Does anyone have plantation shutters? What are they really like

I went to a local curtain and blind shop. Measuring done by the owner, fitting supervised by him.

A personal stake in getting it just right and the best price.

oh that is it!! Now I have that longing feeling. Maybe I will get more on the first phase, after all I am moving house to the smaller new build. The cost will be relative to my enjoyment and old age prepping, no more curtains to struggle to lift down

How may quotes did you get? I have found a company, franchises I think, called just shutters. Ohh got to stop looking, even though it is a pre-removals break

In the meantime, those JL £4 blinds will be just the ticket

Oh I love them craftyone and would love them at the front of my house which has 3 long windows almost directly on to the street and there is very little privacy . I currently have Venetian blinds as everyone walking past has a good nosey in.

I first noticed plantation blinds in a house a few streets away from ours. For the first time ever I really wanted them in our house. We have them at the front and side, look great, easy to keep clean. Only one not too happy is Harry the cat as he used to sit on the windowsill for hours. Not so easy for him with the shutters.

Yes, yes, yes!

In the house I’ve just left I just had one set in the kitchen to stop next doors’s cat coming in when the window was open.

I loved it so much I then had them in every room in the house!

Thanks. I am definitely going to get someone in to quote, in the meantime will be using temporary blinds (cheap). Only the 2 bigger downstairs front windows to begin with

The ones in my house are lovely, look good and are easy to clean. So much easier than the white wooden venetians they replaced. I had them fitted when I had new double glazing installed so all things are relative price wise.

Had mine for 12 years and they look as good as the day they were installed. Expensive? Yes, I suppose so. But you'll never need to think about curtains or blinds ever again and they're much more hygienic because you just wipe them over with a slight damp cloth.