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Swan Gardens Islamabad,

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Thursday, January 6, 2011 02:00 PM 

Dear Viewers,
I wonder someone living in Swan Gardens Islamabad, how you like the area pros and cons..
facilities wise, safety and security wise, commercial areas etc
Thanks

Pindi replied on Friday, January 7, 2011 02:21 AM 

Its a small society, located right on Islamabad express way, having all the required facilities. Commercial areas are quite active according to its population. On my recent visit, i observed that sector "H" is in depression having Swan Nullah passing through, will have problem of flooding during heavy rains.Security wise i did not see any serious problems and should be like other societies in the area.
Good Luck

Masood Khan, Rsident replied on Friday, January 7, 2011 04:33 PM 

I would differ with few of above mentioned observations. Soan is a river not a Nullah, but it has simly Dam upstream to store drinking water for Islamabad, so no question of flooding. Moreover it does not go through Soan Gardens and it is passes on one side. Rivers Garden come before soan gardens and Bahria Town after Soan Garden and both of those societies have bigger front with river as compared to Soan Gardens. It is not a small society it is huge and has all the anmenties. Good services for cleaning and security. It well developed and has all the amenties available. It is one of the best and fastest growing township in Islamabad. It is surrounded by Bahria, CBR, Agosh, Police Foundation O-9, Pakistan Town, PWD and River Garden just name some.

Isloo replied on Friday, January 7, 2011 08:51 PM 

Masood Sb, plz tell me if the Swan residencia project which started couple of years back is on its way or its halted ?

Thanks.

Pindi replied on Saturday, January 8, 2011 02:41 AM 

I correct my self , its a Nullah passing through sector H of the society which is very much in depression as compared to other sectors. More over I call it a small society comparing with DHA and Bahria in the area.

wajahat replied on Saturday, January 8, 2011 09:21 AM 

soan garden is a good society, and its quite big!!!!
however comparing it with DHA and bahria is like comparing a corolla with prado!!!!
these two have no comparison, both have their own pros and cons!!
as far as the sawan river is considered, it flows through alot of societies including bahria town, in last year's severe flooding some houses of block H that are extremely near the river got affected!!
Block H is selling like hot cake!!!

Masood Khan replied on Saturday, January 8, 2011 12:15 PM 

Isloo, Soan Residancia is a scam from one of Mr. Zardari's friend. It was launched once about 5 years ago and CDA came heavy handed on the company and stopped it. Now this Sindhi Gentleman with his clout got NOC from CDA first then launched it in Papers, collected money from innocent people and disappeared. Feel sorry if you have invested in it. As far as I can Guess it will never materialize, there is no clue of that organzation anmore.

khan lala replied on Saturday, January 8, 2011 05:59 PM 

Dear viewers, can u plz tell me the recent status of river gardens islamabad ... i want to know that how many houses are built there and howz the housing scheme security wise.. i m really intrusted ib buying a kanal plot there and build a house..

wajahat replied on Monday, January 10, 2011 07:02 AM 

Dear Khan lala
As gas is now available a lot of houses are in a phase of construction in river garden.
Its a small society thats y its very neatly built, as its easy to maintain a small society. security wise its good, go visit youself, to have a better idea!!!

khan lala replied on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 01:36 AM 

thanks wajahat for replying.. I m really thankful 2 u.. Actually, i m in lahore rite nw and shifting to islamabad in 3-4 months so planning to build ma own house. One of ma friend told me bout river garden and he told me dat itz da best option aftr bahria and dha. plz advice. . .

asad replied on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 03:46 PM 

hi guys, i want to buy a plot in islamabad and i m quite convinced with da way wajahat has given da pros and cons of river garden. I think river garden is a very gud society. . . Gud job wajahat, keep it up... By da way, wajahat . Where hav u made ur house.

wajahat replied on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 04:56 AM 

Thanku asad
:)
I had a very tight budget I have bought a 7 marla plot in river garden currently am living in Muslim town, a very crowded and noisy place. My future plan is to sell my house and to built a new one in River garden

asad replied on Friday, January 14, 2011 05:47 AM 

hello wajahat... Yaar, i visited river garden and its a very nice society . . . Abi wahan thoray sai ghar banay hai.. So rite nw itz dangerous to build a house there ... Due to chori ka scene.. Plz tel me bout da security dere.

