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If you're in this area of Fishers, expect a conversation about orientation before product. Which way the room faces changes the answer more than the size of the window does.

  • Services: faux wood blinds, wood blinds, vertical blinds, aluminum mini blinds
  • Service area: Springs of Cambridge, Fishers, IN and surrounding areas
  • Realistic sequence: appointment for the measure, a written specification, then fabrication of two to five weeks, then install. None of it needs rushing, and pushing the factory is where mistakes on custom sizes come from.
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About Springs of Cambridge

Local Window Treatment Experience in Springs of Cambridge

The lake elevation is what makes this a different job from anything inland. Waterfront lots here put the main living space and the primary bedroom on the water side, glass as large as the structure will carry, with a deck or a screen porch outside it. There's no tree line to break the light off open water and no neighboring structure behind the house, so the elevation takes direct sun plus a reflected component coming back up off the reservoir surface. That reflected load is a condition no inland Fishers subdivision has, and it changes the fabric decision rather than just intensifying it.</p><p style="font-size:16px;color:#4a5a6a;line-height:1.75;margin:16px 0 0">The second thing that shapes a Springs of Cambridge job is the span of construction. Thirty distinct years, 1994 through 2025, means 1990s drywall return openings, 2000s wood cased ones and 2020s square set modern ones all under one plat name and one association. Nothing carries across the community. We establish the decade of the individual house before we make any assumption about mounting depth, and on this plat that isn't a formality, because the two extremes are genuinely thirty years apart in construction practice.

We have served Springs of Cambridge homeowners through the full range of window treatment needs, from inspections and repairs to full replacements. Whatever the system, our Fishers crew approaches every project with clear communication and respect for your property.

The Housing Here

Thirty years of lake houses

The assessed range runs $279,100 to $5,558,800 gross assessed value with the middle of the distinct value distribution near $929,000. Deeded lots are densest between 0.30 and 0.80 acres, with a small number of larger waterfront parcels running up to 9.55 acres. The architectural range moves with the decades: 1990s and 2000s two story traditional at estate scale, then Nantucket influenced lake elevations, then 2010s and 2020s custom transitional and modern. What runs through all of it's scale, because the smallest recorded house in the community is 3,409 sq ft.

The floor area distribution is densest between about 4,500 and 7,500 sq ft, which puts a typical Springs of Cambridge house well above the Fishers median. Across the city, 52.8% of single family parcels record 3,000 sq ft or more. Here that share is effectively everything. Expect roughly 40 to 70 openings on the 4,500 to 7,500 sq ft core of the stock, weighted heavily to the lake elevation, which means a whole house job is a substantial order and phasing it by elevation rather than by room is often the sensible approach.

Built
30 distinct construction years, 1994 through 2025 with almost no gaps, and still recording new construction
Homes
446 parcels with recorded residential floor area under the Springs of Cambridge plat names
Typical size
3,409 to 18,437 sq ft, densest between about 4,500 and 7,500; there is no small house here
Styles
1990s and 2000s two story traditional at estate scale, Nantucket influenced lake elevations, 2010s and 2020s custom transitional and modern
What It Means For Your Windows

Measuring on the water

On a waterfront lot, assume a two story glass wall facing the reservoir until proven otherwise. Beyond that, the lake elevations carry oversized fixed transoms over sliding and stacking doors, screened porch and three season room glass, bow projections in lakeside breakfast rooms, and arched and palladian heads on the 1990s and 2000s houses. The 90% two story share means the tall glass isn't confined to one room, and reach is a planning question at the quote stage rather than something to work out on installation day.

Squareness runs from new to thirty one years, so a three point measure and a diagonal apply everywhere, and the 1994 to 2000 houses have settled meaningfully. Casing conditions vary just as widely. The 1990s houses carry drywall returns where usable inside mount depth is whatever the drywall crew left. The 2000s houses are generally wood cased with more depth. The 2020s houses are square set with clean modern detailing and often no jamb worth mounting into. We verify per house and per opening rather than per street.

