Haldon Street, the Cooks River and Lakemba housing
Lakemba lies about twelve kilometres south-west of the city in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, in the Cooks River watershed. Each year during Ramadan, Haldon Street hosts a night food market that draws visitors from across Sydney.
Canterbury Road runs along the ridge that divides the Cooks River and Wolli Creek catchments, near the shops of Haldon Street, where food from many countries can be found.
- The area was once called Potato Hill, after the crops grown there, and was known as Belmore South until 1910.
- When a Lakemba buyer is preparing a deposit, Links compares a panel that includes ANZ, Macquarie, Resimac, Westpac and ING.
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The area was once called Potato Hill, after the crops grown there, and was known as Belmore South until 1910.
The name comes from Benjamin Taylor, who in the 1880s named his property Lakeba after an island in Fiji where his second wife’s grandparents had been missionaries, and nearby Oneata Street is named after another Fijian island. Today apartments make up about seven in ten Lakemba homes.
When a Lakemba buyer is preparing a deposit, Links compares a panel that includes ANZ, Macquarie, Resimac, Westpac and ING.
Example scenario (illustrative, not a real client): a Lakemba renter has saved steadily for two years and recently received a gift from a parent.
Before applying, they gather statements showing the regular savings, have the parent sign a gift letter, and apply with a lender that accepts their savings history and the gift together.
