The Forest Hill neighbourhood as seen today in Toronto, comes from a deep history starting back in 1860. The first residence built in the Forest Hill area was located on top of the hill within the forest, however while the hill still exists today, the forest does not.
The houses offered here in Forest Hill are some of Toronto’s finest real estate, and the actual neighbourhood is separated into lower and upper halves of Forest Hill. The lower part of Forest Hill offers marvelous brick and stone mansions that were built in the earlier 1900’s, most of which are easily worth over one million dollars each. The upper part of Forest Hill offers modern estate built between 1940 and 1960, these houses are still marketed towards the affluent, but are typically less expensive than the mansions found in the lower part of Forest Hill. You can also find numerous luxury condominium apartment buildings, located on the western side of Forest Hill. As for styles, well most of the estate in Forest Hill is Tudor or Georgian architecture, however there is also everything from French Colonial with terra cotta tiles to English country manors with sweeping lawns!