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The coastal spec
Blinds in Merewether, Bar Beach and The Hill
Within sight of the ocean, we change what we quote before you ask. Fabrics chosen to hold their colour under hard UV, componentry that shrugs off salt air, and blockout specs that respect how early and how hard the sun arrives over the water. If your last blinds went brittle, faded or seized early, this is why.
What salt air does to a cheap blind
Salt-laden air works on metal quietly: budget chains pit and stiffen, spring assists lose their temper, and bare steel brackets stain the paint below them. Fabric fares no better under coastal UV; entry-grade dyes chalk and yellow in a couple of summers on an east elevation.
So near the water we spec accordingly, as the default: corrosion-resistant chains and brackets, fade-rated fabric lines, and hardware that will still run smoothly when the sea air has had years to argue with it. It isn't a premium add-on; it's just the correct spec for the postcode.
Morning glare, handled at the right strength
East rooms here take the day's hardest light before breakfast. Bedrooms get true blockout, fitted tight or oversized so dawn stays outside; living rooms usually want a mid-openness light-filter that tames the water's glare without giving up the brightness that makes these houses worth their view. The window finder will place each of your windows in about a minute.
Houses and apartments both
This pocket mixes big detached homes with apartment blocks facing the water at Bar Beach and up the slopes of The Hill, and the two get different attention. Houses here are usually whole-home jobs: bedrooms in blockout, living in light-filter, wet areas in venetians, one written schedule. Apartments lean toward the view problem, sheers and dual rollers that keep the horizon, plus neat uniform installs where strata cares about the street face. That side of the work has its own page: Newcastle East & the harbour.
Either way the process is the same: free measure, samples held against your actual glass, and a written window-by-window quote with the coastal spec already in it.