Blinds or Curtains?

For my IP's I use vertical blinds, without those annoying plastic chains/links that always break.

 

I prefer roller blinds, my perspective looks more presentable and modern

 

For the everyday, run of the mil ip, just the cheapest standard roller blinds. To me that makes sense from an investment standpoint.

 

This sounds interesting @citystar

Do you have examples?

 

Gosh, @Leo2413. If that is your run of the mill IP, what are your upper end IPs?

 

I personally detest vertical blinds with a passion, i think they can cheapen even the most dated of rooms

 

@sanj my PPOR came with vertical blinds. And the plastic thingy's keep breaking. Sigh.

 

Haha - so did mine

First thing I did was ditch all the stupid plastic chains.

 

Yeah theyre horrible. The worst is when u see some people put them in brand new apartments, qlways makes me wonder what the hell they were thinking

 

You changed all your blinds to something else, @Jess Peletier ?

I've been tasked to do it a few years ago....but kept thinking it would be super expensive. We've got 3 sets of sliding doors (each with 2 or 3 glass panels!)

Hubby did all the hard work of renovating those rooms....and I have yet to change the blinds

 

What do you for window treatments, @sanj ?

 

Not yet - funny, all the houses I'm NOT living in have lovely new blinds, and I'm living with beige horrors We have large windows too - I'm not quite certain what we're going to put over them yet.

 

Our blinds are beige too, @Jess Peletier

 

hehe I WISH that was my run of the mill ip! just a picture off google.

 

For new properties generally rollers, especially if theyre going to ve rentals. Ive also used timber /pvc venetians depending on age of property and what was existing. Sometimes cheap curtains from spotlight if a stabdard size fits and the rods etc are existing.

Atm getting $40k worth of custom curtains and sheers done for a luxury reno im organising but i get wholesale prices on them so paying a fair bit less.

Only 2 i wont use is verticals and aluminium venetians, the latter because theyre prone to gettinf damaged easily.

 

Who do you recommend for curtains and/or blinds, @sanj ? I really should get some quotes and sort out our sad vertical blinds.

What types of curtains and sheers are you putting up in your luxe reno? I've not kept up with the trends in window treatments.

 

Ive actually had some pretty hood prices from abc blinds for rollers, you'll have to bargain hard though.

Theres also a mob in malaga who did the blinds in my last development, ill have to dig that up. Their prices were good.

Re the reno we're doing a mix of silk and linen, depending on the room etc. Also pelmets and blockouts and sheers. Nothing overly fussy, just being used primarily to provide warmth and texture.

 

Roller blinds, but leave the curtain rod in place so the tenants can add their own curtains if they wish.