Electric blinds deliver effortless control and sleek, modern style—all at the touch of a button.
Looking for electric blinds in Rainham or East London that are measured properly and built to last?
Home Decisions supplies and installs made-to-measure motorised blinds across Rainham, Romford, Hornchurch, Dagenham, Barking, Upminster, Ilford, and the wider East London area.
Every blind is manufactured to the exact size of your window and operated by remote control, wall switch, smartphone app, or voice commands through Alexa and Google Home.
Motorised blinds are ideal for large bi-fold doors, high stairwell windows, loft conversions, and roof lanterns where manual operation is inconvenient or impractical. They also eliminate dangling cords, making them a safer choice for homes with children and helping meet BS EN 13120:2009 child safety standards. If you have several blinds in one room, a single remote can control them all at the touch of a button.
All of our electric blinds are manufactured locally and installed by our own experienced team—never subcontractors. We start every project with a free home visit, where we measure your windows, discuss battery or hardwired options, explain smart home compatibility, and bring fabric samples so you can choose the perfect finish in your own home.
An electric blind is any window blind where the raise-and-lower movement is controlled by a motor rather than by pulling a chain or cord. The motor sits inside the roller tube, headrail, or track mechanism depending on the blind type, and it connects to a power source: either a rechargeable battery pack built into the tube, or a hard-wired mains connection routed through the wall.
The motor has two limit positions programmed into it during installation: a “fully raised” stop point and a “fully lowered” stop point. When you press the button on the remote, the motor runs until it reaches one of those limits and then cuts out. This is why electric blinds stop cleanly rather than continuing past the frame, and it is the first thing that gets set up during the fitting visit before we hand over the remote to you.
What the motor cannot do on its own is connect to your phone, respond to voice commands, or operate on a schedule. Those functions require a separate smart hub, discussed in the electric vs smart section below. The motor just raises and lowers the blind in response to a signal from a remote or wall switch.
Every type of blind we supply at Home Decisions is available with a motor. The six most commonly requested electric blind types each have a dedicated page with full product detail.
Electric roller blinds are the most frequently requested type across East London. The motor sits inside the roller tube, making the motorised version visually identical to a standard chain roller blind. They suit any window where roller blinds already work well and any large window, patio door, or bi-fold opening where manual chain operation becomes difficult. Available in blackout, light filtering, solar, thermal, and moisture-resistant fabrics. Used across Rainham Riverside apartments, Barking Riverside floor-to-ceiling glazing, and family homes across RM and IG postcodes.
Day and night blinds use alternating sheer and opaque fabric bands on a single tube. Raising or lowering the blind shifts the bands to give daylight with privacy or solid coverage depending on position. Electric operation makes this adjustment something that happens with a button press rather than a chain pull, which is particularly valued in front rooms where the blind position changes multiple times a day. These are one of the most popular electric options for street-facing rooms in Rainham, Romford, and Hornchurch.
Electric pleated blinds use a concertina-folded fabric that stacks neatly at the top of the window when raised. They suit conservatories, angled windows, and smaller spaces where a roller mechanism would be too bulky. The motor drive runs through side channels rather than a tube, keeping the profile minimal. For conservatory roofs and skylight sections, motorisation removes the need to operate an overhead blind manually, which is the main practical reason customers choose electric in this specific situation.
Lantern blinds cover roof lanterns and structural glazing units above kitchen extensions and open plan living areas. These are almost always motorised because the glass is overhead and inaccessible by hand. The blind fabric is tensioned across the lantern frame sections and the motor drive retracts it for full light, holds it at any intermediate position, or closes it fully for shade or privacy from above. A growing product category across East London as rear extensions with glazed roof lanterns have become standard in terraced housing stock across RM postcodes.
Cassette electric blinds enclose the roller tube and motor inside a neat housing above the window. When the blind is fully raised, the fabric and all hardware disappear inside the cassette. This matters in rooms where the window head is visible and an exposed tube looks unfinished, such as the full-height glazing common in Rainham Riverside and Stratford apartments. Available in 55mm and 85mm cassette depths to suit different reveal depths.
