Blinds and salt-air shading for a Clifton sea-facing home — the Atlantic sunset, without the glare it drags indoors.
Made-to-measure blinds, motorised exterior shading and salt-air-rated hardware for Clifton's glass-fronted homes — measured on site, fitted by our own team, specified to survive the sea air.
Every pane of glass, answered.
Clifton's stands run small and the glazing runs floor to ceiling, so most houses need two or three products working together, not one blind doing everything. Twelve ways to spec it, made to measure for the opening in front of you.
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Sunscreen Roller Blinds
A fine mesh that holds the ocean view while cutting the low afternoon sun and the glare bounced off the water.
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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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Aluminium Venetian Blinds
Slim, sealed-finish slats that shrug off salt air far better than fabric.
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Timber Venetian Blinds
Wide timber slats suited to Clifton's restored 1920s–30s beach bungalows.
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Cellular Honeycomb Blinds
Hexagonal air cells insulate a sea-facing room without losing the light.
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Vertical & Panel Blinds
Wide vanes that tilt or draw clear across the sliding glass typical of Clifton's villas.
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Concealed Ceiling-Recess Blinds
Fabric drops from a hidden slot — raised, the window shows nothing but glass and the ocean.
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External Venetian Blinds
Stops the heat outside the glass — the strongest sun control there is on a west-facing wall.
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Roller Shutters
Full external sun and glare control, closed from outside the glass. Shading, not security.
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Folding-Arm Awnings
Retractable shade over a sea-view deck, gone the moment the wind or the winter sun says otherwise.
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Zip Screens
Zipped side channels hold the mesh taut against the wind an exposed deck actually gets.
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Motorised Blinds & Automation
One remote for a whole glass wall, and a wind sensor that protects what's outside before the gust arrives.
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Every window on the slope answers to the same ocean
A living-room wall of glass needs the sunset without the four o'clock glare. A bedroom needs proper dark, whatever the deck outside is doing. A stairway-access stand needs a fitting day planned around the walk in. One consultant, one visit, a written answer for each window.
The hardware is chosen for the Atlantic, not just the room
Powder-coated, seaside-rated aluminium on anything mounted outside, sealed cassettes rather than open brackets, chain and cord tensioners fitted as standard, and motorised options wherever a corded blind isn't the right answer near a child's room. Even the best hardware wants an occasional fresh-water rinse this close to the water — we say so rather than call anything maintenance-free.
Four beaches, no road to any of them, and glass built to hold a sunset
Clifton's four beaches are reached on foot only — down stairways cut into Kloof Road and Victoria Road above, threading between the granite boulders that divide First from Second, Second from Third, Third from Fourth. The houses follow the same rule. Most stand on the tiny plots first laid out for returning WWI soldiers between the beaches: a scatter of meticulously restored 1920s–30s timber bungalows, some literally built from packing cases, alongside the glass-fronted villas that have replaced most of them, all cascading down the same slope with almost no front garden to spare.
Nearly every one of those houses faces west or south-west, holding the same Atlantic sunset the beaches are known for — which means most of Clifton's glazing takes the lowest, hardest sun of the day, straight on, with a second dose bounced up off the open water. Sitting on the same Atlantic-facing flank as Camps Bay, Clifton is also one of the more sheltered stretches from the south-easter that hammers the False Bay side — real, but relative: exposed decks and upper-storey glass still feel it, and every fitting still gets sealed, salt-rated hardware. The one thing every Clifton measure has in common is the access itself: no vehicle reaches the front door on most stands, so the whole visit — measure, delivery, install — gets planned around the stairs from the first call.
- Salt-rated, sealed hardware on anything mounted outside
- Sunscreen and exterior shading specified for west/south-west glass carrying low sun plus reflected sea-glare
- Stairway-only access on most stands planned into the measure and the install, not discovered on the day
- Fabric and mechanism kept as slim for the original 1920s–30s bungalow stock as for the glass villas replacing them
From enquiry to fitted, in four steps
Enquire
Tell us the rooms, the products you're considering, and how the house is reached. Two minutes on the chat or the form.
Free in-home measure
A consultant makes the walk down to you, measures every opening on site, checks fixing substrate and salt exposure, and brings fabric samples.
Written quote
An itemised, per-window quotation with lead times stated upfront — no surprises between what you saw and what you pay. If you want a number to think about first: work on this stretch of coast lands between R1,000 and R7,500 per square metre installed, interior fabric at the low end and wind-rated exterior systems at the high one. Small windows carry a minimum charge, and the exact price follows the measure.
Made & fitted
Every piece is manufactured to your measurements and installed cleanly by our own team, stairs and all.
Measured on the stand, made for the opening
Clifton Blinds is a made-to-measure shading service for Clifton and the seaboard either side of it — Bantry Bay, Fresnaye, Camps Bay and Llandudno. Roller blinds, external venetians, folding-arm awnings and motorised control are all made to the sizes taken at the property, with the hardware specified for how much salt air that particular elevation has to live in. Nothing here is a stock size.
A job runs in one order. You enquire on the chat or the form, and one of our expert consultants will contact you shortly to arrange a free in-home measure. On that visit every opening is measured, the fixing substrate and the salt exposure are checked, and fabric and finish samples are looked at in the light the room actually gets. A written, itemised quote follows with a price against each window, so there is no gap between what you were shown and what you are charged. When it is approved, everything is manufactured to those measurements and installed by our own team.
The details you send are used only to arrange that call-back and quote, and are handled under POPIA.
Clifton and the rest of the Atlantic Seaboard
The same free-measure, written-quote process, adjusted for what each stand and each stretch of coast actually needs.
Before you enquire
Do you cover Camps Bay, Bantry Bay, Fresnaye and Llandudno as well as Clifton?
Yes — Clifton is our home ground, and we measure and fit across Camps Bay, Bantry Bay, Fresnaye and Llandudno too. If you're just outside those, ask on the enquiry form and we'll confirm.
How do you get equipment down to a house with no road access?
Most Clifton stands are reached only by the public stairways from Victoria Road or Kloof Road above. We plan the measure, the delivery and the install around your specific stand from the first visit — carrying tools and materials in by hand where a vehicle simply can't reach.
Will salt air ruin motorised or exterior blinds?
Cheap hardware corrodes fast this close to the water — pitted brackets and seized chains within a season or two. We specify powder-coated, seaside-rated aluminium and sealed cassettes on anything mounted outside. Even that hardware benefits from an occasional fresh-water rinse — we won't tell you it's maintenance-free.
What actually stops the afternoon glare on west-facing glass?
In order of effect: exterior shading such as external venetians or roller shutters (stops heat at the glass), sunscreen mesh inside (cuts glare and load while keeping the view), and motorisation so it happens on schedule whether you're home or on the beach.
Are your blinds safe for small children?
Every corded or chained blind is fitted with a tensioner as standard. For nurseries and children's rooms we generally recommend wand-tilt, cordless or motorised operation — ask your consultant and it's built into the quote.
What does the free measure and quote actually cost?
Nothing. The measure, the samples, the consultation and the written per-window quote are all free, with no obligation to order.
Your windows, measured this week.
Free in-home measure, a written per-window quote, and a consultant who already knows how to get down to your stand.
Tell us about your windows
Share a little about the rooms and products you're considering. 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
