are in Maitland, about 25 minutes away on the N1, and our own installers do the fitting. Book a free in-home measure and we bring the samples to you.

Durbanville windows: what we see on every measure

Durbanville is the sunniest side of Cape Town. Inland from the sea and up on the hills, summers run hotter and drier than the city, the sun comes through big north-facing glass from early morning, and the west-facing rooms with the Table Mountain view take the full afternoon sun. The south-easter arrives over the open hills with nothing to slow it. Most of the homes are newer: estate houses in Welgedacht, Pinehurst, Sonstraal Heights, Uitzicht and Vierlanden, with open-plan living rooms, wide sliding doors and a braai area that is meant to be used all summer.

So a Durbanville specification is about heat and glare first, wind outdoors second, and making a lot of large glass easy to live with.

What we specify in Durbanville

• Screen roller blinds on north- and west-facing glass. The screen fabric takes the glare and most of the UV off the room while the view across the valley to the mountain stays, and the house is private from the street by day. We measure and fit roller blinds across Durbanville, or design one online from R989.
• Somfy motorised blinds. Five or six blinds across an open-plan living area, double-volume glass in the entrance, a blind above the kitchen counter: this is where one remote or a schedule changes the house. A west-facing screen that drops itself at three o’clock does more for a hot room than any fan. Being an authorised Somfy Expert, we fit battery, solar and mains motors with a 5-year warranty, and on a new build we plan the wiring with your builder. See motorised blinds in Cape Town and how to choose them.
• Blockout and double roller blinds in bedrooms. Durbanville mornings are bright early; a blockout roller, or a double roller with a screen for the day and a blockout for the night, sorts it.
• Cellular blinds where heat is the problem and the view is not: the honeycomb cells insulate against a January afternoon as well as a July night. From R1,671 in the cellular designer.
• Shutters for a crisp finish on street-facing rooms and bathrooms, with louvres that tilt the sun away. Urban and Taylor shutters carry a 10-year warranty; see window shutters.
• Zip X outdoor blinds on the braai area. A free-hang blind on an exposed Durbanville patio spends the summer rolled up; a Zip X blind locks the fabric in side tracks, stays down in the south-easter and keeps the evening usable. Motorised, it is one press. Our outdoor blinds guide compares the systems.

Areas we cover from Maitland

Durbanville central, Welgedacht, Pinehurst, Sonstraal and Sonstraal Heights, Uitzicht, Vierlanden, Kenridge, Eversdal, D’urbanvale, Goedemoed, Aurora, Valmary Park, Tygerberg Hills, Durbanville Hills and the wine-farm estates towards Klipheuwel, plus Bellville, Plattekloof and Brackenfell next door. We work in the security estates regularly and know the access routines. The drive from our workshop is about 25 minutes outside peak traffic.

How a measure works in Durbanville

1. Book a free measure. Online, on 021 447 9062 or on WhatsApp. Tell us roughly how many windows and what you have in mind.
2. We come to you with samples. Fabrics, shutter finishes and motor options, seen in your own light. We measure every window and talk through what suits each one.
3. You get a written quote. Per window, including VAT, with fitting and the lead time. No obligation.
4. Made to order, fitted by our team. Our own installers hang and adjust every blind and set every motor, and the warranty runs from that day: 2 years on blinds, 10 years on Urban and Taylor shutters and on Mode screen fabrics, 5 years on motorisation.

What it costs

Made to measure and including VAT, our online from-prices are R710 for a 35mm aluminium venetian, R989 for a roller blind, R1,133 for a retro venetian, R1,165 for wave curtains, R1,350 for a wood venetian, R1,671 for a cellular blind and R7,110 for an outdoor free-hang blind. Fitting by our team is R200 per blind plus a once-off R850 call-out per visit. Shutters, Zip X and Somfy motorisation are quoted per window at the measure. The blinds price guide explains what moves the price, and RightFit mis-measure cover applies to anything you order online.

Also see: Blinds in the Northern Suburbs · The best blinds for Cape Town’s climate · Design your blinds online