Electric curtains run on a motorised track rather than being drawn by hand along a pole. The motor drives a wheeled carriage system that opens and closes the curtain smoothly without manual contact. This suits wide bay-fronted living rooms where drawing heavy curtains across a long track requires effort, and it suits anyone for whom reaching and pulling a curtain across a wide window is physically difficult. Made-to-measure track lengths to match any bay width or straight run.
This is the question we get asked at almost every electric blinds consultation, and it matters because choosing the wrong option creates ongoing inconvenience.
Battery motors use a rechargeable lithium cell built into the roller tube. The charging port is a USB-C socket on the motor end cap, accessible without removing the blind from its brackets. You plug in the charging cable, charge for a few hours, and the battery is ready for another cycle.
Battery motors suit retrofit jobs: installing electric blinds into an existing home where there is no mains cable routed behind the wall near the window. No rewiring is needed. No electrician is required for the motor installation itself, though we recommend consulting a qualified electrician if you want a wall switch wired in rather than relying on the remote alone.
Manufacturers often quote six months per charge for battery-powered motors. In practice, the realistic figure for most East London homes is three to five months, because the six-month estimate assumes a lighter, narrower blind operated four to six times a day. A wide blackout blind on a large bedroom window operated ten to fifteen times daily draws more from the battery with each cycle. Width matters too: a 2.5 metre wide kitchen extension blind uses noticeably more power per cycle than a 900mm bathroom blind, because the motor works harder against a longer, heavier fabric.
Battery motors are the right choice for: retrofit jobs in Becontree estate semis, Hornchurch 1930s terraces, and any home where cutting into walls to run a mains cable is not practical or wanted.
Hardwired motors run from a 240V mains connection via a transformer that steps the current down to 12V or 24V for the motor. The connection is permanent and requires a qualified electrician to route and connect. Once wired, the blind needs no charging and has no battery to monitor or replace.
Hardwired motors suit new-build installations where the developer has already roughed in conduit to the window head, which is now standard practice in Rainham Riverside, Barking Riverside, and Stratford new-build developments. They also suit major renovation projects where walls are already open and a cable can be run without significant disruption.
For an existing home without pre-routed conduit, going hardwired typically means a day of electrician work plus plastering, making it a much higher total cost than battery. We assess which is practical during the home visit and advise accordingly.
Hardwired motors are the right choice for: new-build flats and houses in RM and IG postcodes built after 2018, extensions and renovations with walls currently open, and large commercial or office installations where battery management across many blinds is not practical.
All electric blinds we fit come with a handheld remote as standard. The remote communicates with the motor via radio frequency and does not require line of sight to the blind, so you can operate blinds from across a room or from a different room as long as you are within range.
Handheld remote: A single-channel remote operates one blind. A multi-channel remote (typically five or sixteen channel) can be programmed to control individual blinds on separate channels, or to group multiple blinds together on a single channel so they move simultaneously. One sixteen-channel remote can cover every blind in a house. We programme the remote groupings during the fitting visit so they are ready to use when we leave.
Wall switch: A wall-mounted rocker switch wired back to a control unit gives fixed-point operation without needing to locate a handheld remote. This suits kitchens and offices where a remote is impractical. Requires a qualified electrician for the wiring.
Smartphone app: Battery-powered Somfy motors connect to the Somfy TaHoma hub (a separate purchase, covered in the next section) to enable app control via a smartphone. The app allows scheduling, grouping, and remote operation when away from home.
Voice control: Voice commands via Alexa or Google Home require the blind to be connected to a compatible smart hub such as Somfy TaHoma or an equivalent bridge. Without the hub, voice control is not possible regardless of which motor is fitted. This is the detail most customers do not realise until after purchase elsewhere.
The distinction matters because “Alexa compatible” and “smart home ready” are used loosely in the market in ways that create confusion at purchase.
An electric blind has a motor, a remote, and operates when you press a button. That is the complete system. It does not connect to the internet, it does not respond to voice commands, and it cannot run on a schedule without additional hardware.
A smart blind is an electric blind with a hub connecting the motor to your home Wi-Fi network. That hub (Somfy TaHoma, Rollease Acmeda Connect, or a similar bridge device depending on the motor brand) is typically sold separately for between £100 and £200. Once the hub is connected and the blinds are registered to the app, you can schedule opening and closing times, operate blinds remotely from your phone when away from home, integrate with Alexa or Google Home for voice control, and link blind movement to other smart home devices such as thermostats or lighting systems.
