Insured and documented
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and every corded blind gets the BS EN 13120 child-safety device, photographed for the job record — the evidence landlords are asked for.
Islington · EC1V · Blinds and curtain fitting
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Old Street fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking blinds and curtain fitting near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground? Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £45 and are fixed before we travel. Reveals are measured and sounded before anything is drilled.


Overview
Blinds and curtain fitting in Old Street EC1V is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Islington, most of them post-war. 4,949 households sit inside this EC1V patch, 98% of them flats, so we quote on access near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Depth, square and drop measured at both ends, and we confirm recess or exact-fit sizing.
Step 2
Detector sweep for cables and pipes, then a reveal test — sash box, lintel, dot-and-dab or uPVC — so the fixing suits the window.
Step 3
Brackets levelled for the headrail weight and packed where the reveal runs out of true.
Step 4
Blind or pole hung, drops squared, mechanism cycled and the child-safety device fixed 1.5m from the floor.
Step 5
Old fixings removed, holes filled and sanded ready for paint, packaging taken away.
Why choose us
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and every corded blind gets the BS EN 13120 child-safety device, photographed for the job record — the evidence landlords are asked for.
One fitter for standard windows; two for bent bay tracks or full-height stairwell blinds. Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards.
Most borough slots are within 48 hours, with evening and Saturday appointments available. Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) is the nearest station, so a EC1V visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, with 52% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in EC1V, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Old Street gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single roller or venetian blind | £45 | 20–30 min | Includes the reveal check — face-fix or top-fix changes the bracket. |
| Additional blind on the same visit | £25 | 15–25 min | One call-out and one permit shared across every window in the room. |
| Curtain pole or straight track | £55 | 30–45 min | Lined curtains are heavy, so the fixing must reach timber, lintel or masonry. |
| Bay window pole or bent track | £120 | 1.5–2.5 hrs | London bays are rarely symmetrical, so the track is bent to the real angles. |
| Wooden or made-to-measure venetian | £65 | 40–60 min | Heavier headrail, more brackets, slats squared against an out-of-true reveal. |
| Motorised or electric blind | £95 | 1–1.5 hrs | Bracket, battery or transformer siting and remote pairing, cabling kept in the reveal. |
Single roller or venetian blind
£45 · 20–30 min
Includes the reveal check — face-fix or top-fix changes the bracket.
Additional blind on the same visit
£25 · 15–25 min
One call-out and one permit shared across every window in the room.
Curtain pole or straight track
£55 · 30–45 min
Lined curtains are heavy, so the fixing must reach timber, lintel or masonry.
Bay window pole or bent track
£120 · 1.5–2.5 hrs
London bays are rarely symmetrical, so the track is bent to the real angles.
Wooden or made-to-measure venetian
£65 · 40–60 min
Heavier headrail, more brackets, slats squared against an out-of-true reveal.
Motorised or electric blind
£95 · 1–1.5 hrs
Bracket, battery or transformer siting and remote pairing, cabling kept in the reveal.
Fitting prices include brackets, fixings, child-safety devices and making good the holes left by anything we remove. Blinds, poles and tracks can be supplied at cost or you can provide your own. Permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge, where they apply, are itemised in the quote.
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Coverage
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Working in Old Street
Old Street EC1V is post-war and social-housing-led: 98% of homes here are flats and 2% are houses, across 4,949 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 28% of Old Street is privately rented and 52% socially rented, a lot of EC1V work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Old Street substrates run to often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, with 52% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Old Street gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the mistake that costs a EC1V customer twice.
The roundabout, tech offices and warehouse conversions on the City fringe. That character decides the practical detail of blinds and curtain fitting here far more than the borough boundary does. Old Street sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. Nearest station is Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), and one fitter for standard windows; two for bent bay tracks or full-height stairwell blinds.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Old Street and what they live in decides how blinds and curtain fitting is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Old Street & St Luke's neighbourhood itself — not Islington-wide averages, and not estimates.
10,675
Residents
Old Street & St Luke's neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,949
Households
Median age 31.5
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
38.9%
Privately rented
28.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Old Street & St Luke's (E02000576) — the published geography that covers Old Street, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the EC1V district: 51.5268, -0.0978 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single roller or venetian blind starts at £45 in Old Street on Islington bookings, with this being a short walk from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) — and 98% of homes here being flats, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Window count and reveal type set the price. Bays, concrete lintels and shallow sash reveals cost more because the bracket has to be packed or the fixing changed on EC1V jobs, with 52% social-rented stock nearby.
Usually yes — no-drill tension brackets keep the window warranty intact on Islington bookings, with 19% owner-occupation locally, which matters in Old Street where 28% of homes are privately rented. Heavy wooden venetians and blackout Romans still need a fixed bracket on the streets near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground, with this being a short walk from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), and we say so before you buy.
Yes — it is the job we do most around Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground on the Old Street rounds, with 2% of Old Street homes being houses. Bays here are rarely symmetrical, so each angle is measured and the track bent or the blinds cut to individual drops on EC1V jobs, with Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground a few streets away. 5 hours from £120.
We expect often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork on Islington bookings, with 52% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in EC1V, with this being London Borough of Islington territory — and 4,949 households on this patch, and that decides the fixing: timber sash box, concrete lintel or a plasterboard reveal bridged into the blockwork behind. The mistake we undo most here is Old Street gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in this 98% flats neighbourhood — and 28% of EC1V homes being privately rented, with 98% of homes here being flats.
Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern). Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Islington it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in Old Street — and a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood, with Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground a few streets away.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and every corded blind gets the BS EN 13120 child-safety device, photographed for the job record — the evidence landlords are asked for on the Old Street rounds — and 52% social-rented stock nearby, with this being London Borough of Islington territory. That paperwork is what most Islington letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat across EC1V, with 98% of homes here being flats.
Made-to-measure blinds ordered to the wrong size — we re-measure and reorder; Structural alterations, new lintels or plastering beyond making good the holes; Hard-wired mains blind circuits — notifiable work for a registered electrician on the Old Street rounds, with 19% owner-occupation locally — and this being London Borough of Islington territory. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Old Street EC1V price you agree is the price you pay on EC1V jobs, with 52% social-rented stock nearby.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Old Street EC1V jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of islington.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.