Property managers in Forrest, ACT

Forrest keeps the circular and geometric street pattern of Canberra's original plan, and this inner south suburb of the ACT includes part of the Manuka shopping centre. Its rentals include apartments as well as large houses. Forrest is part of the Canberra Central district, where Distinct Properties manages rental homes, and our property management adapts to apartments and heritage-era houses. Distinct Properties has arranged at least 6 leases in Forrest, 5 of them since January 2020, when its records became complete.

Forrest was created from the earlier suburb of Blandfordia, named after the Christmas bell, and gazetted in 1928 in honour of Sir John Forrest, explorer, federationist and one-time head of the government of Western Australia. Its streets, named after explorers and governors, follow the circles and radiating lines of Walter Burley Griffin's plan, with Melbourne and Hobart avenues fanning out from Capital Hill. Part of the Manuka shopping centre lies inside the suburb, as does St Andrew's Church, a large and ornate Inter-War Gothic building.

Much of Forrest is heritage listed, including Garden City precincts from the suburb's first years, where detached houses sit on large blocks. Flats and apartments still make up a large share of its homes, and for their owners the owners corporation sets the framework for levies, repairs and building rules. A heritage-era house, on the other hand, can call for trades who understand older construction and some checking before exterior work, so maintenance in Forrest rewards forward planning.

Manuka's shops on the suburb's edge, the Garden City streetscapes and the short trip to Capital Hill are what renters notice about Forrest.

Most of the homes we have leased in Forrest are apartments.