Whether smart control is worth the additional hub cost depends on how the blinds will be used. Scheduling is the feature most East London homeowners find genuinely useful: setting bedroom blinds to open at a specific time in the morning, or setting living room blinds to close at sunset. Remote control when away from home is the second most cited reason, particularly for households managing security appearances while on holiday.
We fit both electric-only and smart-enabled systems. If you want smart capability, we confirm compatible motor and hub combinations during the home visit so the system works together rather than buying a hub later and finding it does not match the motor already fitted.
The motor does not restrict fabric choice. Any fabric available in the manual range is available with a motor, and the room requirements for fabric selection are the same as for manual blinds.
Blackout fabric is the most frequently specified electric roller blind fabric for bedrooms across RM and IG postcodes, and the combination of blackout and motor is particularly common in loft bedrooms where the window is in a dormer or roof slope position, making it awkward to reach by hand. Electric operation from the bed removes the need to get up to close the blind before sleeping or to raise it first thing in the morning.
Shift workers in Dagenham and Rainham who need reliable daytime darkness benefit most. The blind can be set to close fully before they go to sleep and raised by remote when they wake, without any manual contact.
Kitchen extensions, rear living rooms, and open-plan kitchen-diners in East London housing stock typically have south-facing glazing that changes through the day. A south-facing rear extension gets morning sun on the east-facing windows and afternoon sun on the south-facing ones, requiring different blind positions at different times. Electric operation makes frequent adjustment practical in a way that pulling separate chains on multiple blinds in a working kitchen does not.
Solar fabrics (open-weave meshes rated by openness factor) are the most common choice for this room type because they cut heat gain and glare while preserving the view through the window to a garden or courtyard.
Motorised blinds in bathrooms are fitted less often than in living rooms or kitchens, but are regularly requested for windows that are high on the wall or awkward to reach over a bath. PVC-coated moisture-resistant fabrics are always specified for bathroom applications regardless of the control type.
Electric blinds cost more than manual blinds. The premium depends on motor type and blind size, but as a guide, expect to add between £80 and £150 per blind for a battery motor and between £150 and £250 per blind for a hardwired motor, excluding any electrician costs for hardwired installations. That premium is straightforward to justify on some windows and harder to justify on others.
Windows where electric operation is worth the cost:
Wide openings above roughly 2 metres where a single blind becomes heavy and awkward to operate by chain. Bi-fold door spans across the back of extended terraces in Dagenham and Hornchurch are the clearest example: a single chain-operated blind spanning 3 to 4 metres of glass is genuinely difficult to use comfortably.
High windows in loft conversions and stairwells. If reaching the chain requires a step, or if the window is above head height, motor operation removes a daily inconvenience entirely.
Roof lanterns and overhead glazing. There is no practical manual option for these once they are above a certain height.
Rooms with multiple blinds on the same wall. Three or four blinds fitted across a wide kitchen extension rear wall can all be grouped on one remote channel and moved simultaneously with a single button press.
Homes with young children where removing all operating cords is a priority.
Windows where manual often makes more sense:
Bedrooms with one standard-sized window and easy access to the chain. The cost premium for a motor is harder to justify when a chain is perfectly functional.
Rooms where the blind is moved infrequently, such as utility rooms or cloakrooms.
Any window where budget is the primary constraint. A well-fitted manual blind is considerably more effective than a cheap electric blind with a low-quality motor that develops operational issues within two years.
Every electric blind we supply is made to measure for the specific window it covers. The motor option does not change the measuring or manufacturing process: width and drop are measured exactly as with a manual blind and the fabric is cut to those dimensions. The motor and control components are built in at the manufacturing stage, not retrofitted to a standard-size blank.
Because the motor has limit positions set during installation rather than being adjustable after the fact, accurate measurement before manufacture is as critical for electric blinds as for any other type. A blind that is too narrow lets light through at the sides; a blind that is too long hits the sill before reaching its programmed lower limit and bunches rather than lying flat. We measure every window at the home visit before any blind is ordered.
