Houses on the slopes of Red Hill sit higher and more exposed than most of Canberra's inner south, and elevation makes the temperature range worse rather than better. Cold air off the reserve, wind across the ridge and long afternoon sun on the western faces all put extra work through the same hardware. Shutters up here tend to age faster than an identical unit on flatter ground.
We cover all of Red Hill in the 2603 postcode, from the streets running up toward the nature reserve down to the boundaries with Forrest, Griffith and Narrabundah. Deakin, Garran and Hughes are on the same run, so we are usually in the area anyway.
Red Hill is one of Canberra's oldest established suburbs, with houses from the 1920s through the 1950s on large blocks, many of them heavily rebuilt or extended since. That mix puts original masonry and modern additions on the same property.
Parts of Canberra's inner south carry heritage provisions, and a number of Red Hill streets have consistent original frontages that residents care about keeping. Where hardware can be repaired, we repair it. Replacing a street-facing shutter with a different profile changes the way the house reads from the road and can raise approval questions that a repair never does. If you are unsure whether your property is affected, it is worth checking before committing to anything visible from the street.