Reflected glare off open water

The reservoir throws light back up at the glass on top of the direct sun, and there's no tree line or neighboring structure on the water side to break either. That combination usually pushes lake facing rooms to a lower openness factor than the same room would need three miles inland, commonly 1 or 3 percent, and it makes a dark fabric worth considering for the crisper view it gives.

Three eras under one name

1990s drywall returns, 2000s wood casing and 2020s square set openings all sit within this plat. Inside mount depth can't be inferred from the community, from the street or even reliably from the house next door. We establish the construction year first and then measure depth at the stop against the specific product line being quoted.

Transoms over the door walls

Oversized fixed transoms sit above sliding and stacking door walls throughout the lake elevations. Treating the door and leaving the transom bare is a legitimate choice where the transom is contributing little, and a bad one where it's the source of the four o'clock glare. We look at what that transom is actually doing before deciding, because on a west arm of the reservoir it usually matters.

Porches and three season rooms

Screened porches and three season rooms are common on these lots and they aren't conditioned in the way the house is. That rules hardwood out of them for shutters and blinds, because four muggy months from late May through September followed by a heated winter will move it. Composite and exterior rated product go in those spaces instead.

What We Specify Here

What works on a Springs of Cambridge lake elevation

The specification here's driven by one condition that no other Fishers neighborhood shares: direct sun plus reflected glare off open water, on a two story wall, with the primary living space behind it. Everything else follows. Solar fabric at low openness handles the glare while keeping the view that's the entire reason the house faces that way. Motorization handles the height. And where the room needs to go dark, which on a lakeside primary bedroom it usually does, a shade alone won't do it and the answer is a second layer. The inland facing elevations of the same house are a much more ordinary job.

Solar Shades

A 1 or 3 percent openness fabric on the lake elevation cuts the direct and reflected components while keeping the water legible. A darker fabric gives a noticeably crisper view out at the same openness, which matters when the view is why the house exists. We hold openness cards against your own water at the hour the room becomes unusable.

Motorized Shades

Two story lakeside window walls put a real share of these openings out of reach, and a manual control on a shade at that height gets used once. Motors let a whole wall come down for the bad four hours and go back up afterwards, and a sun sensor or astronomical timer removes the decision entirely on a west facing arm of the reservoir.

Exterior Solar Shades

On a screened porch or over a lakeside deck, stopping the sun outside the glass is the only way to stop the heat before it arrives. Outdoor UV mesh with side channels or cable guides handles the wind a shoreline lot catches, and a wind sensor matters more here than inland because there's more of it off open water.

Blackout Shades

A lakeside primary bedroom faces the same open water and the same early light, and an inside mounted blackout fabric won't deliver a dark room. Side channels, an outside mount with real overlap or a light blocking pocket at the head is what actually works, and we quote it that way rather than hoping the fabric is enough.

Getting Around

Springs of Cambridge and the shoreline

The community sits on the Geist Reservoir shoreline on the east side of Fishers, off Olio Road, and its street names reflect it: Cambridge Cove, Geist Cove, Geist View, Shoreline, Coastline, Mariner, Barnegat and Rocky Pointe. That nautical naming is a genuine local marker and separates it in a search from the London names of Avalon or the wine names of Britton Falls. Geist Waterfront Park, a 70-acre city facility, opened in 2023 nearby. Geist Elementary is the nearest Hamilton Southeastern elementary school, with the attendance boundary not separately verified for this plat.