wajahat replied on Friday, January 14, 2011 09:34 AM 

@asad
yeah alot of house are in the process of construction, I myself have an intention to build a house later dis year, number of constructed houses is less because gas was not available before, its been 3 months sinsce gas has arrived!!!
security wise its ok, I have heard from local residents that guards do walk in the society at night!!
Bakki Allah Maalik hai, nothn and nobdy is safe in Pakistan
:)

muneeb replied on Monday, January 31, 2011 08:16 PM 

salam brothers , yesterday i went to river gardens islamabad as i m buying a kanal plot there. I think that after bahria and Dha , river gardens is the best housing society in zone 5 ... I wanted to build a house there but there are very less no of kanal houses approx. 5 or 6 . but there are many houses built after the availability of gas.. What do u guys think of the society???

wajahat replied on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 03:48 AM 

river garden is an awsum society!!
i like it a lot!!!
I have also purchased a 7 marla plot over there, and within two months of purchase its price has risen two lacs!!!
wats the price of a kanal plot??

Muneeb replied on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 09:54 AM 

Wajahat, one of ma friend is selling his plot there .. He is asking around 35.. What do u think ? should i take it ? by the way when r u building ur own house there?

Muneeb replied on Thursday, February 3, 2011 08:44 AM 

Wajahat plz reply as quickly as possible as i'm buying the plot...

wajahat replied on Thursday, February 3, 2011 01:38 PM 

@muneeb
sry for the late response, bro if the plot is level 28-30lac i think will be a good price, am giving u a number of a dealer, he works for river garden, call him and ask about the current rate of kanal plot in that street, in which street are u buying??
i have got the map, i ll chk as well, Am selling my current house rite now, as soon as it sells, i ll go straight for the construction of house at river garden
:)
dealor name:Faisal

Muneeb replied on Thursday, February 3, 2011 02:23 PM 

Sir, itz street 27 and the plot is level ... yesterday i searched for the official website of river garden and they r asking sumthing like 42 for a kanal plot there ... Plz tell me that what should be the price of 10 marla house in bahria town which is near islamabad ... May be , i go for the house ther as it is fully developed and people r living there .. In river garden , there are very less number of houses . It look awkward to live in a street where there is a single house as there r i think 3-4 kanal houses ther . What do u think ?? plz advice??

wajahat replied on Friday, February 4, 2011 03:47 AM 

@muneeb
awrite here is the story when renaissance developers started river garden the price of a kanal p[lot was around 45lac, later on prices got down and they still are, u can say the original allotees who got plots through balloting had to pay 45lac per kanal!!
as far as bahria town is concerned u cant be sure of the building material that has been used in construction, there are alot of investors involved in bahria town they construct and then they sell, but the quality of construction is really low!!
a 10 marla ready made house at bahria town phase 3, 4 will cost u around 80lac to 1crore 10 lacs!!!

Bahria pros and cons are as under:

1)bahria town is not near islamabad, bahria's distance from ISB highway is around 4 kmz, if u dont have car(that happens somtimes) u cant get in there quite easily, specially at night,and it becomes difficult for guests as well!!

2)bahria is well populated and well planned bt for that they take out handsome money from ur pocket!!

3)I went for river garden as its a 10 min walk from main isb highway, plus its neat clean and cheap, its a small society that means less khapp
:)

verdict:if u want to have a shashka life go for bahria, if u want to hav hassle free and u have an intention of building a house after 6 months go for river garden!!

i hope it will help, y dont u check naval anchorage??

wajahat replied on Friday, February 4, 2011 03:53 AM 

@ahsan
i most probably will be visiting river garden this weekend, then i ll take pictures for u!!
else gimme ur email id, i ll mail them to u

ahsan replied on Friday, February 4, 2011 01:00 PM 

@wajahat
My email address is ... Plz mail me the pix as i m desperate to look at the current situation of the society .. Thanks by the way !

Muneeb replied on Friday, February 4, 2011 01:07 PM 

wajahat , i agee with u that river garden is a superb society but i think life style and other facilities in bahria is really awesome .. I think , i should buy a 10 marla plot in bahria phase 2 and build my own house there myself . The only thing that is keeping me away frm river garden is its less population and less no of houses . As i told u before that there r 3-4 kanal houses built there .. as far as bahria is concerned , it is a very beautiful society, secure and well organized .