Electric blinds cost more than their manual equivalents because every blind contains an additional component, the motor, that adds manufacturing cost, programming time during installation, and a higher-grade bracket system to carry the extra weight. The premium is real and worth understanding before budgeting. The figures below are supply and fit prices for East London, including measuring, manufacture, installation, motor limit programming, and remote setup. No call-out charge is added.
Window width is the single biggest variable. A motor that powers a 900mm blind draws far less on each cycle than one driving a 2.4m wide kitchen extension blind, and wider blinds require heavier-gauge tubes and stronger wall fixings. Price increases are not linear with width: a blind twice as wide does not cost twice as much, but it does cost noticeably more.
Motor type is the second biggest variable. Battery motors cost less in installation because no electrical work is required. Hardwired mains motors cost more in total because a qualified electrician must route a cable behind the wall before the blind can be fitted.
Blind type affects price because the motor mechanism differs between a roller system, a pleated side-channel drive, and a curtain track carriage motor. Roof lanterns and bi-fold door systems involve multiple motor units coordinated across one frame, which adds both product cost and programming time.
Smart hub capability is sold separately from the blind itself. Alexa and Google Home compatibility requires a hub device (Somfy TaHoma or equivalent) that connects the motor to your home Wi-Fi network. This is not included in the blind price and is budgeted as an additional item.
All prices below are per blind, including made-to-measure manufacture, battery motor, installation, limit programming and remote. Prices assume a standard rectangular window. Shaped, angled, or overhead windows are quoted individually after measuring.
| Blind Type | Small Window Up to 900mm wide |
Standard Window 900mm to 1,500mm |
Large Window 1,500mm to 2,500mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Roller Blind | £160 to £210 | £210 to £290 | £290 to £420 |
| Cassette Electric Roller Blind | £200 to £255 | £255 to £340 | £340 to #480 |
| Day and Night Electric Blind | £185 to £240 | £240 to £320 | £320 to £460 |
| Electric Pleated Blind | £195 to £260 | £260 to £350 | £350 to £500 |
| Electric Curtain Track (per track) | £320 to £420 | £380 to £520 | £480 to £680 |
Bi-fold doors, lantern blinds, and very wide patio door spans fall outside standard per-blind pricing because they involve multiple motor units, custom frame coordination, or overhead tensioning systems. The ranges below reflect UK market supply and fit costs including installation and programming.
| Application | Typical Price Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bi-fold door electric blinds (up to 3m span) | £900 to £1,800 | Single run of blinds across full bi-fold width |
| Bi-fold door electric blinds (3m to 6m span) | £1,800 to £3,500 | Multiple coordinated blinds on one remote channel |
| Patio door electric roller blind (single panel) | £380 to £600 | Wide single blind with reinforced tube |
| Roof lantern electric blinds (small, up to 2m x 1.5m) | £900 to £1,600 | Tensioned pleated system with motor drive |
| Roof lantern electric blinds (medium, up to 3m x 2m) | £1,600 to £2,800 | Multiple sections coordinated on one remote |
| Roof lantern electric blinds (large or bespoke) | £2,800 to £4,500+ | Custom frame, structural anchoring, full programming |
Most East London homes that request electric blinds need manual blinds in other rooms at the same time. We quote for the full property in a single visit.
Roller Blinds in standard chain or spring operation for bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchens where manual operation is practical and budget is the primary consideration. The same fabric range as our electric roller blinds.
Day and Night Blinds in manual chain operation for front rooms where the electric version is not requested. A common pairing: electric day and night blinds in the main living room, manual day and night blinds in the dining room.
Cassette Roller Blinds in manual operation for new-build rooms where the cassette finish is wanted without the motor cost.
Perfect Fit Blinds for uPVC windows elsewhere in the property where drilling is not wanted. Not currently available in a motorised version compatible with smart home systems.
Vertical Blinds for patio doors, French doors, and bi-fold openings where a roller blind cannot cover the full span in a single panel. Often requested alongside electric roller blinds in the same property.
Curtains for bay-fronted living rooms and bedrooms where a fabric treatment is wanted in addition to or instead of electric blinds. Available as electric curtains on a motorised track where required.
