Made-to-measure · Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
Blinds and shading for Bloubergstrand glass — the view every postcard steals. We plan for the wind that comes free with it.
Made-to-measure blinds, roller shutters and wind-rated outdoor screens for Bloubergstrand's beachfront homes — measured on site, fitted by our own team, specified for the south-easter before it specifies itself.
Every window answers to the same wind.
Bloubergstrand runs two building eras side by side — 1970s beach cottages with punched windows along Stadler Road and Small Bay, and new glass boxes chasing the Table Mountain view around Big Bay. Twelve ways to spec it, made to measure for the opening in front of you, and rated for the Cape Doctor before anything else.
Sunscreen Roller Blinds
A fine mesh that holds the mountain view while cutting the glare bounced off Table Bay.
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Blockout & Double Roller Blinds
Total dark for bedrooms, or blockout and sunscreen on one bracket — the view by day, privacy after dark.
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Day/Night (Zebra) Blinds
Privacy from the beach path below without losing the light — tuned band by band.
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Aluminium Venetian Blinds
Slim, sealed-finish slats that shrug off salt air far better than fabric.
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Cellular Honeycomb Blinds
Hexagonal air cells insulate a room the wind has been working on all day.
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Vertical & Panel Blinds
Wide panels that tilt or draw clear across the sliding glass this suburb's new builds are framed around.
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Concealed Ceiling-Recess Blinds
Fabric drops from a hidden slot — raised, the window shows nothing but glass and the bay.
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Shaped & Skylight Blinds
Made to the actual opening, not trimmed to fit — for the gable glass the newer builds love.
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External Venetian Blinds
Stops the heat outside the glass, ahead of the late western sun off the water.
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Roller Shutters
Full external sun, glare, sand and privacy control, closed from outside the glass. Shading, not security.
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Zip Screens
Zipped side channels hold the mesh taut against wind straight off Table Bay.
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Motorised Blinds & Automation
One remote for a whole glass wall, and a wind sensor that retracts before the gust arrives.
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Every window on this beach answers to the same wind
A mountain-facing lounge needs the view without the glare bouncing off open water. A street-facing bedroom needs proper dark, whatever the beach path below is doing. A patio needs shade that survives a south-easter without flapping loose or filling with sand off the dunes. The same consultant covers the lot in one visit, and every window gets its answer in writing.
The hardware is chosen for the dune belt, not just the room
Powder-coated, marine-grade aluminium on anything mounted outside, sealed cassettes rather than open tracks that catch wind-blown sand off the Blaauwberg dunes, chain and cord tensioners fitted as standard, and wind-sensor motorisation wherever a product sits outside the glass. Even the best hardware wants an occasional fresh-water rinse this close to the water — we say so rather than call anything maintenance-free.
A postcard view, and nothing to break the wind that comes with it
Bloubergstrand looks south across Table Bay to Table Mountain — the single most-photographed vantage point of the mountain anywhere, and the opposite of the usual South African window brief. Here the money wall faces south, not north, so the glazing that needs the most careful spec is driven by glare and wind loading, not the north-sun heat gain most local homes are designed around.
The Cape south-easter — the "Cape Doctor" — blows through with almost nothing to break it: no headland, no high ground between the beach and open water. Consistent 15–25 knot conditions from October through March make this one of the most reliable kitesurf venues on earth; winter swaps it for north-westerly storm gusts from the opposite direction. Behind the built-up strip sits the Blaauwberg Conservation Area's dune belt, which means the wind carries more than salt — a south-easter lifts fine sand off the dunes and drives it across decks, tracks and motor housings, a maintenance point we'd rather flag honestly than gloss over.
- View walls face south/south-west across open water — glare and wind drive the spec, not north-sun heat gain
- 15–25 knot south-easter, October to March, plus winter north-westerly storm gusts — nothing here is sheltered
- Blaauwberg dune belt means wind-blown sand reaches tracks and motors, not just salt spray
- Two building eras side by side — 1970s cottage retrofits and new glass-box builds — measured differently
Orientation
View walls face south/south-west across open water — glare and wind load drive the brief more than north-sun heat gain.
Wind
Near-constant south-easter October–March plus winter north-westerly storms — every exterior product wind-rated, motorised systems spec'd with wind-sensor auto-retract as standard, not an upsell.