Muneeb replied on Friday, February 4, 2011 01:26 PM 

@wajahat , i don't like naval anchorage . I only like 2 of the zone V societies . 1 is Bahria town and second is river gardens islamabad .

wajahat replied on Friday, February 4, 2011 02:15 PM 

@ahsan
ok I will IA

@muneeb
yes if want to build ur house by ur self, I ll say go for it, there is no parallel of bahria town!!!
All the best

muneeb replied on Saturday, February 5, 2011 09:08 AM 

Wajahat , Thanks ..

ahsan replied on Saturday, February 5, 2011 02:00 PM 

@wajahat , hav u sent the photos as i'm desperate to look at >>!

wajahat replied on Saturday, February 5, 2011 02:40 PM 

@ahsan
chk ur mail, i met a developer over there, he z going to start 16 houses at the same tym, has also made 6 houses that are also in the pix, he selling them for 50 lac each, if u want to build a house after two years, its a good tym to buy

ahsan replied on Saturday, February 5, 2011 04:07 PM 

@wajahat ,
Thanks for ur kind and help . one thing i wanted 2 ask that waht r the sizes of the houses that the developer is selling for 50lacs. i think hez asking 2 much for a house there . Secondly , why there are less number of houses there as it is a beautiful society and the prices r in range ? People have built more no. of houses in other societies like korang town , PWD , pakistan town , soan gardens etc. What is the status of kanal houses there as i can;t see even a single kanal house in the pics.. One other thing i need to discuss. plz tell that y korang town is densely populated ? And why people like korang town alot ? Thanks once again. Waiting for ur reply..

ahsan replied on Saturday, February 5, 2011 05:19 PM 

@wajahat,
Thanks for ur quick reply. I think u have got alot of knowledge over these societies. Yaar , when ever u visit river garden again plz do take pics of kanal houses . another thing i needed to ask . that is the commercial area of river garden . how many shops r there ? Yaar , have u noticed while going to river gardens that when u going to river garden form islamabad , u have to go 1-2 km extra as the U-turn is infront of DHA. That makes river garden more distance away frm islamabad . I think they should make a turn in front of river garden gate . U r rite that river garden is much much better than korang town but it has an advantage that it is near islamabad .AND when we go to korang town , it doesn't feel that we r in islamabad . it is same as pindi.. One thing else , plz mention the price difference of kanal houses between Bahria and korang town.. Thanks!

ahsan replied on Saturday, February 5, 2011 05:22 PM 

@wajahat ,
Plz also give me some info bout sawan gardens .. how is the society ? development? price tag ? and from other prospectives?

wajahat replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 08:47 AM 

@ahsan
actually wen i was searching a plot myself i did a lot of servery thats y i know a bot of these societies, commercial of river garden is still under construction, so no such shops rite now hardly 3,4 shops are there!!!
hahaha u r rite about the u turn there is a small uturn now in front of river garden, bt before that one has to cross the KAK Bridge and then was the uturn but there is a samll u turn infront of river garden

yaar kanal price difference between bahria and korang town around 10 lac to 15 lac

yaar some blocks of sawan are good, bt i ll prefer u to chk out CBR town its better than sawan gardens, dealoer will try to convince u that sawan is good, bt i think CBR is better

sawan garden is just like korang town, price of a 10 marla good plot is around 16-20lac

muneeb replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 10:51 AM 

@wajahat bhai ,

My friend who was selling his plot in river garden , is not selling nw. he is pretty convinced by reading all your posts here . he is saying that he ll start the construction in the end of the year as he is short of cash rite now. Now i think , i should go for bahria town !

ahsan replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 10:54 AM 

@muneeb,

Thats gr8.

@wajahat,

U r doing pretty good job here. i think people r learning from ur posts.

wajahat replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 01:38 PM 

@muneeb
Thats nice, bahria is good for ppl having some good bucks in hand
:)
a house in bahria is just like a dream come true, absolutely no parallel
all the best
:)

@ahsan
Thanku
:)

Muzahir replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 06:08 PM 

Salam!

1 Kanal Upper Portion available for rent @ River Gardens, Zone 5, Islamabad.
If any one interested plz contact at this number:


Muzahir replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 06:10 PM 

Salam!

1 Kanal Upper Portion available @ River Gardens, Zone 5, Islamabad.
If any one interested plz contact at this number:


Muzahir replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 06:13 PM 

Salam!

