Window furnishings for new-build homes in Tarneit

What we know about Tarneit homes

Tarneit's growth corridor is built largely by the major volume builders — Simonds, Henley, Metricon, Burbank, Boutique and Hotondo Homes — and the homes share a recognisable profile. Tight 12.5m frontage lots are standard, with two-storey street faces and wide stacker doors onto small private courtyards. The corridor takes serious westerly wind exposure — there are very few mature trees yet, so the wind pattern moves across the estates without much break, and external products need a documented wind rating to survive.

Tarneit 3029 is one of Australia's most multicultural growth corridor suburbs, with a very high Indian-Australian population centre, a growing Sri Lankan and Filipino community, and a fast-expanding Sub-Saharan African community. The train line runs east-west through the area and most of the major estates branch off either side. The tight 12.5m frontages are standard, which means two-storey street faces sit close to the kerb — privacy treatments on the front-facing windows matter more here than in suburbs with wider lots.

The configuration we install most often through Tarneit is double roller blinds throughout (sunscreen + blockout on the same bracket — the most useful single fit-out for these homes); plantation shutters to the street-facing windows for two-storey privacy; and blockout curtains layered on the main bedroom. For the many homes with a pooja or prayer room, triple-pass blockout or sheer + blockout layered is what we recommend.

What gets fitted most often in this part of the corridor

The configuration we install most often through Tarneit and the surrounding estates is roughly: Double roller blinds throughout (sunscreen + blockout on the same bracket — the most useful single fit-out for these homes); plantation shutters to the street-facing windows for two-storey privacy; blockout curtains layered on the main bedroom; zipscreens or wind-rated outdoor blinds on the alfresco for the worst westerly days.

What a realistic Tarneit budget looks like

For a typical new-build home in Tarneit, here's the indicative range we quote at the in-home measure. These figures are guides, not a quote — your written quote after the measure is the binding figure.

• Blockout roller blinds throughout a 3-bedroom single-storey home — $1,200 to $1,800 supplied and installed.
• Blockout roller blinds throughout a 4-bedroom double-storey home — $2,400 to $2,900 supplied and installed.
• Sheer curtains in the main living and bedroom windows — $3,000 to $4,000 supplied and installed.
• Plantation shutters on the street-facing windows — $100 to $1,000 per window, with the average sitting around $299 per square metre for a quality finish.
• External roller shutters on the worst-facing windows — $500 to $1,000 per window base spec, or $800 to $1,200 per window with motor and electrical install included.
• Motorisation on void or stairwell glazing — built into the per-blind price on those openings, or $180 to $280 to retrofit an existing blind with a battery motor.

Pricing on this page is indicative. Full pricing policy →

Estates near Tarneit

Specific estates near Tarneit that we've fitted homes in include Riverdale, Habitat Tarneit, Newgate, Newhaven Tarneit, The Range Tarneit and Westbrook. The fit-out is broadly the same across these releases, but the covenant rules and the orientation of the streets matter at the suburb level — both of which we'll walk through at the in-home measure.

When to book the in-home measure

Lock-up stage is the right time to ring us. The windows are in their final position, the plaster is done, and we measure to the millimetre. Most of the corridor homes we've fitted have been measured four to six weeks before handover — comfortable for manufacture and install, with everything ready for the day you get the keys. We work the western growth corridor on a regular weekly run, combining measures and installs through Wyndham and Melton on the same day where possible. We'll confirm your arrival window the day before the appointment.

Covenants and estate rules

The western growth corridor estates — Riverdale, Atherstone in particular — publish design guidelines that include external-treatment rules. Beyond the covenant itself, the western wind exposure means external products need to be specified to the wind classification of the site. Bring your covenant document so we can quote against both constraints. See our estate covenant guide for the corridor-by-corridor breakdown.

On the builder's window-furnishings allowance

If your builder has offered a window-furnishings allowance, read the spec carefully before accepting it. In our experience, builder-supplied window furnishings are typically the cheapest budget product fitted at a premium price. The cleanest move is to negotiate the allowance out of the contract and bring the same scope to us independently. See our new-build inclusions guide for the full pattern.