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Very good investment, indeed but only in DHA-2, If you are not willing to go for Bahria Town.

If you have a glance over the whole area starting from Sawan Bridge, you are having everything nice on both sides of the GT road.

Right side, there are phases of Bahria Town Rawalpindi, then go further and see Zaraj (very good scheme once but now became sandwiched between Bahria Town & DHA Islamabad. But still the best location and fascinating view and development also not bad, if you do not compare with DHA/BT. Then comes Aghosh which is now part of the DHA Islamabad, further down there is DHA-3 and move forward, you will find Bahria Garden City.
This side of GT road is whole commercial and offering good returns. A 10 Marla commercial plaza with a basement will surely give you a retiring support and plot will cost you, now, around 70 Lacs.

Now left side of the GT road, there are phases of Bahria town and then after a while DHA commercial starts. DHA commercial is costing now 55 to 80 Lacs (some location at GT frontage goes to one Crore) for a 4 Marla plot with DHA drain provided. This side now is not very hot but if you compare dealing with RDA/NHA (the right side of GT road), the DHA side is best in terms of taxes, the paper work and other possession related issues, such as Patwarees & problems with NHA.

Commercial weight age of the area plays greater part in the residential area’s values and your basic question about the DHA-1 & 2, I would go ahead for DHA-2 AND its extension of the commoner’s Town.

In DHA-2, proper, a one Kanal is as low as 42 Lacs, a 10 Marla at 28 Lacs & Best location at 30). Rent for one Kanal is min 50,000 plus and for a 10 Marla house it is above 30,000.
People are shifting from DHA-1 to DHA-2 as DHA-2 is also getting popularity due to its closeness towards Islamabad highway and its extension’s projects.

Work in valley is no doubt slow but DHA Homes are now coming up like anything, as the ground work has been done and ground work is the one which takes most of the time. DHA Homes are earth quake proof by the way!

The development in Rawalpindi/Islamabad must not be compared with Lahore as Lahore is having a flat terrain but there in DHA-2, locations are horrific. People were even afraid to walk through in day light.

In my thinking, DHA-2 is much better than G-13/G14, if you compare your investment versus returns. See in G-13, a 25*50 will cost you 50-55 Lacs (Mr. Nadeem is much better than me in CDA sectors) and both portions would yield Rs. 40,000 but in DHA-2 invest 28 (NOT for a 25*50 but a 35*70) Lacs and get the rent Rs. 30,000 plus after value additions, this will surely prove better than G-13 & 14, as there is no comparison between CDA & Defense/BT standards of infrastructure( surely Bahria Homes are excluded as their ground work is excellent, is earth quake proof but the construction material is cheapest).

Thank you for your very useful input on DHA Ext. II, Islamabad. Your conclusions for an investment in DHA II VS Sector G 13 in Islamabad is well justified. Would you happen to know the location of Extension II, Sector “F” in the MAP ? I am trying to understand the difference between “DHA Ext. II, Ex-Commoner’s Town” and “DHA Ext. II” which is shown further away from GT road on “Wikimapia” ?

Do you happen to have Extension II Map or can point out location for sector “F” ?
What is the prevailing rate for 1 Kanal plot in subject sector ?