Newer builds, the same considered fit.

Meyersdal

Estate living, further along the same ridge.

Meyersdal sits further south along the same ridge system that runs through Bedfordview, a secure estate community that's grown steadily on the Alberton side of the N3 corridor. Where Bedfordview's older streets carry established character homes, Meyersdal is largely newer stock — built to a more open, contemporary brief from the outset.

Homes here

Expect large open-plan living areas, wide sliding doors and generous glazing designed to bring the garden and the view inside — a very different starting point to a period Bedford Gardens window. That kind of glass wall changes the shading conversation: it's rarely one small blind per window, more often a coordinated plan across a whole open-plan wall.

Products that suit Meyersdal

Motorised rollers and panel glides handle the wide sliding walls that define most Meyersdal living areas, with one remote covering blinds that would be impractical to reach and operate by hand individually. For the bedrooms and quieter rooms, timber-look aluminium venetians give the adjustability newer homes tend to want without the upkeep of real timber. And for the patios these estate homes are built around, a motorised folding-arm awning with a wind sensor covers the entertaining space on demand — roller shutters are also worth discussing at the measure as external sun and heat control on the hardest-hit ground-floor glazing — shading shutters, not security-rated shutters.