Camps Bay · Cape Town

Blinds and shading for Camps Bay villas — the Atlantic glare your glass wall wasn’t built for.

Made-to-measure blinds, motorised shading and salt-air rated hardware for Camps Bay’s glass-fronted homes — fitted to face the ocean, not fight it.

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Grey sunscreen roller blinds half-raised on the glass doors of a Camps Bay lounge, the beach curve and Twelve Apostles in evening light beyond

A Camps Bay lounge, glass to the horizon.

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The range

Everything Camps Bay’s glass actually needs

No two elevations here face the Atlantic the same way, so we’ve set the range out as twelve short chapters — read the ones that match your rooms, and we’ll confirm the rest at the free measure.

No. 01

Roller blinds

Charcoal sunscreen roller blind lowered halfway over the sliding glass doors of a Camps Bay dining room, the fynbos garden showing through the mesh

The view stays. The glare doesn’t.

Blockout, sunscreen or double day/night fabric that keeps the Atlantic view without the afternoon glare.

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No. 02

Day/night blinds

Day/night blind with its bands offset over a square window in a sage-green Camps Bay TV lounge, striping the afternoon light across the wall

One blind, two moods — bands open for the sea, closed for the evening.

Align the bands for a sea view with privacy, offset them for full coverage once the lights go on.

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No. 03

Venetian blinds

White aluminium venetians tilted over the corner windows of a Camps Bay kitchen, morning sun striping the stone counter with the sea beyond

Salt air meets powder-coated aluminium, and loses.

Powder-coated aluminium that shrugs off salt air, tilted to steer light off the water at any hour.

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No. 04

Cellular / honeycomb blinds

Top-down cellular blind glowing amber at dusk in a Camps Bay bedroom window, the mountain ridge visible above the raised fabric

A cushion of still air between the room and the west sun.

Trapped air cells that buffer a west-facing glass wall against sea-driven afternoon heat.

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No. 05

Vertical & panel blinds

Cream vertical blind vanes tilted open across tall glass doors in a Camps Bay sea-facing lounge, late sun banding the travertine floor

Tilt for the light, draw clear for the horizon.

The practical answer for wide sliding walls onto the deck — tilt for light, draw fully clear for the view.

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No. 06

Concealed & recessed blinds

Charcoal blind descending from a concealed ceiling recess over frameless glass in a minimalist Camps Bay living room, ocean haze beyond

The best blind on this glass is the one you never see.

Fabric drops from a slim ceiling slot, so the glass stays uninterrupted when the blind is up.

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No. 07

Skylight & shaped-window blinds

Pleated skylight blind half-drawn across an angled roof window above a small desk in a Camps Bay attic study

Held flat on the angle, even straight overhead.

Tensioned systems that hold flat on an angle — for the gable ends and roof glass this coastline loves.

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No. 08

Motorised blinds & automation

Three motorised roller blinds stopped at different heights on a double-volume Camps Bay glass wall at blue hour, no cords in sight

A whole wall of glass, one button.

Remote, app, sun sensor or wind sensor — one button for an entire wall of glass.

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No. 09

External venetians

External aluminium venetians fixed outside the upper-floor windows of a white Camps Bay villa, slats angled against the low golden sun

Stop the heat at the pane, not in the lounge.

Heat and glare stopped at the glass, before the Atlantic sun ever reaches the room.

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No. 10

Roller shutters

Aluminium roller shutter three-quarters lowered in its guide rails over a ground-floor Camps Bay window, midday sun on the pale facade

Made to face the south-easter head-on.

External shading for exposed glazing, built to take the south-easter while it kills the glare.

Shading, not security. What ours stop is sun, heat and glare, and they stop it out on the face of the glass. No security rating comes with them — that is a different product altogether, and one we can quote if you ask.

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No. 11

Folding-arm awnings

Folding-arm awning extended from the wall above a Camps Bay terrace's doors, shading cane loungers as the sun drops toward the Atlantic

Shade when the deck needs it, sky when it doesn’t.

Retractable shade over the deck, with a wind sensor that retracts it before the south-easter gets serious.

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No. 12

Zip screens

Zip screen lowered in its side channels across a Camps Bay braai patio opening at dusk, wind-bent palms visible through the dark mesh

Taut in its channels while the doctor blows itself out.

Zipped side channels that hold tight in real wind — the outdoor room that doesn’t flap in the doctor.

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Free field guide

The Camps Bay Light, Salt & Wind Playbook

Before you pick a single blind, read our window-by-window guide to shading on this coast — how the west-facing Atlantic glare, the salt air and the summer south-easter change what belongs on each elevation, with honest product trade-offs both ways and a free per-window budget tool.

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In the home

Dressed for how Camps Bay actually lives

Glass-walled lounges, bedrooms that wake up to the ocean, and decks built for a sundowner — this is what made-to-measure, salt-air rated shading is for.

