The same ridge, the same long view.

Linksfield Ridge

An elevated stand, an architect's brief.

Linksfield Ridge continues the same high ground that runs into Bedfordview from the west — an established, sought-after stretch known for its elevation and the long views that come with it. Where Bedfordview's newer apartment blocks capture the view from height, Linksfield Ridge's houses were, in many cases, designed around it from the start.

Homes here

Expect a mix of long-established mansions and architect-led renovations, with large glazed elevations oriented specifically to hold the view over Johannesburg rather than simply admit light. That kind of glazing — often floor-to-ceiling, often facing hard into the afternoon sun — is a different specification problem to a standard suburban window, and it's the one we get asked about most often up here.

Reaching the glass

The practical problem on a house designed around a view is rarely which fabric — it is how anyone is meant to operate a blind three metres up a glass wall. Motorisation stops being a luxury at that point and becomes the only sensible answer, which is why we quote it as a default on high and wide elevations here rather than as an add-on. Battery or wired depends on what the wall will take, and we work that out at the measure rather than guessing from a photograph.

Products that suit Linksfield Ridge

Motorised sunscreen rollers at a low openness factor are the standard answer for view-facing glass walls that are simply too wide or too high to reach by hand. On the hardest west-facing elevations, an external venetian intercepts heat before it reaches the glass at all — ask about it at the measure alongside the interior options. Wide sliding walls are usually better served by panel glides than a single blind; we'll size the actual opening properly rather than guess from a photo.