Property managers in Franklin, ACT

Running along Flemington Road, with three light rail stations, Franklin is one of the newer suburbs in Canberra's Gungahlin district, ACT. Apartments and mixed-use buildings line the main road, with houses and townhouses behind them. Distinct Properties manages rental homes in Franklin, where property management often means working closely with owners corporations as well as renters. Distinct Properties has arranged at least 146 leases in Franklin, 131 of them since January 2020, when its records became complete.

Franklin takes its name from the novelist Miles Franklin, and most of its streets honour Australian women writers. Gazetted in 1991, it has Flemington Road, Well Station Drive and Gungahlin Drive as its boundaries. Light rail stations at Nullarbor Avenue, Mapleton Avenue and Manning Clark North sit along Flemington Road, where denser, mixed-use buildings include a local shopping centre. Open space runs through the suburb, including the Gubur Dhaura Heritage Park, a site the Ngunnawal people hold culturally important, with wide views across the district.

Most homes in Franklin are recent, and many are apartments in complexes along the light rail corridor, with townhouses and detached houses in the streets behind. Newer buildings tend not to bring the structural problems of older Canberra homes, but they bring their own work: defect claims while the builder's warranty runs, owners corporation meetings and levies, and shared services such as lifts, car parks and fire systems. An owner with a Franklin apartment needs a manager who works well with strata managers and builders.

Franklin draws renters with light rail along Flemington Road to the city and the Gungahlin Town Centre, shops on the main road, and parks and grasslands for walking.