Streets we work on
Cambridge CoveGeist CoveGeist ViewShorelineCoastlineMarinerBarnegatRocky Pointe
Around the neighborhood
Geist ReservoirOlio Road corridorGeist Waterfront Park, opened 2023Geist Elementary
Hamilton Southeastern Schools
Geist Elementary is the closest Hamilton Southeastern elementary school to this plat, though its attendance boundary was not separately verifiedWhich Hamilton Southeastern junior high serves this plat was not separately verifiedThe district runs two high schools, Fishers High School and Hamilton Southeastern High School, and the line between their attendance areas was not verified here
Association Rules

The Springs of Cambridge association

There's a Springs of Cambridge association, which publishes at cambridgeongeist.com. Whether it operates architectural review was not verified and we won't describe a process we haven't read. What we can state plainly is that no recorded covenant or published architectural guideline requiring a particular color or finish on street facing window coverings was located for this plat or for any named Fishers subdivision. Several Geist area associations do carry dock and shoreline provisions, which is a different matter from interior window treatments. Bring your governing documents to the measure and we'll specify to what they actually say.

Services

Window Treatment Services in Springs of Cambridge

Every service Fishers Window Treatments offers across Fishers is available to Springs of Cambridge homeowners.

Faux Wood Blinds in Springs of Cambridge

The right blind for every wet room in the house

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Wood Blinds in Springs of Cambridge

Basswood matched to your trim, in rooms that stay dry

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Vertical Blinds in Springs of Cambridge

Wide openings covered without a sag in the middle

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Aluminum Mini Blinds in Springs of Cambridge

The cheap opening, done properly rather than cut down

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Roller Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Fabric on a tube, with the roll direction decided properly

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Solar Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Glare cut, view kept, openness chosen at your window

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Cellular Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Trapped air that earns its keep in both Indiana seasons

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Zebra Shades in Springs of Cambridge

View in the morning, cover after dark, one shade

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Roman Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Folded fabric, with the stack height sized before ordering

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Woven Wood Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Natural texture, with the liner question settled first

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Blackout Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Actually dark, which means covering the edges too

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Plantation Shutters in Springs of Cambridge

An architectural finish, specified room by room

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Cafe Shutters in Springs of Cambridge

Privacy at sitting height, daylight above it

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Motorized Shades in Springs of Cambridge

For the glass nobody can reach, batteries disclosed

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Custom Drapery in Springs of Cambridge

Fabric that softens a room and closes a bedroom down

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Valances & Top Treatments in Springs of Cambridge

Hardware hidden, and the window finally finished

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Exterior Solar Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Stopping the sun outside the glass, where it counts

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Retractable Awnings in Springs of Cambridge

Shade on the patio, rolled away when you want sun

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Commercial Window Treatments in Springs of Cambridge

Spec, submittal and schedule, not a showroom conversation

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Skylight Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Overhead glass handled once, because nobody's climbing back up

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Sliding Glass Door Blinds in Springs of Cambridge

Stack parked off the panel you actually walk through

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Panel Track Blinds in Springs of Cambridge

Wide glass in sliding panels, with the stack measured first

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Sheer Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Soft light with vanes that close, though never to dark

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Pleated Shades in Springs of Cambridge

The look of a cellular without the cells, priced accordingly

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Bamboo Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Natural weave, with the liner decision settled up front

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Dual Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Two fabric bands, one tube, hung dead level

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Top-Down Bottom-Up Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Cover the sidewalk sightline, keep the ceiling light

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Cordless Blinds in Springs of Cambridge

No hanging loop, and springs that age honestly

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Hardwood Shutters in Springs of Cambridge

Real wood where the room stays conditioned, not everywhere

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Composite Shutters in Springs of Cambridge

The shutter for wet rooms, with weight planned for

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Smart Home Shade Integration in Springs of Cambridge

Protocols picked for range, and hubs that outlive the install

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Blind Repair & Restring in Springs of Cambridge

Repair when the part exists, and we say when it doesn't

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Shutter Repair in Springs of Cambridge

Panels rehung and tension reset, once we confirm the match

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Motorization Retrofit in Springs of Cambridge

Motors into existing headrails, when the headrail takes one

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Outdoor Patio Shades in Springs of Cambridge

Outdoor rooms shaded, anchored into structure, with a wind plan

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Office Window Treatments in Springs of Cambridge

Floor plates specified once, with reach ranges settled first

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Healthcare Window Treatments in Springs of Cambridge

Cleanable, cordless, and documented in the submittal

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Multifamily Window Treatments in Springs of Cambridge

One spec per floor plan, with dye lots planned around

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Service Area

Who We Serve Near Fishers

Springs of Cambridge is one of several Fishers communities we serve. We measure and install across Fishers, Hamilton County, and surrounding areas.

