Curtains, Blinds & Shutters in Preston

Preston is our home suburb

We're a local business in the truest sense — our base is in Preston, and the inner-north is the part of Melbourne we cover first and know best. That means short lead times to your door, and a team that already understands how the homes around here are built before we've measured a single window. When we say we're local to Preston, we mean the address, not the marketing.

It also means we're around. If something needs adjusting after install, or you want to add a room down the track, we're not a company that fitted your blinds once and vanished — we're a few minutes away.

What we know about Preston homes

Preston is a genuine mix, and the window furnishings that suit it change street to street. There are Victorian and Edwardian cottages and single-fronts with tall double-hung sashes and the occasional leadlight; a big spread of Californian bungalows and interwar brick homes; solid post-war brick veneers further out toward Reservoir; and a growing wave of new townhouses and apartments around the High Street, Bell Street, Preston Market and station precincts. Each of those asks a different question of a blind or a curtain.

A few things matter here that don't matter as much in a brand-new estate. The period reveals are rarely square, so we measure every opening on its own rather than working to a standard size. Original sashes and leadlight are worth keeping, so we'll usually recommend treatments that frame them rather than hide them. And the single most common job we're called for is the classic inner-north renovation — a modern open-plan extension with large west-facing glazing bolted onto the back of an older home. That afternoon sun is what most Preston customers actually want solved.

What gets fitted most often in Preston

The combination we install most often through Preston is roughly: sheer and blockout curtains layered together in the period front rooms — keeping the street-facing heritage look soft while giving you full privacy and darkness at night; honeycomb (cellular) blinds or quality blockout roller blinds through the renovated rear rooms, where the west sun and the temperature swing on big glass do the most damage; and plantation shutters on the street-facing windows of the bungalows and cottages, where they hold the character of the facade and give you fine control over light and privacy.

For the newer apartments and townhouses, it's usually roller blinds and sheers specified to sit within the owners'-corporation rules. Wherever the budget is tight, our honest advice is to spend it on the fabric and the fit rather than the fanciest system — a well-made blind measured and hung properly outlasts a cheap one several times over, and a poorly-fitted bargain blind is the thing we get called back to replace most.

Heritage streets — and what you can change

Some of Preston's older pockets sit under Darebin heritage-overlay controls. In practice that mostly affects changes visible from the street — it rarely touches the internal window furnishings that make up the bulk of what we fit, so curtains, blinds and internal shutters are almost always fine. If you're considering anything external and street-facing, like roller shutters on the front of a period home, we'll flag it at the measure and suggest a treatment that gets you the same result without the friction — usually internal blockout or plantation shutters that read correctly from the footpath.

New apartments and townhouses — the body corporate

A lot of Preston's newer stock is medium-density: apartments and townhouses around the station, High Street and the Market. These almost always come with an owners' corporation, and owners' corporations commonly set rules on what your windows can look like from outside — a consistent backing colour, or a sightline everyone has to hold to. It's not a problem, it just needs to be designed in from the start. Bring any owners'-corporation guidelines to the in-home measure and we'll make sure the quote sits inside them.

What a realistic Preston budget looks like

For a typical Preston home, here's the indicative range we quote at the in-home measure. These are guides to help you plan, not a quote — every Preston home is a different shape, and the written quote after the measure is the binding figure.

• Quality blockout roller blinds through a 2–3 bedroom home — $1,200 to $1,800 supplied and installed.
• Honeycomb (cellular) blinds for the west-facing rear rooms — typically a small premium over rollers per window, for the extra thermal performance on the worst glass.
• Sheer and blockout curtains layered in the main living and bedroom — $3,000 to $4,000 supplied and installed.
• Plantation shutters on the street-facing period windows — $100 to $1,000 per window depending on size and material, with a quality finish averaging around $299 per square metre.
• Security doors and fly screens — quoted in the same visit, fitted to the front and rear access points on most jobs.

Indicative pricing only, as at July 2026. Ranges assume standard-sized openings and a quality baseline fabric; heritage reveals, oversized or hard-to-access windows and premium fabrics can change the figure. Every job is priced from an on-site measure — see our pricing policy for what's included and what can move the price.

How we work in Preston

Because Preston's our home base, we can usually get to you quickly and work around your schedule — mornings, after work, whatever suits. One appointment covers everything: we bring samples so you can compare fabrics, colours and mesh in your own light, measure every opening, and leave you with a written quote that's yours for 30 days. Curtains, blinds, shutters, security screens and outdoor blinds all get quoted together, so you're not booking three separate visits.

Common questions from Preston homeowners

The questions we hear most often, in plain prose: Do you actually cover Preston? It's our home suburb — yes, and usually within a day or two. Can you keep the period look? That's most of what we do here — sheers, Romans and plantation shutters that suit an older home. What stops the western afternoon sun? Honeycomb or blockout rollers inside, external roller shutters or outdoor blinds for the worst rooms. We're in an apartment with body-corp rules — is that a problem? No, bring the guidelines and we'll quote inside them. Can you do the security door at the same time? Yes — one visit covers curtains, blinds, shutters and security screens together.