Motorisation is the premium layer across every product on this site — and in a complex where several blinds often face the same shared wall or walkway, it's often the only genuinely tidy option. A tubular motor sits inside the roll itself; you control it from a handset, an app, a schedule, or a sensor.
Power options
- Rechargeable battery motors — no wiring, retrofit-friendly, and the default for most existing Lonehill units. Charge every few months via a USB-style charger.
- Wired 220V motors — for a renovation or new build, permanent and best for big or heavy systems and exterior products. Needs an electrician and some planning.
Control, sold by lifestyle
A single multi-channel remote for every blind in the unit. App control from the couch, or from the office wondering if you left the west-facing blinds up. Schedules — bedroom blinds open at sunrise, west blinds drop at 15:00 in summer. Sun sensors that shade a hot elevation automatically, and wind sensors that retract an exterior awning or zip screen before a highveld storm gets to it.
Why it suits complex living specifically
No dangling chains means the most child-safe operation there is, and no cord ever hangs where a neighbour or the body corporate would see it. Motors are quiet, not silent, and carry multi-year guarantees on quality lines — and if you're motorising more than one unit, one app manages all of them.
Before you book anything: how the sun crosses this part of Johannesburg through the year — and what we’d fit on each elevation, with the honest catch on every answer — is written up free in The Lonehill Complex Light Handbook. No sign-up, and every figure in it is sourced.
Motorisation earns its keep wherever a chain isn't practical — full-house new builds in Fourways and Helderfontein Estate, and the large, heavy, fairway-facing glass common in Dainfern and the newer clusters of Broadacres & Cedar Lakes.
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