Forest Hills Window Treatment, Meridian-Kessler, IN

Local Window Treatment Experience in Forest Hills

Housing and window planning in Forest Hills

English Tudor cottages make up most of Forest Hills, built of brick under high pitched slate roofs, with arched doorways and leaded windows. American Colonial, Dutch Colonial and Cape Cod houses are mixed in among them. Sizes vary a good deal, from one story cottages of about 1,200 square feet on a little over a quarter acre to brick houses from the early 1930s of about 3,700 square feet on lots of roughly 8,000 square feet. Older style streetlights and hilly lots set these blocks apart from the grid streets nearby, and the curving streets mean houses face in every direction.

The neighborhood's housing gives us a starting point for the visit. We'll still measure your house individually, including any openings that have changed during an update. If you're replacing windows as part of the project, let us know before the treatments are ordered so the plan can use the finished frames.

What to check at the windows in Forest Hills

Leaded windows are part of the Tudor cottage look here, and some 1930s brick houses still carry their original leaded glass. Cottages in this style commonly use casement sash that swings out on a crank, so an inside mounted shade has to clear the handle and the hinge. Where the glass is leaded, drapery on a rod above the casing leaves the whole pattern in view when it's open, and an outside mounted shade can stack above the glass line when it's raised. Kitchen bay windows take narrow treatments cut to follow each angle. Colonial and Cape Cod houses more often carry double hung wood windows, and the crew measures every opening separately because sash in houses this age often varies from one window to the next.

We'll look at the way light enters your Forest Hills rooms and check how the windows operate. The treatment needs to suit the opening when it's lowered and when it's raised. That includes the space for the hardware and the access you'll need to use the window.

Products to compare for your Forest Hills home

These are options to discuss during your Forest Hills consultation. We'll narrow the choice after seeing the glass and learning which rooms you're working on. You can review a coordinated plan for the house or start with the rooms that need attention first.

Around Forest Hills in Meridian-Kessler

East 57th Street and Forest Lane are two of the streets inside the district, and College Avenue and Northview Avenue mark its edges. Kessler Boulevard belongs to George Kessler's park and boulevard system, which the National Register listed in 2003, and the Monon Trail corridor runs along another side. Joseph J. Bingham School 84, a Mission Revival building from 1927 and 1928 that joined the National Register in 2004, stands at East 57th Street and Central Avenue. The district falls within Indianapolis Public Schools, which lets families choose among its schools, with Shortridge High School the neighborhood high school.

Association checks in Forest Hills

The Forest Hills Neighborhood Association was incorporated in 1922 and is counted among the city's oldest, and its members have pushed back on intrusive construction and commercial expansion. It collects no dues the way a homeowners association would. Before anything visible from the street is ordered, the crew checks with the association about what it expects to see on a district house.

Window Treatment Services in Forest Hills

Every service Meridian-Kessler Window Treatments offers across Meridian-Kessler is available to Forest Hills homeowners.

Where We Measure Near Meridian-Kessler

Forest Hills is one of several Meridian-Kessler communities we serve. We measure and install across Meridian-Kessler, Marion County, and surrounding areas.

Forest Hills Window Treatment FAQ

Questions we hear most often from Forest Hills homeowners.