How much are roller blinds (on average)?

Roller blinds are comparatively inexpensive; you can get smaller roller blinds from £5-£7, and while larger blinds will obviously cost exponentially more, roller blinds are still the most economical type of blinds to buy.

If you’re trying to establish a ballpark price for roller blinds, either to try to establish a budget for new blinds for your home or because you want to know how much roller blinds cost compared to other types of blinds (and in various different types of fabrics), this is the blog post for you.

How much are roller blinds on average compared to other types of blinds?

Starting with a comparative then, how much are roller blinds on average compared to other types of blinds? Less. While there are a few exceptions (particularly for larger windows) and a level of crossover in pricing between roller blinds and the next least costly type of blinds on the list, overall, roller blinds are almost always the least costly type of blinds to buy.

A basic guide to the hierarchy of window blind prices from lowest to highest is:

1. Roller blinds in standard fabrics are the cheapest type of blinds to buy on average.
2. Blackout and/or waterproof roller blinds come next.
3. Venetian blinds are the next step up, but these might come in around the same sort of price as some roller blinds made in special fabrics and finishes.
4. Vertical blinds come next; again, there’s not a firm dividing line between the price of verticals, Venetians, and roller blinds; there may be some crossover. For very large windows, vertical blinds might actually be the cheapest option overall, but this is about the only major exception to the general rule that the cheapest type of blinds to buy are roller blinds.
5. Faux-wood blinds step up the price scale somewhat, and you’re unlikely to find any crossover between the price of these and the prior three options.
6. Wooden blinds are the next most costly type of blinds again.
7. Day and night blinds are also fairly pricey, and there may be a degree of crossover in the cost of day and night blinds and wooden blinds.
8. Roman blinds are almost always the most expensive type of blinds to buy overall, as they’re made of premium (expensive!) fabrics, and require a lot of time and craftsmanship to create.

How much are roller blinds on average for made-to-measure blinds?

The average price of roller blinds that are made to measure depends on who you get them from and the size of the window they’re being made for. For good quality made to measure roller blinds in standard fabrics, here is a rough average of the costs before any special offers or discounts are applied; these will often bring the price down further.

• Small roller blinds cost around £10 on average for a made-to measure blind for a 40cm by 60cm window.
• Medium or average-sized roller blinds cost around £35 on average for a made-to-measure blind for a 120cm by 120cm window.
• Really big roller blinds, depending on the type of fabric you choose, can cost up to £290 for a made-to-measure blind to fit a hugenormous 280cm by 300cm window, and if you think that sounds like a big jump in price, please try to visualise how large a blind that would actually be, and the challenges of making and shipping it!

How much are roller blinds on average for readymade blinds?

Readymade roller blinds are invariably less costly in the first instance/in terms of initial outlay than a made to measure roller blind of the same size. However, they work out way more expensive in the long term, and the average/intended lifespan of readymade roller blinds is usually around two years in daily use, while for made-to-measure roller blinds, they’re designed to last for a decade or more.

This means that unless you’re planning to redecorate or replace your blinds every couple of years anyway (or are just putting the bare minimum extra investment into your property with a view to selling it, for instance) made-to-measure roller blinds are cheaper over the long term than readymade roller blinds.

To answer the exact question of “how much are roller blinds on average for readymade blinds” though, here are the prices for small, medium, and large roller blinds in standard fabrics.

Also, please note that you can’t actually get readymade roller blinds in really small sizes like you can with made to measure, and also that the largest readymade roller blind you can buy is significantly smaller than ours… Anyway.

• The smallest readymade roller blind costs around £5 one average for a 61cm by 61cm window.
• Medium or average-sized readymade roller blinds cost from around £18 for a 120cm by 120cm window.
• The largest readymade roller blind I could find was priced from £69 for the cheapest option, but that was only for an 180cm by 200cm window.

How do different fabric choices affect the average price of roller blinds?

There are a range of different types of fabrics available for roller blinds, and some of these are more costly than others. As a broad guide, from the least costly to the most costly option, the order is:

1. Regular plain polyester dim out roller blind fabric.
2. Plain polyester blackout roller blind fabric.
3. Waterproof PVC or vinyl roller blind fabric.
4. Patterned polyester dim out roller blind fabric.
5. Patterned blackout roller blind fabric.

That’s about it when it comes to what you need to know about the average price of roller blinds comparatively based on their size and fabric and so on. If you want to find out the exact price of a roller blind for a window and you’ve got the measurements for it, you can just input the size into any of our roller blind product pages to find out, and you can also order it immediately if you want to!