The original subdivision was opened in the early 1970s under the developer's name "Burrendah Heights".

In many parts of Canada the original subdivision of crown land was done by township surveys.

By 1878, due to market pressure from prices in nearby Balmain estate, 82 lots of the original subdivision remained unsold.

During the "Florida Bloom" years (roughly 1919-1929) more development came to areas north and east of the original subdivisions.

By the late 1930s, most of the original subdivision had been partially developed.

Surveyed and laid out in October 1905, the original subdivision ended at Edgehill Drive.

The original subdivision had 191 lots of varying sizes and shapes.

A trapezoidal decomposition is obtained by shooting vertical bullets going both up and down from each vertex in the original subdivision.

The original subdivision was relatively generous blocks, which were quickly filled with fine Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Over 200 homes had been built in the original subdivision within the first twenty years.