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A visit to Bahria Enclave,

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 05:00 AM 

Bahria Enclave

Yesterday we visited Bahria Enclave and here are our findings:

We started from the Fiazabad interchange and set our course for the Curi Road while travelling on the Park Road (The road is a real beauty indeed).

After having travelled 8 KM on the Park road and enjoying the eye catching scenes of Islamabad farms (Nowadays no more farms but “House cum farms; another product of CDA’s corrupt officials and the rich bas*@*, who breached the rules & regulations”) on my right side, I had to set my travel while turning to left on the so called “CURI ROAD”. To my surprise, I found myself on a nice road (Later on I solved this puzzle that why CDA made this road nice double road, with all the fancy street poles, like Bahria Town; A little bit further ahead, there starts CDA’s “Park Enclave”). Park Enclave entrance is also from the Park road, we were travelling on.
While travelling another 4 KM on the main Curi road, I took right turn on an ugly single road, through the Curi village, (also called as curi road) to reach Bahria Enclave. My happiness was short lived while travelling on this small approach road to the BT project but later on I thought I was happy after they explained me the existing and “future” entrances to the Enclave!

Enclave came in sight after travelling further 7 KM on the small curi road. We found a nice location and a fascinating view of Margalla Mountains. We were also blessed with the seeing of a film star who came just when we entered the office!

Inside the office here are ugly happenings, we came across!
“Sir, all plots are sold” (Actually they are not; read down about this lie)!
“So we cannot book any plot from this office?”
“Yes Sir, you can “buy from the dealers outside on a re-sale and you can always get from us a plot without any number”
US: “Why no number?”
BT: “People are asking us for more plots and we would get more land in due course”

So here is a catch! Plots with the dealers and BT also advertising about increased prices but a dealer would tell you that He can manage with BT on the original price? What a game?
100s of plots are NOT sold but with the dealers in term of a quota thing!

Good Stuff now:

BT promising a road from the Simly Dam approach road, a real piece of Gold if it does happen!
After connecting to the Simly Dam road, the project could go sky high.
Also regarding the approaches to their projects, they deliver more than they promise! See BT phase 1-6, they provided more than what they promised in terms of the entrances, no talking of delays but BT phase 1-6 originally there was only one approach from the high court side, originating from the Swan Camp Bridge.

So friends, here we stand:

A good location project and BT would make its best to become on par with Park Enclave and will surely get a path from Simly Dam road to the Enclave as they are selling a commercial 4 Marla plot at 60 Lacs and to make their OWN (not sold to customer commercial land) expensive, they have to get an approach from Islamabad side. But for the time being the approach is only through the Curi village and another from the main Curi double road, as BT says!
And hopefully that second (One of the ONLY two existing available approaches), does not have another village in between as we could not survey that road due to the dark!

boss-sk replied on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 05:15 AM 

time is money ,, dont waste it on BT or CDA

Sincere Advise replied on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 05:27 AM 

Do not buy a plot which is on papers. Regardless how powerful the developer is ?
Tactics of each of every one are same to hook up a customer and keep charging him for rest of life.

Buy a crystal clear on ground plot after physical viewing

atiq raja. replied on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:20 PM 

better to go bani galla.

boss-sk replied on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 02:34 PM 

dont go bani galla ,,,all property there is on illegal land ,,,even qadeer kahn had given his house for musem to keep him away from this scam...
there been alot of cross firing between residents n pOlice...alot of people got injured ,,,better to stay away

All the best replied on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 03:44 PM 

"We were also blessed with the seeing of a film star". I never felt particularly blessed upon sighting a film star but anyway let us get to the point.

"After connecting to the Simly Dam road, the project could go sky high". Exactly how? Approach to Simly Dam road would be 3Km long through the middle of nowhere. Would you like to travel through wilderness in the evening or night time with family? Then you will drive another 6 Km on Simly Dam road (which is a single road) to reach Bara Kahu. Your total distance from Islamabad Club would be about 16-17 Km. All that, assuming this approach road actually gets developed.

Their best bet is to get connected to main Kuri Road. If that happens then yes it will be good development but even then they will be about 6 Km farther from Islamabad club as compared to Park Enclave.

"100s of plots are NOT sold but with the dealers in term of a quota thing!" This means they are giving the impression that they have sold out whereas in fact they have not. In any case their quality development is absolutely commendable and a terrible shame for CDA.

Dr.Asif replied on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 06:31 PM 

Dear All,

Reg.location and access please consider existing carpeted Kuri Road.Exact distance from Park Road to Bahria Enclave is 5.6 KM.
You all can check it on Google Map as it exists.The only left connects ting patch is 0.5KM.
Anyhow I have booked one kanal plot here and one kanal at CDA Park Enclave considering Islamabad.But CDA has not started anything neither plot no.s allocated.
In just 75 days Bahria proved the fast pace of development.
For more details regarding site pictures please visit .
http://www.bahriatown.com/rawalpindi/bahria-enclave-islamabad.html

For more information please feel free to call

dr tariq replied on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 08:40 PM 

what about NOC from CDA. do they really have NOC or it is just propaganda. what about recent development. if anyone have update.

Jameel replied on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 04:15 PM 

I live abroad and recently was in Pakistan and took the time out to visit Bahria Enclave. The pace of development was good and building on the reputation of Bahria Town as a developer, it looked to be a promising "locality". However, its "location" is still shoddy. We noted our car's mileage meter and the entrance of Bahria Enclave was 7.5 kilometers from Park Road, passing through a zig zag small road and a terrible bottlenecks at Kurri Village.

The executives of the BE were trying to oversell the dream by invoking their "mafia-like" credibility of using a local politician (notorious for land grabbing) as their frontman for acquiring the land for the access road directly from the Kurri Road to the BE....what a shame!

When we asked for the payment plan, we were handed over a piece of computer printout showing a price increase of 5 lakh already over the price (65 lakh for a one kanal plot instead of 60 lakhs), they have advertising so far. This has been typical of Bahria Town to advertise one price and then asking for more under the garb of increase in development charges. We have a plot in Phase 8 of the BT and have already paid twice such an "extortion" over and above the initial price of the plot.

What is the lesson:
Exercise caution in buying a plot till you have a firm commitment on further price increases....no one gives you such a commitment. Don't be impressed with the credibility of a mafia on the assumption that it will always be on your side....the mafia is more dangerous when you are on the receiving end and helpless do anything when they increase the prices unilaterally.

Ali hamza replied on Monday, January 2, 2012 04:38 PM 

Every 1 this guy Atiq raja is sick person so be aware of him.... 1 day he says DHA is best and 2nd month he says D-12, E-11 or G-13 is best. so please understand what he try to make of you guys......
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