Made to Measure Blinds in Great Dunmow, CM6

Most Great Dunmow orders are measured, made and fitted within seven to fourteen days of your home visit. Standard roller and vertical blinds are usually the fastest to turn around, while bespoke real wood Venetian or motorised blinds can take slightly longer because each slat and fabric is cut to order. We will confirm a fitting date at the point of order so you know exactly when to expect us. Contact us for the current lead time on your chosen product.

We fit blinds and curtains across the CM6 postcode, including Dunmow town centre, Little Canfield, Great Easton, Thaxted, Felsted, Stebbing and Flitch Green, along with the surrounding villages of Barnston, Broxted and Great Canfield. We also cover Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, Bishop's Stortford and Stansted. If you are unsure whether your village falls inside our coverage, call us and we will confirm straight away.

We arrange a free home visit at a time that suits you, bring physical fabric and colour samples, and measure every window ourselves rather than relying on your own measurements. We put together your quote after this assessment, so it reflects the exact blinds or curtains discussed. There is no obligation to order after the visit. Most Great Dunmow customers book their measuring visit within a few days of first contacting us.

Once you confirm your order and colours, most made to measure blinds are manufactured and fitted in Great Dunmow within seven to fourteen days. Curtains and bespoke curtain poles can take a little longer where fabric needs to be sourced. We fit everything ourselves rather than passing the job to a third party installer, so the same person who measured your windows also completes the fitting. We will always give you a realistic date rather than an optimistic one.

Thaxted's timber framed cottages and the older streets around Great Dunmow town centre were built with hand-cut timber openings that were never perfectly square to begin with, and centuries of settlement have shifted many of them further. Off-the-shelf blinds bought to a single measurement rarely sit flush in these frames. We measure every window individually on site, so the finished blind fits the actual opening rather than a standard size that gaps at one edge or fouls on an old handle.

Thaxted's medieval and Tudor cottages often have low, uneven window openings that need individual measuring rather than a stock size. Felsted's Georgian and Victorian houses commonly have tall sash windows and bay fronts that suit a shaped curtain pole better than a straight track. The newer Flitch Green estate has standard uPVC casement windows that are usually the most straightforward fit of the three, well suited to no-drill Perfect Fit blinds.

Yes. We do not quote from photographs or phone measurements because a few millimetres of error is enough for a blind to bind or gap at the frame. A site visit lets us check window depth, recess type, handle position and glazing before recommending Perfect Fit, recess fit or face fit brackets. The visit is free and comes with no obligation to order. For most Great Dunmow addresses we can offer an appointment within the same week.

Window coverings are not classed as an essential repair item under a standard tenancy, so this is usually agreed between landlord and tenant rather than set by law. In practice most Great Dunmow landlords fit blinds before a new tenancy begins, since blinds protect the property, meet child safety regulations and are easier to arrange between tenants than mid tenancy. We regularly work directly with landlords and letting agents on move-in blind fitting and can invoice the managing agent where required.

This is almost always a sign that the blind was never the right size or the wrong bracket type for the window. Vertical louvres slipping off their carriers is typically caused by worn stem weights or hooks after years of use, while roller blinds that jam usually have a bent chain or an over-tightened spring. Cheaper stock size blinds trimmed down to fit are more prone to both problems than a blind measured and cut to the exact opening from the start. We can assess whether a repair or a proper made to measure replacement is the better option.

Yes. Perfect Fit blinds clip directly into the uPVC window bead using a frame that grips the existing glazing, so no drilling or screws are needed into the frame itself. This is the option we recommend most often for the newer Flitch Green homes, since it protects the window seal and the surrounding uPVC frame. Perfect Fit is available across our roller, Venetian and pleated ranges, and can be removed cleanly if you ever change the window covering.

A voile curtain with a wave heading is a sheer curtain hung from a wave glide track, where evenly spaced gliders pull the fabric into soft, consistent S-shaped folds across the full width of the window. It gives a fuller, more contemporary look than a standard pencil pleat while still letting daylight filter through. We supply and fit voile curtains with wave heading tracks across Great Dunmow, measuring the track width and fabric drop on site so the fold spacing is even from edge to edge.