Bantry Bay · Cape Town
Blinds for Bantry Bay’s west-facing glass — the sunset every terrace here was built to catch, without the squint that comes with it.
Made-to-measure blinds, motorised shading and roller shutters for Bantry Bay’s cliffside apartments and villas — fitted by a consultant who has already measured this stretch of Kloof Road.
- Free in-home measure & written quote
- Salt-air rated hardware, standard
- Child-safe as standard
On this cliff
- Sheltered, not windlessTucked in Lion’s Head’s lee compared with Camps Bay and Clifton — but the swell breaks close beneath the cliff, and salt still reaches every terrace daily.
- West-facing glassMost living rooms here face the sunset dead-on: low afternoon sun plus its reflection off open water is a double dose of glare.
- Terraced by designKloof Road’s blocks step down the rock face in stacked terraces — every level catches a different sun angle, and needs a different spec.
Everything a Bantry Bay terrace actually needs
No two levels on this cliff face the water quite the same way. Every product below is made to measure, per window — pick what suits the room and we’ll confirm the rest at the free measure.
Roller blinds
Blockout for the bedrooms, sunscreen at 3–5% for the lounge — keeps the horizon without the sting off the water.
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Day/night blinds
Align the bands for the view by day, offset them once the terrace lights below come on at night.
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Venetian blinds
Powder-coated aluminium slats that shrug off salt air, tilted to steer the low afternoon sun off the swell.
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Cellular / honeycomb blinds
A pleated air-cell buffer for west-facing glass that takes the full brunt of the afternoon.
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Vertical & panel blinds
The practical answer for a wide sliding wall onto the terrace — tilt for light, draw fully clear for the view.
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Concealed & recessed blinds
Fabric drops from a slim ceiling slot, so an architect-finished apartment’s clean lines stay clean.
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Skylight & shaped-window blinds
Tensioned systems that hold flat on an angle, for the gable glass a few Kloof Road builds carry.
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Motorised blinds & automation
One remote for a whole terrace of glass — or a sun sensor that beats you to it.
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External venetians
Heat and glare stopped at the glass, before the Atlantic sun ever reaches the room — the premium tier of what we fit on this seaboard.
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Roller shutters
External shading for exposed glazing, built to take the south-easter while it kills the glare.
Shading, not security. Our roller shutters are built for sun, heat and glare control on the outside of the glass. They are not security-rated shutters — that’s a different product, quoted on request.
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Folding-arm awnings
Retractable shade over a terrace built for sundowners, with a wind sensor that beats the gust to it.
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Zip screens
Zipped side channels that hold tight in real wind — a terrace that doesn’t flap in the doctor.
ExploreDressed for how Bantry Bay actually lives
Cliffside lounges, bedrooms that wake up to the swell, and terraces built for the last light of the day — this is what made-to-measure, salt-air rated shading is for.
Every terrace on this cliff catches a slightly different angle of the same sunset — which is exactly why no two quotes here look alike.The approach behind every free measure
Built for a cliff that steps down to the water
Bantry Bay is a narrow strip of Kloof Road real estate, stacked in terraces down the rock face between Sea Point and Clifton, in the lee of Lion’s Head. That position is why the suburb is locally known as one of the more sheltered pockets of the Atlantic seaboard — but sheltered isn’t the same as windless, and the swell still breaks close beneath every building on the lower terraces.
Because units and villas here are stacked rather than spread out, every level catches sun, wind and spray a little differently. A penthouse living room and the flat two floors below it can need entirely different specifications for the same west-facing pane of glass — which is exactly why a phone estimate never replaces an on-site measure here.
Kloof Road’s stacked terraces, stepping down to the tide.
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.
Enquire
Chat, form or call — tell us the rooms, the product interest, and how exposed your glass is to sun, wind or spray.
Free in-home measure
An expert consultant visits with samples, measures every opening precisely, and checks hardware specification against your position on the cliff.
Written quote
Made-to-measure pricing per window, every option itemised — no surprises when the invoice arrives. To set expectations first: shading on this coast falls between R1,000 and R7,500 per square metre installed, interior fabric blinds low in that band and marine-grade exterior systems high in it. Narrow openings carry a floor price, and your totals are settled once the tape has been out.
Made & fitted
Made to your figures and fitted properly: levelled, tested, and run through with you before we leave.
Measured on the cliff, made for the cliff
What this is, how it runs, and where it runs.
Bantry Bay Blinds is a made-to-measure shading service for the apartments, villas and terraces on this stretch of the Atlantic Seaboard. Nothing is sold in a standard size. Rollers, venetians, cellular blinds and exterior venetian systems are all manufactured to figures taken off your own openings, and hardware is specified for the position — because a window sixty metres above the water asks more of a bracket than the same window inland.
The sequence is fixed. An enquiry by form or chat comes in; one of our expert consultants will contact you shortly so a free in-home measure can be booked. At that visit each opening is measured precisely, exposure is assessed, and fabric, openness and control are matched to the light and the wind that window really gets. A written quote follows, itemised per window, so the specification and the money are both visible before anything is made. Approve it and the blinds are manufactured to those measurements, installed, levelled and demonstrated.
The same process runs through Clifton, Fresnaye, Camps Bay and Sea Point. Details you send are used only to arrange the call-back, and are handled under POPIA.
Before you enquire
Do you use salt-air rated hardware this close to the sea?
Yes — it’s standard here, not an upgrade. Powder-coated aluminium components and sealed cassettes on exterior products handle salt-laden air far better than untreated hardware. We’re still honest that marine-spec fittings benefit from an occasional fresh-water wipe-down this close to the swell — we’ll cover that at the measure.
How do you handle body corporate rules on what’s visible from Kloof Road?
Most Bantry Bay buildings are sectional title with rules on colours and fittings visible from the road or the cliff face. We check your building’s guidelines at the free measure and flag anything that needs trustee sign-off before we put together a quote, so there are no surprises later.
How do you cut glare off the water 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 wind here?
We specify exterior products with a genuine wind rating, and a wind sensor for automatic retraction is the responsible spec on any exposed terrace — an awning or screen caught open in a strong gust 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.
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.
Let’s measure your Bantry Bay windows properly.
Free in-home measure, a written per-window quote, and hardware specified for salt and wind from day one.
Tell us about your windows
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