Sand
Proximity to the Blaauwberg dune belt means wind-blown grit reaches tracks and motor housings — sealed cassettes and honest maintenance advice.
Salt
Open Table Bay exposure — marine-grade powder-coated aluminium on anything mounted outside.
Building era
1970s cottage retrofit or contemporary glass-box new build — a different measuring and mounting approach for each, decided at the free in-home measure.
From enquiry to fitted, in four steps
Enquire
Tell us the rooms, the products you're considering, and which street or complex you're in. The chat or the form takes about two minutes.
Free in-home measure
A consultant comes to you, measures every opening on site, checks wind and sand exposure, and brings fabric samples.
Written quote
Every window is itemised and the lead time is stated before you decide, so what you pay matches what you were shown. To budget beforehand: on this coast the whole range sits somewhere between R1,000 and R7,500 the square metre fitted, with a plain interior roller at one end and a motorised exterior system at the other. Anything small carries a minimum, and only the written quote counts.
Made & fitted
Every piece is manufactured to your measurements and installed cleanly by our own team, body corporate paperwork arranged in advance where it applies.
What we do here, plainly put
Bloubergstrand Blinds makes and fits window shading to measure along this stretch of the West Coast — Bloubergstrand itself, Big Bay, Sunset Beach, Melkbosstrand and Sunningdale. Roller blinds, roller shutters, zip screens and the motorisation that drives them are built to the sizes taken off your own openings, because a 1970s cottage window and a new glass box on the beachfront are never the same size and are rarely the same problem.
How a job runs: you enquire through the form or the chat, and one of our expert consultants will contact you shortly to set up a free in-home measure. On that visit each opening is measured in place, its exposure to the south-easter and the dune sand read off the site itself, and fabric, openness and control settled room by room. A written quote follows, itemised window by window. Once you approve it, everything is built to those sizes and hung by the fitting team, set up and demonstrated before they go.
Your details serve that call-back and nothing else, and POPIA governs how they are kept.
Bloubergstrand and the rest of this stretch of coast
The same free-measure, written-quote process, adjusted for what each stretch of beach and each building actually needs.
Before you enquire
Do you cover Big Bay, Sunset Beach, Melkbosstrand and Sunningdale as well as Bloubergstrand?
Yes — Bloubergstrand is our home ground, and we measure and fit across Big Bay, Sunset Beach, Melkbosstrand and Sunningdale too. Sitting just beyond that line? Put it on the enquiry form and we will confirm either way.
Will wind actually damage an awning or zip screen here?
An unrated one, yes — the south-easter is strong and near-constant here, not an occasional gust. That's why we spec wind-rated fabric and hardware as the baseline and fit wind-sensor motors on anything exterior as standard, so the screen or awning retracts before a gust rather than after.
Does wind-blown sand actually get into the tracks?
Yes, honestly — the Blaauwberg dune belt behind the beachfront means fine sand travels on a windy day, and it will find an open track or motor housing over time. We use sealed cassettes on exterior products for exactly this reason, and we say plainly that even good hardware wants an occasional clean this close to the dunes.
What actually stops the glare off the water on a mountain-facing window?
In order of effect: exterior shading such as external venetians or a roller shutter (stops heat and glare at the glass), sunscreen or day-night blinds inside (cuts the load while keeping the view), and motorisation so it happens on schedule whether you're home or on the beach.
My house is one of the older cottages near Stadler Road — can you still fit made-to-measure blinds?
Yes — smaller, punched window openings in a 1970s-era cottage are a normal retrofit brief for us, not a special case. We measure the existing frame on site and spec accordingly, rather than assuming a new-build system fits.
Are your blinds safe for small children?
Fit a chain or a cord and a tensioner comes with it, every time. In a nursery or a child's room we would steer you towards wand-tilt, cordless or motorised operation instead; say so to your consultant and it goes into the quote.
Your windows, measured this week.
Free in-home measure, a written per-window quote, and a consultant who already specs for the south-easter.
Tell us about the glass
A line about the rooms, and the products you have in mind, is plenty to start with. One of our expert consultants will contact you shortly to arrange your free in-home measure.
- No obligation, no call-centre — a consultant calls you directly
- Fabric samples brought to the measure, not just a screen swatch
- Written, itemised quote before anything is ordered
