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Houses in this part of New Palestine tend to share a few traits, and those traits shape what gets specified. The questions below cover what usually applies here and where individual openings still differ.

  • Services: faux wood blinds, wood blinds, vertical blinds, aluminum mini blinds
  • Service area: Boulder Creek, New Palestine, IN and surrounding areas
  • Two different timelines apply. New custom product takes weeks because it has to be made. Repairs to what's already hanging, a cord lock, a ladder string, a chain that jumped the clutch, are usually far quicker.
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About Boulder Creek

Local Window Treatment Experience in Boulder Creek

The first thing worth saying about Boulder Creek is that it isn't one kind of house. The record lists two story production traditional and ranch in the same plat, and those two want different things at the opening. A ranch keeps its whole schedule within reach. A two story plan on Boulder Creek Drive puts a front facing unit above the entry that nobody is operating with a tilt wand. So we walk all 16 to 24 openings before anybody talks about fabric, and two houses on the same street can end up with different products for reasons we can defend on paper.</p><p style="font-size:16px;color:#4a5a6a;line-height:1.75;margin:16px 0 0">The second thing is the grid. New Palestine's west side plats sit on the Sugar Creek Township section roads, so Boulder Creek's streets run true north south and east west instead of curving the way the newer plats east of town do. That has a practical result: low east sun in the morning and low west sun in the evening land on the same side elevation of house after house, in a pattern you can read off the plat rather than discover on site. Low angle sun is the hardest kind to control, because it arrives under the header instead of down through it. That decides openness factor before it decides color.

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

The Housing Here

Boulder Creek housing: stone named streets, two story and ranch under one plat

Boulder Creek's build era is not individually sourced, and we'd rather say so than print a year. Hancock County's assessor mapping runs through Beacon and a GeoPower atlas, and neither exposes a queryable endpoint, so no per plat year built field could be pulled for this section. What the record does carry is the construction condition: drywall returns with no applied casing on post-1985 work. New Palestine holds 227 housing units from 1980 to 1999 and 483 from 2000 to 2019, and Boulder Creek sits somewhere inside that span. The eight verified streets are Boulder Creek Drive, Lane and Court, Granite Court, Farmstone Circle, Hearthstone Court, Stone Way and Rockway Drive.

Home counts, lot sizes and price bands for this section are unsourced too. The town wide figures are the honest reference point: 1,326 housing units, a median home value of $357,500 with a margin of error of plus or minus $29,981, and 80.4% owner occupancy. Boulder Creek is also one of the New Palestine addressed communities most likely to sit outside the incorporated town, in unincorporated Sugar Creek Township. The mailing address, the school catchment and the corporate limits are three different shapes here. That matters when you go looking for your covenants, and it matters not at all for how a shade gets measured.

Built
Not individually sourced. Post-1985 construction; New Palestine records 227 units from 1980-1999 and 483 from 2000-2019
Homes
Not sourced. Hancock County's assessor GIS exposes no queryable endpoint, so no per plat lot count is on the public record
Typical size
Not published at parcel level; measured on site. 16 to 24 openings per house, inferred from era
Styles
Two story production traditional and ranch, sharing one plat
What It Means For Your Windows

Measuring in Boulder Creek: squareness isn't on the record, so nothing gets assumed

Start with what the record doesn't say. Squareness is not verified for Boulder Creek, and neither are specialty shapes or great room glass. In a town whose squareness is genuinely bimodal, just over half of it factory square and 12.3% of it between 85 and 185 years old, an unverified section gets the careful treatment rather than the fast one. Every opening takes a three point measure across the width and the height, and the narrowest reading is the number that goes on the order. A single center reading is how you end up with a shade that binds against the bottom rail on one side and shows daylight on the other.

