The clean, made-to-measure answer for wide paddock-facing glass

Blockout, sunscreen or both

Blockout fabric is the specification for a main bedroom or media room — total darkness, no borrowed light from the driveway or a neighbouring stable light at night. Sunscreen fabric does the opposite job: it cuts glare and heat on a paddock-facing wall of glass while keeping the view intact, which is usually the brief on Inanda's biggest living-area windows. A double-roller system runs both fabrics on one headrail where a room genuinely needs each at different times of day.

Cassette, pelmet or open roll

A cassette or pelmet valance hides the tube completely, with the fascia colour-matched to the window frame for a finished look. An open roll is the simpler, lower-cost option where the mechanism sitting visible above the glass isn't a concern — a common choice on a utility room or stable-side window rather than the main entertaining spaces.

Where it earns its place on Inanda's stands

Roller blinds suit almost every opening on a stand this size — bedrooms, studies, and the wide sliding walls that open onto a paddock view. On spans wider than a standard window or mounted above head height, motorised control is worth discussing at the measure visit rather than leaving a long chain within reach.

Honest limitations

A single roller only does one job well — blockout or sunscreen, not both at once, unless it's a double-roller system. On very wide spans a roller has a practical width limit before the fabric needs splitting across two or more blinds, which a consultant will flag on site rather than after the fact.

• Chain, spring-assist or motorised control
• Cassette or pelmet valance to hide the tube, fascia colour-matched to frames
• Chain tensioners fitted as standard for child safety

Where we fit roller blinds

Roller blinds are the everyday workhorse across every stand we measure — blockout in the bedrooms, sunscreen on the paddock-facing glass — fitted just as often in Hyde Park, Sandhurst and Atholl as they are here, plus the high-volume runs we do across Bryanston's clusters.