Products · Motorised & Automation
One app, every blind and awning in the house.
Tubular motors inside the blind, awning or external venetian — controlled by remote, wall switch, phone app, schedule or sensor.
Built for a house this size
Somerset West's estate homes tend to have a lot of glass and more than a few blinds, awnings and exterior shades to manage. Motorisation isn't a gadget here so much as the practical answer: sun sensors drop shading automatically on whichever elevation is running hot, wind sensors retract the awning and any exterior screens before the south-easter picks up, and one app controls the lot from the couch, the office, or a chair on the patio.
Rechargeable battery motors are the retrofit default — no chasing walls, no visible wiring, just a periodic charge. Wired 220V motors suit new builds and renovations, and are the standard choice for the bigger, heavier exterior systems.
- Battery motors — retrofit-friendly, charge every few months, no electrician required
- Wired motors — for new builds, big glass and exterior products, planned in with your electrician
- Sun sensors drop shading automatically on hot elevations
- Wind sensors retract awnings and exterior blinds before the south-easter or a highveld-style gust arrives
- No dangling chains — the most child- and grandchild-safe operation there is
Practical honesty
Battery motors are quiet, reliable and need that periodic charge — we set the expectation at quote stage so nobody's surprised. Quality motors carry a multi-year guarantee.
When it's essentially required
Spans too wide or heavy for a chain, blinds over stair voids or double-volume glass, concealed ceiling-recess systems, and every exterior product — external venetians, roller shutters, awnings, zip screens — are all cases where motorisation stops being an upsell and starts being the only practical option. On a multi-blind wall of glass, "one button, six blinds" is the whole pitch.
Also worth a look
Motorisation pairs with almost everything
Where we fit it
Automation across the Helderberg belt
Motorised systems go in from Somerset West through to Erinvale, Gordon's Bay, Strand and Stellenbosch — the same sensors, the same app, wherever your estate sits along this coast.
What it costs
Motorised shading pricing in the basin
There is no single rate for automation, because a motor is matched to a product and the product fixes the figure. Across this range it runs roughly R2,500 to R7,500 per square metre installed. On a blockout or sunscreen roller the motorised band is R2,500 up to R3,800 a square metre, on an external venetian R4,500 up to R6,500, and on a folding-arm awning R5,500 up to R7,500 for every square metre of projection.
Each band already carries the motor, the control you choose and the setup visit. On anything outside the glass, wind sensing is part of the specification here rather than an extra. They are there to help you budget, and they are not a quote. Small windows carry a minimum charge, because the hardware and the fitting labour barely change with the opening. Every window on the house is costed by itself at the measure and given to you on paper.
Ready when you are
One app for the whole house.
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