Floor-to-ceiling glass. A canal view worth keeping, not blocking.
Made-to-measure blinds, balcony shading and motorisation for Century City's canal-front apartments — sized to your building's standard doors and windows, with a free in-home consult that fits around your body corporate's rules.
Twelve ways to dress a Century City window
A wall of north-facing glass, a canal throwing light back through the same window twice, a compact balcony that has to earn its keep — Century City's apartments give you a handful of repeating openings, done properly. Twelve products, made to measure for the one in front of you.
Sunscreen Roller Blinds
Cuts the direct sun and the water-reflected glare off the canal without losing the view entirely.
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Blockout Roller Blinds
Genuine dark for a north-facing bedroom that would otherwise stay bright until well past sunset.
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Day-Night (Zebra) Blinds
Tunes canal glare band by band through the day, instead of an all-or-nothing roller.
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Aluminium Venetian Blinds
Slim tilting slats for a kitchen or bathroom window, where steam and salt air don't suit fabric.
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Cellular Honeycomb Blinds
Buffers the heat load a full-height, north-facing window throws into a nursery or bedroom.
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Vertical & Panel Blinds
Wide panels that draw clear across a sliding or stacking balcony door without a bulky roller.
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Concealed Ceiling-Recess Blinds
The clean, hardware-hidden look most of Century City's newer interiors are already built for.
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External Venetian Blinds
Stops the heat at the glass on a north-facing facade, before the aircon has to fight it.
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Roller Shutters
Full light and glare control from outside the glass. Shading, not security — that's a different product.
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Folding-Arm Awnings
Retractable shade for a balcony, wind-rated for real Cape Doctor exposure on this stretch of coast.
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Zip Screens
Holds taut against the south-easter instead of flapping, closing in a balcony without losing the view.
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Motorised Blinds & Automation
One-touch control for a wall of glass, instead of working three separate hand chains.
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Genuine dark, even on a unit that faces the evening sun.
Every unit asks the same question a little differently
A canal-facing lounge wants the water kept in view, not blocked out. A north-facing bedroom wants proper dark despite catching sun for most of the day. A compact balcony wants shade that survives a south-easter rather than flapping loose in one. One consultant, one visit, a written answer for each — and a quote that already accounts for your body corporate's rules on anything visible from outside.
Shade held over the balcony long after the sun's off the water.
Chosen to sit flush against the aluminium your building already has.
The hardware is chosen for the building, not just the room
Chain and cord tensioners fitted as standard, wand-tilt or motorised operation wherever a corded blind isn't the right answer near a child, and brackets matched to the black or grey aluminium framing most Century City blocks were built with. Because a number of units in the same building share near-identical door and window sizes, a consultant who's already measured one unit often knows most of the openings in another before they arrive.
Most of the fittings we do in Century City start with the same aluminium frame profile we measured three floors down, in a different unit, the week before.
On-site measure, Century CityA precinct built around water, wind and one very repeatable floorplan
Century City is barely thirty years old, built from the mid-1990s onward around a network of artificial canals and the Intaka Island wetland — there's no heritage overlay here, no century-old sash window to work around. What there is instead is sectional title, almost everywhere: nearly every residential block is a body corporate scheme, which means anything visible from outside your own four walls — an external venetian, a balcony awning, a zip screen — usually needs sign-off first, and most buildings specify a matching colour so no single balcony stands out. We ask about this at the enquiry stage, not after the quote's been written.
Most Century City apartments are built north-facing on purpose, opening the living areas onto the canal while keeping the worst of the summer south-easter off the glass — which is a genuine sun-control win, but it also means long, direct light through floor-to-ceiling glazing most of the year, plus a second glare source most suburbs don't have: low-angle light bouncing straight off the canal water onto the same window twice a day. On the balcony side, Century City sits on the same exposed, flat West Coast plain as Blouberg and Big Bay, squarely in the path of the Cape Doctor — wind speeds regularly in the 30-50km/h range through summer, with stronger gusts in exposed spots — so anything left outside gets wind-rated hardware as standard, not an upsell.
- Body-corporate conduct rules checked before quoting anything visible from outside
- Sunscreen and day-night fabric specified for genuine north-facing heat load
- Tuned for canal-reflected glare as well as direct sun
- Genuine wind-rated hardware on anything mounted outside, Cape Doctor included
From enquiry to fitted, in four steps
Enquire
Tell us the rooms, the products you're considering, and whether your building has any body corporate rules we should know about. Two minutes on the chat or the form.
Free in-home measure
A consultant measures every opening on site, checks your building's aluminium frame profile, and brings fabric samples.
Written quote
An itemised, per-window quotation with lead times stated upfront — and any body corporate approval step flagged, not skipped.
Made & fitted
Every piece is manufactured to your measurements and installed cleanly by our own team, lift booking and all.
Century City and the rest of the West Coast corridor
The same free-measure, written-quote process, adjusted for what each building and each stretch of coast actually needs.
Before you enquire
Do I need body corporate approval before fitting blinds?
For anything inside your own unit — roller blinds, venetians, day-night blinds — generally no. For anything visible from outside, like a balcony awning, a zip screen or an external venetian, most Century City sectional title schemes require sign-off from the body corporate and often specify a matching colour. We flag this at the enquiry stage and note it on your quote so there are no surprises.
Do you cover Bloubergstrand, Big Bay, Sunningdale and Sunset Beach as well as Century City?
Yes — Century City is our home ground, and we measure and fit right along the West Coast corridor into Bloubergstrand, Big Bay, Sunningdale and Sunset Beach too. If you're just outside those, ask on the enquiry form and we'll confirm.
How do you handle the glare off the canal?
Canal-facing units get light from two directions — direct sun through the glazing and low-angle light reflecting straight off the water. A sunscreen roller or day-night blind is usually the answer: it cuts both without losing the view entirely, which a solid blockout would.
What's the difference between roller shutters and security shutters?
The roller shutters we fit are a shading product — external aluminium slats that roll down from a headbox to cut heat, glare and light from outside the glass. They're not the same as a security-rated shutter, which is a different, heavier product available on request. Tell us at the enquiry stage if security is the main goal and we'll point you to the right spec.
Will an awning or zip screen actually hold up on a windy balcony?
Century City sits directly in the path of the Cape Doctor south-easter, with regular wind in the 30-50km/h range through summer. Every exterior product we fit here gets wind-rated hardware, and we recommend a wind sensor for auto-retract wherever power allows — not a decorative afterthought.
Are your blinds safe for small children?
Every corded or chained blind is fitted with a tensioner as standard. For nurseries and children's rooms we generally recommend wand-tilt, cordless or motorised operation — ask your consultant and it's built into the quote.
Your windows, measured this week.
Free in-home measure, a written per-window quote, and a consultant who already knows how a Century City aluminium frame goes together.
Tell us about your apartment
Share a little about the rooms and products you're considering. One of our expert consultants will contact you shortly to arrange your free in-home measure.
- No obligation, no call-centre — a consultant calls you directly
- Fabric samples brought to the measure, not just a screen swatch
- Written, itemised quote before anything is ordered
