What Blinds Cost in Midstream: Planning Bands per Square Metre
How much do blinds cost in Midstream? As a planning band, shading on the estate runs R1,000 to R7,500 per square metre installed, indoor fabric blinds at the lower end and motorised or exterior systems at the upper. A floor price applies to small windows, and your own numbers come out of the measure.
Chain-operated and motorised rollers
Per square metre, installed, a roller pulled by chain, in blockout cloth, sunscreen mesh or a light-filter, comes to roughly R1,000 to R1,600. A plain blockout takes the low figure, which also makes it the cheapest type of blind we fit. A low-openness sunscreen for the west side, or a twin blind with mesh in front and blockout behind, sits at the upper end. Motorised, allow R2,500 to R3,800 the square metre, which buys the tube drive, the control and the setup on fitting day.
Day/night and cellular blinds
Twice the fabric on the tube and a banded weave mean a day/night blind starts above a plain roller: R1,300 to R2,000 per square metre installed hand-operated, and R2,800 to R4,000 per square metre motorised. A honeycomb blind uses more fabric and more construction than one flat panel, and the price follows: R1,500 to R2,800 per square metre installed hand-operated, single-cell fabrics low in that band and twin-cell or blockout-lined fabrics towards the top. With a motor on it, reckon on R3,000 through to R4,800.
Why motorisation has no flat rate
A motor is fixed to a product, and the product decides what it costs. Across the whole range that works out at something between R2,500 and R7,500 the square metre, installed. Each band already includes the drive, the handset or the app, and the setup visit. Battery motors need no wiring at all, which keeps automation straightforward in a finished house; a wired system in a new build adds an electrician's work on your side.
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Per window, not per house
A small window carries a minimum charge, because the brackets, tube and fitting time barely change with the opening. That is why a figure for a whole house cannot be read off a floor area: a townhouse with a dozen modest windows and a freestanding home with a double-volume void and a five-blind living wall are different sums. These are planning bands, not a quotation. Each window in your home is costed individually at the measure and put on paper.
Reviewed November 2026 for Midstream.
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