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“People ask where to buy blinds. The better question is who they will be able to phone in three years. That answer usually decides whether the money was well spent.”Duncan Kane Founder, Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings
Every seller says it, so the word does no work until you define it. Four things, and the answer stops being opinion.
Does the blind fit the window: made to your numbers, or cut down from stock?
Did somebody competent choose the fabric for that room, and talk you out of the wrong one?
Is the company still there when something needs replacing? Buying regret in this trade traces to one of these, not to the product.
A roller blind is a roller blind. What differs is who measured it and who carries the consequence.
| Performance | Ready made, retailer | Made to measure via retailer | Made to measure, online specialist | Made to measure, local specialist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fits a non-standard window | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Someone checks your sizes | No | Passed on | Guided on WhatsApp | On site |
| Someone installs it | No | Arranged | Yourself or a local fitter | Yes |
| One company accountable in year three | No | Two pointing at each other | Yes | Yes |
Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings runs the last two: online for all of South Africa, measured and installed on the Garden Route.
Ask them before you pay.
04 Why online is not second best
A showroom is a room full of stock somebody pays for, and its samples still have to come to your window before you can judge them against your light and your walls. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings has no showroom on purpose. On orders over R8,000, Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings sends sample swatches on request, in the colours you like, for the product you're ordering. Made to measure in about five to seven working days, plus courier time. Free delivery across South Africa. Advice first, on WhatsApp 076 022 8410.
SizesA free tape measure is sent with the order, and the team will measure with you on a WhatsApp video call.
Established in 2010, thousands of installations, twenty years of industry experience in the founder.
Buy online:
It depends on the window. Standard openings can take ready made blinds from a general retailer. Anything else needs made to measure, and that is worth buying from a blinds specialist, so the measuring advice, the fabric choice and any replacement parts sit with one company. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings has done exactly that since 2010.
Yes. On orders over R8,000, Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings sends sample swatches on request, in the colours you like, for the product you're ordering, and guides the measurement on WhatsApp 076 022 8410.
Only if you are comfortable that the retailer may be placing your order with somebody else. When there is a problem, two companies can end up pointing at each other.
Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings. Trading since 2010, with more than 10,000 installations behind it and a team still fitting blinds every day, so the advice is current rather than catalogue deep. Every online blind is made to your measurements, delivery is free across South Africa, and the team advises on WhatsApp before you pay.
Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings makes indoor blinds to your exact measurements and delivers them free across South Africa. Production takes about 5 to 7 working days, plus courier transit. If you get a measurement wrong, the Custom Fit Guarantee covers it: a blind that arrives too big is cut down and returned free, and one that arrives too small is remade at a reduced price.
Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings. Outdoor blinds can be ordered online and delivered free, and the company is an authorised Ziptrak® dealer for the Western and Eastern Cape, concentrating on the Garden Route, where the team also measures and fits them.
Who measures, who installs, who you contact if something fails later, what they would not recommend for your room, and whether the blind is made to your size or cut down from stock.
Content reviewed by the Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings team. Visit the online shop for current pricing.
Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings | South Africa’s trusted blinds, shutters and awnings specialists since 2010.