Light-filtering cellular blinds over the corner windows of a Camps Bay guest bedroom, a sliver of sea showing beneath the lowered fabric
Cellular fabric softens the morning light without losing the view out to sea.
A folding-arm awning and mesh drop screen sheltering a Camps Bay balcony lounge at sunset, the beach and Twelve Apostles beyond the rail
A folding-arm awning over the sundowner deck — shade on demand, gone the moment the view matters more.
Close-up of dark timber-look venetian slats and braided lift cords catching golden light beside a maidenhair fern in a Camps Bay window
Slat and cord, up close — the salt-air rated hardware a consultant checks on-site.
Why here

Built for glass that faces the Atlantic head-on

Camps Bay is defined by its view — contemporary villas built almost entirely of glass toward Lion’s Head, the Twelve Apostles and the ocean beyond. That’s a dramatic outlook, but it also means more window than most suburbs ever have to dress, and every one of those panes faces the weather the Atlantic seaboard actually produces.

Salt-laden sea air, direct westerly glare off the water, and the south-easter funnelling down off the mountain all shape what we specify here. None of it is solved by a standard blind off a shelf — it’s why every Camps Bay quote starts with an on-site measure, not a phone estimate.

Glass-first Camps Bay’s newer villas are built almost wall-to-wall in glass toward the sea — spans that call for cassette rollers or linked motorised systems, not a single narrow blind.
Salt air Sea air corrodes cheap brackets, chains and cassettes fast. We specify powder-coated aluminium and sealed exterior cassettes, and we’re honest that even marine-spec hardware wants an occasional fresh-water wipe-down this close to the water.
The south-easter The Cape’s summer wind funnels straight down off Table Mountain and Lion’s Head into the bay — exterior awnings and zip screens need a genuine wind rating and, ideally, a sensor that retracts them automatically.
West-facing glare Afternoon sun bounces hard off open water onto west-facing glass. View-preserving sunscreen fabrics (3–5% openness) are usually the right call over full blockout, so the ocean stays in the room.
How it works

From enquiry to fitted, in four honest steps

No online measuring tools, no guesswork — every window gets a real consultant with a tape measure before a single fabric is cut.

01

Enquire

Chat, form or call — tell us the rooms, the product interest, and how exposed your glass is to sun, wind or salt.

02

Free in-home measure

An expert consultant visits with samples, measures every opening precisely, and checks hardware specification against your position on the seaboard.

03

Written quote

Made-to-measure pricing per window, every option itemised — no surprises when the invoice arrives. For a first sense of scale, shading on this seaboard falls between R1,000 and R7,500 per square metre installed: an interior blind at the lower end, a motorised exterior system for a deck at the upper. Anything small carries a minimum, and the figure that counts is written after the measure.

04

Made & fitted

Made to your figures, then installed properly, levelled and tested, and run through with you before we leave.

About

The service behind the measure

Camps Bay Blinds measures, makes and fits window shading for Camps Bay and the seaboard on either side of it — Bantry Bay, Clifton, Fresnaye and Llandudno. Every roller blind, venetian, zip screen and folding-arm awning is built for one specific opening in one specific house, which is the only way to dress the wall-to-wall glass this stretch of coast is made of.

The way a job runs is fixed. You enquire by chat or by form; one of our expert consultants will contact you shortly and set up a free in-home measure. On site, each opening is measured properly, the hardware specification is checked against how exposed your glass is to salt, glare and the south-easter, and fabric and control are decided window by window with samples in hand. A written quote comes back itemised per window, so nothing is verbal. On approval each blind is made to those sizes and hung by the fitting team, levelled, tested and shown to you working before they go.

We use what you send to set up that call-back, nothing else, and POPIA governs how it is stored.

Where we work

Camps Bay and the neighbouring Atlantic seaboard

Based in Camps Bay, working right along the seaboard.

Camps Bay Clifton Bantry Bay Fresnaye Llandudno
Questions

Before you enquire

Do you use salt-air rated hardware for homes this close to the sea?

Yes — it’s standard here. Powder-coated aluminium components and sealed cassettes on exterior products handle salt air far better than untreated hardware. Even so, we’re honest that marine-spec fittings still benefit from an occasional fresh-water wipe-down this close to the ocean — we’ll cover that at the measure.

How do you cut glare off the ocean without losing the view?

Sunscreen roller fabric at 3–5% openness is usually the answer — it cuts glare and UV while keeping the outline of the view. Lower openness blocks more heat and glare but shows less through the fabric, so we help you weigh that trade-off room by room at the measure.

Are your awnings and zip screens rated for the south-easter?

We specify exterior products with a genuine wind rating, and a wind sensor for automatic retraction is the responsible spec on any exposed deck or terrace — an awning or screen caught open in a strong south-easter can be destroyed. We’ll flag exposed positions at the free measure.

Can blinds be made child-safe?

Yes. Chain and cord tensioners anchoring the loop taut to the wall are standard on our installs, wand-tilt and cordless options are available for nurseries and kids’ rooms, and motorisation removes cords and chains entirely — ask about child-safe controls for any room.

Do you offer motorised control for tall or wide glass walls?

Across the range — rechargeable battery motors suit a retrofit without wiring, wired motors suit a renovation, and app, schedule or sun/wind sensor control can be added to any of it. On Camps Bay’s biggest glass walls, motorisation is often the only practical option anyway.

How long does manufacturing and installation take?

Everything is made to order, so timing depends on the product and how much is on the order — your written quote will confirm the lead time for your specific job rather than a generic estimate.

Ready when you are

Let’s measure your Camps Bay windows properly.

Free in-home measure, a written per-window quote, and hardware specified for salt air and wind from day one.

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