Bigger gardens, more family windows

Durbanville is one of Cape Town's oldest northern-suburbs towns, sitting on the edge of the winelands with a mature, tree-lined feel that Plattekloof's steeper stands don't have. Homes here tend to sit on larger, flatter plots with more windows per house rather than a handful of oversized view panes — bedrooms, family rooms, kitchens and covered patios that open onto a garden rather than a ridge drop.

That family-home mix shifts the product conversation. Child safety comes up more often — cord and chain tensioners as standard, wand-tilt or motorised control recommended for nurseries and kids' rooms. Cellular blinds do well here too, in bedrooms and the room above a garage that's always too hot or too cold, thanks to the insulating air-cell fabric.

  • Blockout and double roller blinds for children's bedrooms and main bedrooms
  • Cellular / honeycomb blinds for temperature-swing rooms above garages or on the north side
  • Folding-arm awnings over garden patios and braai areas, wind-sensored as standard
  • Chain and cord tensioners fitted as standard, wand-tilt or motorised for kids' rooms

Local note

Durbanville's wet winters mean south-facing and less-ventilated rooms want moisture-tolerant products — aluminium venetians in bathrooms, sealed-finish timber elsewhere, and honest advice on fabrics that don't suit damp conditions.

Served from just up the road

Durbanville falls within the same run as Plattekloof and Welgemoed, so a Durbanville measure gets the same consultant, samples and written per-window quote as anywhere else on this side of the northern suburbs.