Common Questions

Springs of Cambridge Window Treatment FAQ

Questions we hear most often from Springs of Cambridge homeowners.

Because you're getting two loads instead of one. Geist Reservoir was created in 1943 and the Fishers shoreline is open water with no tree line and no neighboring structure on the water side of the house. So a lake elevation takes the direct sun and then a reflected component bouncing back up off the surface. An inland Fishers lot gets the direct component only, and even in a subdivision with young canopy there's usually a house or a fence line breaking part of it. In practice that means Springs of Cambridge rooms commonly land on 1 or 3 percent openness where an Avalon room is happy at 5.
It depends entirely on what they're doing. Oversized fixed transoms sit above the sliding and stacking door walls throughout this community, and on some elevations they contribute very little and are best left bare so the architecture reads. On a west facing arm of the reservoir they're frequently the source of the four o'clock problem, because the sun is low and coming in above the door head. We look at the transom at the hour the room is unusable rather than at the hour we happen to be there, and decide then.
No, and this plat is the clearest example in Fishers of why not. Springs of Cambridge carries 30 distinct construction years from 1994 through 2025 and is still building, so a 1995 house with drywall returned openings, a 2004 house with wood casing and a 2023 house with square set modern detailing can be neighbors. Usable inside mount depth is completely different in each, and it isn't visible from the curb. We establish the construction year, then measure flat depth at the stop opening by opening against the product line being quoted.
On a waterfront lot, assume yes until we prove otherwise. 402 of the 446 parcels here are recorded at two stories, 90% of the community, and the whole logic of these houses is to put the main living space and the primary bedroom on the lake elevation with as much glass as the structure carries. That means reach is part of the quote rather than something discovered on installation day. It also means motorization is a specification decision on those openings, since a manual control on a shade at the second floor line gets operated once and then never again.
They need different materials from the rest of the house, and it's worth catching before you order. Those spaces aren't conditioned the way the house is, so they run the full four month muggy season from late May to late September and then a dry heated winter without climate control smoothing it. Hardwood shutter louvers and wood blind slats cup and twist through that cycle. Composite and poly go in those rooms, and where the point is stopping heat on a lakeside porch, exterior UV-rated mesh does more than anything hung inside.
Roughly 40 to 70 for the 4,500 to 7,500 sq ft core of this stock, weighted heavily to the lake elevation, which is inferred from the counted floor area distribution rather than surveyed. That's a large order by any measure, and it's why we often suggest phasing by elevation rather than by room here. Doing the lake elevation first solves the actual problem, and the inland facing rooms can follow. The one caution is dye lots: anything that will be seen at the same time should be ordered in one batch regardless of the phasing plan.
Not on an inside mount, and this room is where people find that out the hard way. A primary bedroom facing open water gets early light with nothing between it and the sunrise, and an inside mounted blackout fabric always leaves a gap down each side, because the shade has to be narrower than the opening to run freely. Lutron publishes three quarters of an inch per side on comparable roller systems. A genuinely dark room on this elevation means side channels, an outside mount with real overlap, or a blackout lined drapery panel mounted above and outside the opening.
It changed the character of a shoreline that used to be entirely private. Geist Waterfront Park is a 70-acre city facility that opened in spring 2023 with beach access and boat launches, which put public activity onto water that previously had none. For window treatments that mostly shows up as a privacy question on lake elevations with sight lines toward the park, where households who never thought about being overlooked from the water now do. A solar shade is a daytime privacy layer at best, so evening privacy needs a second layer.
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