Saxonwold shares Houghton's century-old bones: deep stands behind high walls, houses built room by room across generations, and a tree cover that keeps most glass in green shade until the afternoon sun finds a gap in it. The suburb borders the Johannesburg Zoo and Zoo Lake's parklands, so the canopy here is real forest, not garden planting — and the light under it shifts all day.
The windows themselves are the brief. Tall sashes on the original wings, steel frames on the mid-century additions, and the occasional new pavilion of full-height glass at the back — three different fits, usually inside one house, ideally answered in one written quote.
A Saxonwold house is rarely one era. Its blinds shouldn't pretend otherwise.
Most requested here
- Timber & aluminium venetians — slat-by-slat light control that sits naturally against an original sash frame.
- Motorised blinds & automation — the practical default for the double-volume spaces that come with a tall ceiling.
- Roller shutters — exterior shading for a west-facing wing, stopping heat at the sill before it reaches the glass.
- Sunscreen roller blinds — glare control that keeps the garden and the tree line in view.