1 Kanal Upper Portion available for rent @ River Gardens, Zone 5, Islamabad.
If any one interested plz contact at this number:


haider replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 06:50 PM 

@muzahir,
Plz mention the location of the house and rent . I may be interested. THanks !

haider replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 06:54 PM 

@muzahir,
R u the owner of the house or a dealer . Plz mention. Thanks

haider replied on Sunday, February 6, 2011 06:55 PM 

@wajahat,
Bro , u r doing a very good job here. Keep it up ! One thing i wanted 2 ask frm u that what might muzahir be asking for the upper portion. .Thanks.

wajahat replied on Monday, February 7, 2011 04:04 AM 

@haider
Thanx
I myself have called mazhar to inquire about the rent, he did'nt pick up, am also interested in getting a house on rent over there, as IA i will be constructing my house in near future so its better to live near the house, so that I can keep an eye on the contractor!!!
to keep the forum alive please share your views about different societies on isb highway!!
Good day
:)

haider replied on Monday, February 7, 2011 12:08 PM 

@wajahat ,
Thanks sir . Sir, plz share ur views bout DHA which is next to river garden and also mention , which phase is it ? What r the prices of plots in DHA ? 1 Kanal , 10 marlas , 5 marlas etc.

azhar replied on Monday, February 7, 2011 12:14 PM 

@wajahat bhai ,
I made my 10 marlas house in bahria town phase 6 a year ago . main nai baray piyar sai apna ghar banaya tha . The prob is that i have to go to isb daily and jab sai mai wahan shift hua hoon , tab sai i m late for the office on every single day due to the root near the airport. I'm sick of waiting like for sumtimes2-3 hours in the root. Plz suggest me , what should i do . I still love bahria town but the only problem is the traffic jam on the road. Plz guide . Thanks.

wajahat replied on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 04:35 AM 

@haider
yaar as DHA was expensive and was a bit far as well so did not do survey of that particular site, i think its DHA 2 or extension(more commonly known as commoners town), well i think that for the people who work in islamabad, DHA and bahria town phase 8 are very far, I had to sell my phase 8 plot in order to buy this one in river garden, haider if u want to buy a house or plot cheaply, do check out zaraj housing society if u want build a house for ur self other than investment point of view, its adjacent DHA but its cheap as it dont have this "BRAND name DHA"

@azhar
Dear this is the problem of all the ppl who use ISB xpressway at morning, there is no solution of this problem unless we all stand united against this SHO SHAW root thing, Pakistan is a poor country just imagine the amount of fuel that cars are burning while standing still in routes
:(
I have asked my colleague who lives in Pakistan town abt ur problem he says that I come out from hme at 9am, and I mostly dont face routes, u try the same there is no solution we all ahve to bear with it

waqar replied on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 09:56 AM 

@wajahat,
Salam sir , can u plz share ur views about safari villas which are near to scheme three . Also mention the 10 marla house prices . One thing elso , do u know the prices of house in chaklala scheme three ? Will appreciate .

wajahat replied on Thursday, February 10, 2011 03:19 AM 

@waqar
Safari villas is really good, very nice environment, very good neighborhood, overall an awsum place, there is only one problem that is traffic jam, u will have to face traffic jam all the tym while going from scheme III to safari, 10 marla double storey good built house will cost u between 1crore 10 lac to 1 crore 50 lac, dis is just a rough estimate!!
and am sry I dont have any idea abt chaklala scheme III

younus replied on Saturday, February 12, 2011 10:36 AM 

@wajahat,
How r u buddy ? Yaar can u plz tell me that how much the construction of a double story kanal house cost in islamabad. I have a kanal plot in korang town . I'm thinking to build my own house there . But my friends are advising to sell this plot and buy a plot in bharia town and build my own house there . What do u say ?

wajahat replied on Sunday, February 13, 2011 04:04 PM 

@younus
am gr8, Thanx
construction cost has a simple formula
for an avg house it will be around 1000RS per square ft
and for an outstanding house cost will be around 1500Rs per square ft
hmmm b/w korang and bahria town of course bahria is better, my suggestion is to go for bahria phase 1-6

aamir replied on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 07:55 PM 

@wajahat,
Waiting for ur reply . By the way, i called Muzahir for renting a house in river gardens. He is asking 25 thousand for the upper portion . I think he is asking too much for that . One thing else , whatz the status of commercial area and parks in river gardens islamabad . Thanks

wajahat replied on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 03:41 PM 

@aamir
am fine bro
Emaar housing society, i think u mean CANYON views??
yaar its a place that is for people who have xtra 2,3 crore with them!!!
its highly overpriced, highly i mean EXTEMLY HIGHLY!!!
A four bed house costs u around 3 crore!!!!
i have got a an email from their marketing executive, if u r interested, i can mail u that as well!!
25k for portion??
its hell of a money!!!
it should,nt be more than 17k

commercial area is under construction bt pace is slow, there is a park that is shown in the map, bt rite now its only in maps and there is nothing on ground, however there is a reserved place for park at the end of society!!

