If you are moving into Upper Joshua Creek this month, start with bedrooms and windows facing the street, then work through the rooms you use most. Order free material samples before choosing, and measure once the trim and paint are finished. We make shades to your measurements in Richmond Hill and dispatch within three working days of a confirmed order. Allow transit time after dispatch.
What is Upper Joshua Creek, and are people moving in?
Upper Joshua Creek is a Mattamy Homes community of detached and attached homes with three and four bedrooms in Oakville. People are moving in now.
Can I see the materials before choosing blinds?
You can order free material samples from our website before buying. A colour on a screen is a poor guide to how fabric will look beside your walls and trim. Take the samples into the room where you plan to use them. Keep the material number with each sample so you can order the one you chose.
We make zebra shades, roller blinds and Shangri-La shades. A roller blind is one panel of fabric with no bands. Shangri-La shades come in materials 33 and 35, with soft fabric vanes held between two sheer layers. The chain tilts the vanes open or closed, then rolls the shade up. You can price Shangri-La shades by size and order them online.
Which blinds should I choose for windows facing the street?
Start with street-facing windows and bedrooms if you need to cover a new house in stages. There is no minimum order, so one shade is fine. Give attention first to the rooms where you need privacy when you move in. Measure the other windows at the same time so you have their sizes when you are ready.
Zebra shades have alternating sheer and solid bands on one roller. Line the solid bands up for privacy, or offset them for filtered daylight. For room-darkening zebra shades, the material choices are 1, 2, 5, 9, 13 and 30. Material 35 is the room-darkening option for Shangri-La shades.
Should I put one wide shade or two over a patio door?
Think about how you will walk through the door. One wide shade needs to be raised to clear the opening it covers. With two shades, you can raise the part over your route through the door while leaving the other part down. Decide where that split should sit before measuring.
We make shades from 9 to 109 inches wide and up to 130 inches high. Widths of 94 inches and over travel by courier in their own carton, with a charge of $85 once per order. Any shade can be motorized for $115.00 more. A motorized shade has no chain. One remote costs $50.00 and runs up to 15 shades.
When should I measure windows in a new house?
Wait until the trim and paint are finished. A measurement taken off the builder’s drawing is not a measurement. Decide on the mount before measuring. An inside mount sits within the opening and needs at least 2 inches of flat depth for the cassette. If you have less, choose an outside mount. An outside mount attaches to the wall above the opening and overlaps it. Add at least 2 inches each side and 2 to 3 inches above.
Measure width first, then height, to the nearest 1/8 of an inch. For an inside mount, measure the opening at the top, middle and bottom, then use the narrowest width. Measure from the top of the opening to the sill at the left, middle and right, then use the longest height. Give us the exact opening without subtracting anything. We make the deduction ourselves. Measure every window with the same tape, even when the openings look alike.
What will blinds cost for a new house?
These chain-operated zebra shade prices use common window sizes. A bedroom-window example at 36 by 48 inches is $199.80. A kitchen-window example at 48 by 48 inches is $249.40. A living-room-window example at 48 by 60 inches is $299.00. A wide-front-window example at 72 by 60 inches is $423.00. All four together come to $1,171.20 before tax, with shipping in Canada included. Every shade is priced from the measurements of the window it is for.
For comparison, a roller blind at 36 by 48 inches is $139.20. A motorized zebra shade at 72 by 60 inches is $538.00, with the remote extra. These prices are before tax; GST or HST is charged by delivery province. The website accepts Interac e-Transfer. Custom shades are final sale once the order is confirmed. That does not apply to a shade that arrives faulty, damaged or different from what was ordered.
Will you come to Upper Joshua Creek to install the blinds?
We install within 75 km of Elgin Mills and Yonge in Richmond Hill. Upper Joshua Creek is roughly 50 km from our workshop in a straight line, so we can come and hang your shades. Installation is $100 per window, with a minimum of three windows for a visit.
We dispatch made-to-order shades within three working days of a confirmed order, with transit time on top. Chain-operated shades have a shrouded continuous-loop chain anchored to the wall with a tension device. You choose the chain side, and our workshop sets its drop. When our own team installs a shade, its mechanical parts have lifetime warranty coverage: the roller, chain, brackets and motor. The fabric is not covered.
What to do next
Order free material samples on our website while you wait for the trim and paint to be finished. Once you have measured, price a window on the site using its width, height and chosen material.
Made to measure in Richmond Hill and shipped free anywhere in Canada. Or ring us on (289) 210-3254.
Where the facts come from. What this page says about Upper Joshua Creek comes from mattamyhomes.com, which we read on 6 October 2026. ShadeForge makes and fits window shades. We are an independent business with no connection with Mattamy Homes or with Upper Joshua Creek, and the photographs on this page are of other homes we have fitted.