Venetian Blinds for home offices and kitchens where slat-based light control is preferred over roller fabric.
Roman Blinds for living rooms where a softer fabric fold is wanted. Available in electric versions for large windows where the weight of the fabric makes motorisation a practical benefit.
We fit electric blinds across Rainham and East London from our Marsh Way workshop in RM13. No call-out charge is added to any quote.
Rainham and South Hornchurch (RM13) are our closest area. New-build properties at Rainham Riverside and the surrounding development zones are frequently pre-wired for motorisation, making hardwired installations practical without electrician costs beyond the fitting itself.
Romford, Gidea Park, Harold Hill, Hornchurch, Elm Park, and Upminster (RM1 to RM14) bring a mix of 1930s semis with retrofit battery installs and post-2015 new builds with hardwired capacity.
Stratford and the wider East London area (E15, E20, E1 to E17) include a large proportion of post-Olympic new-build apartments with floor-to-ceiling glazing and pre-routed cabling behind window reveals, making these some of the most straightforward hardwired installations we carry out.
We fit what we recommend. If battery is the right motor for your property, we say so. If a particular window does not justify the cost premium for electric operation, we say that too.
Same team from visit to fitting. The person who measures the window and programmes the motor limit positions is part of the same team that delivers and fits the blind. Nothing is handed off to a third-party fitter.
Motor programming included. Every electric blind we fit leaves your property with the upper and lower limit positions correctly set and tested, the remote programmed, and the groups configured if you have multiple blinds on one remote.
Advice on smart hub compatibility before purchase. If Alexa or Google Home integration is wanted, we confirm which motor and hub combination works together before any order is placed. We do not fit motors and leave hub compatibility as something to figure out afterward.
Child-safe as standard. All electric blinds have no operating cords. All meet BS EN 13120:2009.
Full guarantee on every fitting. Any issue that develops after installation is dealt with by our team at no additional charge.
Electric blinds should make everyday living easier. From effortless light control to smart home convenience, the right motorised blinds can transform your space. Whether you’re upgrading a single room or fitting out a whole home, Home Decisions is here to help.
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Electric blinds have a motor operated by a remote or wall switch. Smart blinds are electric blinds connected to a smart hub (such as Somfy TaHoma, sold separately for approximately £100 to £200) that enables smartphone app control, scheduling, and voice commands through Alexa or Google Home. The motor alone cannot support voice or app control without the hub.
Battery-powered electric blinds do not require an electrician for the motor installation. A qualified electrician is needed only if you want a mains-wired wall switch fitted alongside the remote, or if you choose hardwired mains motors rather than battery. Hardwired installations require a cable routed behind the wall to the window head before the blind can be fitted.
Battery life depends on blind width, fabric weight, and daily operation frequency. A narrow bedroom blind operated six to eight times a day will run three to five months on a charge. A wide kitchen extension blind operated more frequently may need charging every two to three months. Most motors charge via USB-C in three to four hours and the port is accessible without removing the blind from its brackets.
Yes, but only when connected to a compatible smart hub. The motor alone is not Wi-Fi enabled. With a Somfy TaHoma hub (or equivalent bridge for other motor brands), the blind connects to your home network and can receive voice commands through Alexa or Google Home, be controlled via smartphone app, and operate on a programmed schedule.
Most battery-powered motors have a manual override: a pull cord or a small recessed button that allows the blind to be moved to a raised position without power. Some motors also provide a low-battery warning signal (a brief flashing LED or audible tone) before complete discharge, giving several days’ notice before the blind becomes non-operational.
Yes. A multi-channel remote (five or sixteen channel) can be programmed to control individual blinds on separate channels, or to group several blinds together so they move simultaneously with one button press. We programme all remote channels and groups during the fitting visit so the system is ready to use immediately.
Battery motor electric roller blinds start from approximately £180 to £220 per blind including supply and fitting. Cassette electric blinds start from approximately £220 to £280. Day and night electric blinds start from approximately £200 to £250. Hardwired motor options and lantern blinds are quoted individually after measuring. Smart hub devices for Alexa and Google Home integration are sold separately, typically adding £100 to £200 to the total.
