Brooklyn sits among the top price-per-square-metre suburbs in Pretoria, and the housing stock reflects that range: gracious older homes on generous stands sitting a few streets from newer, tightly designed boutique developments near the shops and embassies. Without the ridge's steep terracing, the specification questions here are less about reach and geometry and more about matching product to a house's age and finish.
Heritage stands tend to want a treatment that respects original window proportions — timber venetians usually suit better than a hard aluminium finish. Newer, more compact developments lean toward clean rollers and motorised systems that suit smaller, more efficiently glazed openings.
Flat ground, but two very different generations of window to specify for.
Most requested here
- Sunscreen & blockout rollers — the standard fit for newer apartments and boutique developments.
- Cellular / honeycomb blinds — insulation value on older, single-glazed heritage windows.
- External venetians — for the renovations opening a heritage stand's back wall up to the garden.