What lifts a plot’s price, and what pulls it down

Two sides open on to a road. The cut corner is not a loss — that land stays with the owner, and every corner plot in DHA has it.

Nobody can ever build on a park, so the open view is permanent. It is the cheapest premium in DHA and the one that holds its value.

You can start building instead of only holding the file. A block that is fully possession sells faster than one that is not.

Light, air and a second entrance. Two-side-open plots are asked for by name.

Some plots run larger than the standard size for their category. The extra is paid for at the same rate, so it is real value.

A wider front than DHA’s standard for that size gives a better elevation and a better house.

40 ft is DHA’s narrowest. Anything wider than that is worth money — 50, 60, 80 ft each carry their own premium.

Families ask about this first. Note the difference: near a masjid lifts the price, directly facing one does not.

A plot that is level needs no filling. A plot sitting a few feet below the road costs lakhs to raise before you lay a single brick.

Neighbours already living there means water, electricity, security and shops are working. An empty block is a promise; a settled one is a fact.

A six or seven foot lane squeezed between two plots that connects DHA to a colony outside it. People who do not live in DHA walk through all day. Plots around a gala sell below the same plot two streets deeper in. Note the difference: a way in from another DHA block does not do this at all.

The heaviest loss of all. A plot under a court case sells far below a clear one, and the case can outlast the buyer’s patience.

You can hold it, but you cannot build on it. Your money sits still until DHA hands over.

Whatever lies on the other side is not DHA and DHA does not control it. Security, noise and the view all depend on somebody else. Go and see the far side before you decide.

A tall, plain concrete structure that never moves, plus the pumping noise. It takes a clear cut off the rate.

Near a masjid is an advantage. Directly facing one is not — five times a day there is traffic, parking and noise right at your gate.

Good for rent, hard to live on. Shoppers park at your gate, and the noise runs till late.

It sits in your view, in your gate line, and people worry about it. Small things, but every buyer mentions them.

Smell in summer, and the sewer men lift it open in front of your house.

Filling costs money before you build, and in heavy rain the water comes to you first. Always ask how deep, in feet.

A plot that narrows towards one end wastes area you have paid for. The map area and the usable area are not the same thing.

Less than DHA’s standard front for that size means a narrower house and a poorer elevation.

Many buyers will not take it at any price, and the ones who will expect a discount. Worth knowing before you go and see it.

Poles and wires overhead, a pole outside somebody’s gate, and a worse look to the whole street. Blocks with underground wiring sell higher.

A colony or village abadi against the boundary changes who walks the street, and it shows in both the price and the standing of the block.