Products · Concealed & recessed systems
Fabric drops from a slim ceiling slot or bulkhead recess — hardware fully hidden, so when the blind is raised the window is just glass and frame, nothing else.
Illovo carries a real run of frameless-glass, double-volume and minimalist-detailed homes where a visible headrail would undo the architecture. Concealed systems answer that directly: the fabric emerges from a recess planned into the ceiling, and when it's up, there's nothing to see at all.
The earlier we're brought into the drawing stage — new build or major renovation — the cleaner the result, because the recess, the downlights, the aircon slots and any curtain pelmets all get coordinated together rather than retrofitted around each other.
Where the ceiling wasn't planned for it, a surface-mounted bulkhead or a slim cassette pelmet, colour-matched to the ceiling, gets close to the same clean effect without construction work.
What it costs
Concealed work is priced per square metre, installed, and sits above a surface-mounted blind because the pelmet, the ceiling detail and the coordination with the builder or ceiling contractor are all part of it. Hand-operated, allow R1,600 to R3,000 per square metre. Motorised — which is what most recessed installations end up being, since the mechanism is out of reach by design — allow R3,200 to R5,000 per square metre.
Small openings carry a minimum charge here too, and a narrow recess is often the most fiddly window in the house rather than the cheapest. And a band is not a quote: each opening is costed by itself at the measure, and the result is put in writing before a single blind is ordered.
Planning a renovation or new build?
Send your plans or arrange a site visit — a consultant will talk through recess dimensions and motorisation before the ceiling is closed up.
Start the conversation →Where we fit these
Wherever a renovation or new build gives us the ceiling to plan it into — from Hyde Park's architect-led mansions to the newer clusters going up in Melrose, Atholl and Sandown.