Then depth. Drywall returns with no applied casing is the condition here, which is generous for an inside mount and awkward for an outside one. A cellular headrail or a roller cassette will recess fully. But there's no casing board for a mounting bracket to bite into, so an outside mount lands on wall face and has to find framing behind it, which we locate before quoting. The arithmetic is fixed either way: the factory takes 1/16 inch per side off your finished width, and Lutron publishes a 3/4 inch per side inside mount light gap on the Roller 20/64. On a west facing Boulder Creek bedroom, that gap is exactly where the evening sun comes through.

Two mount answers in one house

The plat carries both two story production traditional and ranch plans, and that splits the order. On a ranch, the whole 16 to 24 opening schedule is within reach, so cordless lift and a wand tilt cover the house. A two story plan on Boulder Creek Drive puts a front facing unit above the entry that no wand or bead chain will reach. We split the schedule at the measure and price the tall openings on their own.

Low east and west sun on the side elevations

Because the west side plats follow the Sugar Creek Township section lines, S 400 W through S 600 W and 200 S through 400 S, Boulder Creek streets run true north south and east west. Side elevations take direct low sun morning and evening. Low angle light passes under the header, so a 5% openness solar fabric that reads fine at noon will glare at seven in the evening. We spec 3% on the west.

No casing to fasten to

Post-1985 construction here uses drywall returns without applied casing. Inside mount is the easy answer: depth is real, and a headrail or cassette recesses fully. Outside mount is the harder one. With no casing board, the mounting bracket sits on wall face and needs framing behind it, so we find and mark that before an outside mount roller or a shutter Z-frame gets quoted on Granite Court or Stone Way.

Squareness is not on the record here

The file leaves squareness unverified for Boulder Creek, which is a reason to measure rather than a reason to guess. New Palestine's stock splits two ways: just over half can be treated as factory square, and 12.3% of it is 85 to 185 years old. A post-1985 plat should read close to square. Should is not a number, so we take three points on every opening and order to the tightest.

What We Specify Here

What gets specified in Boulder Creek

Specification here follows the grid and the mixed plan set. Side elevations take repeatable low sun morning and evening, and there's very little canopy to soften it: New Palestine's newer plats went up on Sugar Creek Township cropland where there was no woodland to retain, so street trees are young and shade almost nothing. Indianapolis sits in IECC Climate Zone 5A, with a January average low of 20.9F against a July average high of 85.2F, so one product has to answer a real heating load and a real cooling load inside the same year. National custom pricing runs $250 to $2,600 per window. Fabrication takes 2 to 5 weeks.

Solar roller shades at 3 percent openness west, 5 percent east

The section grid gives Boulder Creek a west elevation that takes direct low sun every clear evening. A 3% openness fabric cuts that without going opaque, and 5% is enough on the east, where the morning event is shorter. NFRC attributes 40 to 60 percent of fading damage to UV, so this reduces fade on flooring and furniture rather than preventing it. View out survives at both densities.

Two inch faux wood blinds for the ranch plans

Ranch plans on Rockway Drive and Hearthstone Court put kitchens and baths on the same level as everything else, and Indiana's muggy season runs 25 May to 22 September. Hardwood slats move in that humidity. Composite faux wood holds its line, which is why we keep it over sinks and in baths. Wand tilt rather than a cord: ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2022 is the product standard that shapes what we'll hang around children.

Cordless light filtering cellular shades

DOE and Oak Ridge testing found cellular shades saved up to 20% of heating energy and up to 15% of total heating and cooling energy against a bare window. In Climate Zone 5A that counts twice a year. The deep drywall returns in Boulder Creek take a cellular headrail fully recessed, so the air pocket sits against the glass instead of standing off the wall where it does less.

Flat fold Roman shades in the front rooms of the two story plans

The two story plans face the street on Boulder Creek Drive and Boulder Creek Lane, and a soft treatment reads better there than a hard one. The disclosure comes first: a Roman stacks inside the opening, so raised fabric sits on the top of the glass and takes real height out of the view. We mark the stack on the wall before you order. Where the view matters more, we mount above the opening instead.

