One of Johannesburg's oldest garden suburbs — windows built for a different century.

What homes here are like

Forest Town was laid out as one of Johannesburg's earliest planned garden suburbs, its curving, tree-lined streets bordering Delta Park. It's part of the same heritage belt as Parktown North and Saxonwold, with a genuine mix of original early-to-mid-century homes and later architect-led rebuilds that were designed to sit quietly among the older stock rather than compete with it.

That mix means two very different specification conversations on the same street: a strict heritage brief on an original house — fitting around timber sash frames without altering them — and a completely open one on a newer architectural build, where concealed or recessed blind systems can be designed into the ceiling from the start.

What the light does here

Mature indigenous trees and the park boundary mean deep dappled shade for large parts of the day on many stands, with sharper direct light where a garden has been opened up or a boundary tree has come down. It's rarely a case of one fixed sunscreen fabric solving every room — venetians that let you tilt through the day tend to earn their place here.