hasnain replied on Sunday, February 27, 2011 05:18 PM 

Sir guys , how r u ? I just wanted to ask u a question . I bought a kanal plot in river garden islamabad in 2005 and i it still . I wanted to ask that when is the rite time to build a house there as there are not so many houses built there . I'm quite confused . Plz help me out . Thanks

wajahat replied on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 07:36 AM 

@hasnain
yaar there is no need to be get panicked, i think it s the rite tym that u start building ur house over there, as the gas is now available alot of houses are in the phase of construction over there, i think in 6 months or so there will be alot more houses ready to move in!!

hasnain replied on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 09:59 AM 

@wajahat ,

Thanks for your reply . I think u r rite . This is the rite tym for building a house there . I wanted to ask that why is it less populated as compared to other societies over there ? As it is one of the most beautiful society . And secondly, why there r less number of kanal houses there ? I have seen many small houses build there , i mean less than kanal but there are 2-3 kanal houses . That is why , i'm , alittle confused . Another thing is that there is no shop there . plz advice

wajahat replied on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 03:15 PM 

@hasnain
hmm actually some of the plots are reserved for the people of gilgit baltistan, its a small society comprising of 1000kanals of which plots constitute 50%, rest is parks, roads etc!!
i guess kanal plots are less in number over there, as far as shops are concerned there are only 2 shops currently operating in the society and yes its an issue, bt some commercial units are also in construction phase, it seems condition will improve in coming days, my wild guess is that in a year's tym things will be alot better!!

hasnain replied on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 04:10 PM 

@wajahat ,

Kindly explain about why some of the plots are reserves for the people of gilgit baltistan ? And can u plz tell that how many families r living
there aprox. How is the security there ?

wajahat replied on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 02:49 PM 

I don't know y are some plots reserved for gilgit baltistan ppl, I can't give u an estimate of number of families living over there as I have never tried to count
:)
so no idea, but alot of ppl r living there and i guess with the passage of tym this thing will improve as well, actually everybdy has got his reservation just like I and U have got in our minds, but gradually now am seeing a sudden increase in the rate of construction of houses there

Hafiz Ansar replied on Monday, April 4, 2011 12:33 PM 

Wajahat can you please tell me that what is the price of 7 marla level plot in River Garden?
Thanks

wajahat replied on Thursday, May 5, 2011 06:33 AM 

sir price of 7 marla plot ranges from 10lac to 14lac

wajahat replied on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 05:24 AM 

last nov i bought a 7 marla plot in river garden isb, my intention is to build a house there,so far i have completed all the paper work required and will now start construction in coming days, alot of ppl have been asking me the steps involved in the whole process, so here are the details

i bought the plot, transfer was done in the office of society located in saddar rwp, both seller and buyer are supposed to be present at the tym of transfer, transfer fee for 7 marla plot is 27500pkr, at that tym u get a receipt of tranfer fee, a week later u get a document with embossed name of the new owner

next step is to apply for possession, possession fee is 5000pkr, u get possession in 2 weeks and ur plot is marked at the site

meanwhile u have to contact an architect for map, river gardens has a panel of architects and u have to stick with that panel as they say that the map from other architects will not be accepted!!!
map charges are 10RS per sq foot(covered area) plus u need to present the soil test report as well, soil test costs around 15-20k, architect hands over the map and u submit it in to the society office, they take a vetting fee(approval fee)4-5rs per sq ft plus 10k security

it takes abt a month or so to get the drawing approved!!!

u get security back once the site office approves that the building has been made according to CDA rules and regulations and according to approved plan!!
now u are almost done with paper work and now from now on its all about bricks and cement!!

Khaqan replied on Friday, June 10, 2011 05:18 PM 

AOA, can any buddy tell me the current status of river garden islamabad ? Itz pros and cons becuz i am willing to buy a 10 marla plot there. And secondly , why people love korang town as alot of my friends hav suggested me to invest in korang town but i think , korang town is like pindi !! PLZ help me . Thanks
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