Getting Around

Boulder Creek streets, schools and what's around it

Boulder Creek sits west of New Palestine toward the Marion County line, which is the commuter half of the town. US 52 runs west from here toward Indianapolis, and the Sugar Creek Township section roads carry the local traffic. The Cedar Creek and Bridgewood plats east of the town are the school and town half; this is the other one. Students attend New Palestine Elementary School, Doe Creek Middle School and New Palestine High School in the Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County, and New Palestine High School was named a U.S. News Best High School for 2026-27. The corporation covers far more ground than the 1,326-unit town, which is why a Boulder Creek address can read New Palestine without sitting inside the corporate limits.

Streets we work on
Boulder Creek DrBoulder Creek LnBoulder Creek CtGranite CtFarmstone CirHearthstone CtStone WayRockway Dr
Around the neighborhood
the Sugar Creek Township section roadsUS 52 west toward Indianapolis
Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County
New Palestine Elementary SchoolDoe Creek Middle SchoolNew Palestine High School
Services

Window Treatment Services in Boulder Creek

Every service New Palestine Window Treatments offers across New Palestine is available to Boulder Creek homeowners.

Faux Wood Blinds in Boulder Creek

Moisture proof slats for New Palestine wet rooms and wide openings

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Wood Blinds in Boulder Creek

Stained hardwood slats matched to real casing, not drywall returns

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Vertical Blinds in Boulder Creek

Vane coverage for the door walls in New Palestine's newest plans

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Aluminum Mini Blinds in Boulder Creek

Thin headrails for shallow jambs where nothing thicker fits

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Roller Shades in Boulder Creek

Clean fabric lines for bare drywall returns, light gaps disclosed

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Solar Shades in Boulder Creek

View through weaves for unshaded rear elevations facing open cropland

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Cellular Shades in Boulder Creek

Honeycomb cells for a climate with real winter and real summer

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Zebra Shades in Boulder Creek

Banded sheers that open for the view and close for evening

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Roman Shades in Boulder Creek

Soft folds for the tall narrow openings on the 1838 plat

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Woven Wood Shades in Boulder Creek

Natural reed texture for rooms with nothing but drywall returns

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Blackout Shades in Boulder Creek

Real darkness needs channels and a pocket, not just fabric

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Plantation Shutters in Boulder Creek

Frames that hide an 1870s taper or build missing trim

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Cafe Shutters in Boulder Creek

Street privacy at standing height, daylight kept up top

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Motorized Shades in Boulder Creek

Motors for the glass you can't reach, batteries disclosed

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Custom Drapery in Boulder Creek

Pleated panels sized by yardage, rods set above the opening

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Valances & Top Treatments in Boulder Creek

A finished head line where the builder left a drywall return

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Exterior Solar Shades in Boulder Creek

Stop the heat outside the glass, before the room gets it

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Retractable Awnings in Boulder Creek

Patio shade for lots that back onto open Hancock County farmland

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Commercial Window Treatments in Boulder Creek

Storefronts on East Main and whatever the Town Center becomes

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Skylight Shades in Boulder Creek

Tensioned channels for the glass nobody can reach

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Sliding Glass Door Blinds in Boulder Creek

Stack parked off the panel you walk through

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Panel Track Blinds in Boulder Creek

Broad sliding panels, with the stack depth measured first

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Sheer Shades in Boulder Creek

Floating vanes for daylight, never a blackout product

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Pleated Shades in Boulder Creek

Shallowest headrail we sell, and no honeycomb air pocket

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Bamboo Shades in Boulder Creek

Real reed grain, plus a liner if you want dark

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Dual Shades in Boulder Creek

Two layers on one tube, hung to a level line

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Top-Down Bottom-Up Shades in Boulder Creek

Daylight up top, sidewalk privacy below, twice the hardware

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Cordless Blinds in Boulder Creek

No hanging cord, and a spring that weakens over time

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Hardwood Shutters in Boulder Creek

