Blinds for landlords and letting agents

What landlords often look for

If you're looking after one rental home or several properties, you probably want blinds that look smart and are straightforward to maintain. We'd be glad to help you find dependable, good-value options and plan the measuring and fitting around your tenancy arrangements.

Blinds in a rental serve a different purpose from blinds in your own home. They need to look neat in photographs and viewings, hold up to several tenants, and be simple and affordable to put right when something goes wrong. Durability and consistency often come first, and plain can still look lovely.

A consistent look across a property

If you let a house or a block of flats, using the same product and colour at every window makes the property look finished and makes future replacements easier. Neutral colours are a popular choice, and our colours and fabrics page is a good place to start. For rooms like bathrooms and kitchens, faux wood blinds or a wipe-clean roller fabric can cope better with moisture and spills, depending on the range. Our guide to blinds for bathrooms goes into this.

Choosing for durability

It can help to think about how a tenant will use each blind. A basic roller blind has few moving parts and is hard to put out of order. Vertical blinds on patio doors take daily knocks, but individual vanes can be replaced. Wooden slats can mark if mistreated, so faux wood is often a popular choice in a rental. Ask us which controls and fabrics suit heavy use. No product is completely damage-proof, so we are happy to talk about what holds up best.

Tenants and damage

Most damage is ordinary wear: bent slats, snagged fabric, a pulled chain, a blind hung back wrongly after cleaning. A few practical steps help:

• Include blinds on the inventory, with a photograph and the colour.
• Give tenants a short line on how to open, close and clean them.
• Record the condition at check-in and check-out.
• Keep a note of the supplier details and the size of each window.

Replacing one blade or one fabric

You do not always need to replace everything. On some vertical blinds, a single damaged vane can be swapped, and a single roller blind can be replaced to match the others. Whether this is possible depends on the product and the range, so ask us. Keeping a record of the fabric and size makes any replacement much easier.

Cords and safety in rentals

Safety is important in a rental, as it is not always known who will live there. Please keep cords and chains out of reach of children, use cord tidies or safety devices, and consider cordless or motorised options for windows in children's rooms. BS EN 13120 is the UK standard covering the safety of internal blinds. Our child safety page and the guide to child-safe blind choices explain more. We do not claim any certification on behalf of Boro, and it is worth checking what applies to your own properties.

Between tenancies

Landlords and agents often work to a tight gap between one tenant leaving and the next arriving. If that is your situation, ask us what can be arranged. We are happy to talk about the timing together.

Getting started

Send us the property type, the number of windows and whether you want a matching look throughout. We will arrange a free measure and a quotation, working from Thornaby. For tenants thinking about their own options, read blinds for rented homes.

Ready? Book a free measure or call 01642 424250.