Blinds & awnings for Parktown North

What homes in Parktown North are like

Parktown North sits in the same established tree canopy as Parkview, one street over — quiet, leafy roads of 1920s–30s cottages and character homes, plenty of which have been renovated with a double-storey addition or an open-plan kitchen extension at the back. That mix is the story here: original windows at the front of the house, bigger contemporary glass toward the garden.

It's a popular suburb for young families buying into the parks belt and renovating rather than building from scratch, which means window treatments often need to solve two different problems in the same house — a heritage front room and a sun-heavy new extension.

Which products suit Parktown North

For the original rooms, a timber venetian respects the window's proportions and reveal depth. For a new kitchen or living extension with bigger glass, blockout or sunscreen roller blinds handle the practical daily job, and a folding-arm awning outside turns a new entertainer's deck into somewhere usable through summer. Cellular blinds are worth considering on any single-glazed original window where insulation, not just light control, is the goal.

Whatever the mix in your house, the free in-home measure covers every window on the property, front and back, in one visit.

Everything we know about how the sun crosses this part of Johannesburg through the year — and what we’d fit on each elevation, with the honest catch on every answer — is written up free in The Parkview Canopy & Light Almanac. No sign-up, and every figure in it is sourced.