Heritage provisions cover much of Forrest, and that changes what a shutter repair can look like. The work has to sit within what is already on the building, and a replacement that alters how the front of a house reads is not a neutral decision in this part of Canberra.
We cover Forrest in the 2603 postcode along with Griffith, Red Hill, Deakin, Barton and Kingston. The inner south is a compact area and we work across all of it.
The housing is largely interwar, with solid brick construction, deep eaves and window openings that were built to no modern standard. Shutters are retrofitted in nearly every case and the fit is rarely as clean as it would be on a new build. Ceiling heights and window proportions vary from house to house, so nothing here is a standard size.
Where a house is subject to heritage provisions we repair the existing hardware wherever it can be saved, and match what is there when a part has to be changed. If a proposed fix would alter the appearance of the building, that is something for you to check with the relevant authority before we proceed, and we will tell you when we think it applies. We would rather raise that before the work than after it.