Real lumber where the trim is real, composite where it's damp

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Composite Shutters in Boulder Creek

Poly panels for wide new openings, T-post where needed

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Smart Home Shade Integration in Boulder Creek

Protocols, radio range, and what happens when a hub dies

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Blind Repair & Restring in Boulder Creek

Restring what's worth restringing, and say so when it isn't

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Shutter Repair in Boulder Creek

Hinges, louvers and frames, once the panel match is confirmed

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Motorization Retrofit in Boulder Creek

Motors into existing headrails, where the headrail allows it

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Outdoor Patio Shades in Boulder Creek

Drop screens anchored into structure, because wind is the enemy

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Office Window Treatments in Boulder Creek

One facade standard, with reach ranges and openness decided early

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Healthcare Window Treatments in Boulder Creek

Cordless lift, wipeable surfaces, documentation in the package

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Multifamily Window Treatments in Boulder Creek

One schedule per floor plan, one dye lot per building

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Service Area

A Local Radius Around New Palestine

Boulder Creek is one of several New Palestine communities we serve. We measure and install across New Palestine, Hancock County, and surrounding areas.

Common Questions

Boulder Creek Window Treatment FAQ

Questions we hear most often from Boulder Creek homeowners.

Not from a public record, and we won't guess at one. Hancock County serves assessor data through Beacon and a GeoPower atlas, and neither exposes a queryable endpoint, so no year built field could be pulled per plat. What the record does carry is that construction here is post-1985 with drywall returns and no applied casing. Town wide, New Palestine holds 227 units from 1980 to 1999 and 483 from 2000 to 2019. On site we read the build condition directly, which is what actually decides the mount, and we three point measure regardless of the answer.
3% on anything facing west. The west side New Palestine plats sit on the Sugar Creek Township section grid, so streets run true north south and east west and the west elevation takes direct low sun every clear evening. A 5% fabric handles overhead summer sun fine and then fails at seven o'clock, when the light comes in under the header instead of through it. On the east elevations of Granite Court or Stone Way, 5% is usually enough because the morning event is shorter. We spec them differently in the same house and put the reasoning on the quote.
Inside mount is usually the better answer here. Drywall returns without applied casing give real depth behind the return, so a cellular headrail, a roller cassette or a shutter L-frame recesses fully. The trade is light gap: Lutron publishes 3/4 inch per side on an inside mounted Roller 20/64, and the factory takes 1/16 inch per side off your finished width so the shade clears the opening. That gap is visible on a west facing Boulder Creek bedroom at sunset. Side channels or an outside mount closes it, and outside mount is where the missing casing gets awkward.
An association is on the record for Boulder Creek. Its name, its architectural review process and any covenant on window coverings are not published in a source we could retrieve, and no recorded rule on street facing covering color or reflective coverings was found anywhere in New Palestine. So treat it as unknown rather than absent: pull your own covenant copy before ordering anything that reads from Boulder Creek Drive. Separately, the town has no historic district and no National Register listing, so nothing municipal restricts a private homeowner's choice here.
Probably not. On a single story Boulder Creek plan the whole 16 to 24 opening schedule is within arm's reach, so cordless lift and a wand tilt do the job with no battery in the equation. Hunter Douglas states PowerView battery life is about one year, and batteries are the most under disclosed running cost on a motorized order. Motorization earns its place on tall glass, on a run you'd otherwise never touch, or on a schedule you actually want automated. If none of those apply on Rockway Drive, we'll say so.
Custom fabrication runs 2 to 5 weeks from the day the order is placed, because every piece is cut to your finished width and height rather than pulled off a shelf. Nobody rushes that, and we won't pretend to. The Indiana Home Improvement Contract Act, IC 24-5-11, requires a written contract with a detailed scope, dates and a total price on any residential job over $150, so you'll have that before a Boulder Creek order goes to fabrication. We're insured and insured. Indiana issues no state license for window treatment work, so nobody in this trade holds one.
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