Standard89,307 plots in DHA
Front and depth both match what DHA usually laid out for this size.
Effect on price
This is the benchmark. Rates in a block are quoted for a standard plot, and everything else is measured against it.
Plot types in DHA Lahore: standard, wide front, narrow front and wedge
Two plots of the same size, in the same block, on the same road, do not fetch the same price. What separates them is the shape of the ground: how wide it is across the front, and how far it runs back. This page explains the words we use on every plot page, and where those words come from.
Front and depth
The front is the side that faces the road. The depth is how far the plot runs back from it. A house shows itself across the front, so a wider front carries more weight in the market than the same area added at the back. That single fact is behind almost every price difference on this page.
What counts as standard in DHA
We did not take these from a book. We measured every plot DHA has on record and took the commonest front and depth for each size. That commonest measurement is the standard, because it is what DHA actually laid out on the ground, tens of thousands of times over.
| Size | Usual front × depth | Plots measured |
|---|
The five types
Wide Front6,319 plots in DHA
Wider across the front than usual, with the depth kept.
Effect on price
The one non-standard people pay more for. More frontage means a wider house face, easier parking, and better light.
Wide Front / Short Depth4,072 plots in DHA
Wider across the front, but it runs shorter to the back.
Effect on price
One thing gained, one given up. Usually close to a standard plot in value — good for a wide single-storey layout, less back space.
Narrow Front8,201 plots in DHA
Narrower across the front, with the depth usually kept or longer.
Effect on price
The market discounts it. The house face is narrow, and the extra depth at the back does not make up for it.
Wedge1,312 plots in DHA
Not a rectangle — it narrows towards one end. Also called a pie-shaped or triangular lot.
Effect on price
The steepest discount. Part of the area cannot be built on squarely, so the usable ground is less than the size on paper.
The cut corner on a corner plot
DHA cuts a small piece off the corner of every corner plot. On the map the front then measures a little shorter than the plot's full width, and buyers who only read that number think they are getting less.
They are not. That cut land still belongs to the owner, and every single corner plot in DHA has the same cut. Dealers do not count it against the price and neither should you. A corner plot sells for the same as a standard plot of its size, and usually a little more, because two sides open on to a road.
So a corner plot is a standard plot. We do not call it non-standard because of the cut.
Measured across all of DHA: a corner 1 Kanal plot covers 4,826 sq ft on average, against 4,492 for one that is not on a corner. That is 334 sq ft more, not less.
What dealers call these
In the Lahore market these same plots are described differently. We use the English terms in headings so buyers searching in either language land in the right place, but the local words mean exactly the same thing:
| Standard | standard plot, DHA size ke mutabiq |
| Wide Front | non-standard positive, front zyada |
| Wide Front / Short Depth | non-standard neutral, trade-off plot |
| Narrow Front | non-standard negative, front kam |
| Wedge | samosa plot, tikona plot, extremely negative |
One thing we will not do
We do not stamp a verdict on anybody's property. A plot page says what the plot measures, and then, separately, what raises or lowers its price and why. A wedge plot is described as a wedge, not marked as a bad plot. The owner of that plot is somebody's father, and the number on it is real.
Want to know which type your plot is?
Every plot in DHA already has this worked out on its own page. Find yours, or ask us.
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