I have a small family of 5 i.e. me,wife,two daughters and one son ... i am confused between buying 10 marla or 1 kanal plot for my home please tell me pros and cons of both. i am planning to buy in bahria enclave islamabad btw.
overpaki replied on Sunday, September 16, 2012 05:53 PM
some times i feel 1 kanal will be too big for my family... and expensive to maintain and build ... when i think about 10 marla i feel i will not have a big garden ... |
ZNS replied on Sunday, September 16, 2012 06:06 PM
I second overpaki, we are family of seven (including my parents). I also of an opinion that 10 marla is good enough but recently I thought that one can build a sq ft house (typical 10-12 marla) and leave space for lush green garden with beautiful landscaping. A friend of mine did and I really like the concept. |
AHM replied on Sunday, September 16, 2012 07:37 PM
If you do not have plan to sale it or rent it at later stage than it is fine to go with unconventional covered area. I guess, 1 kanal plot with construction less than 4500 sft will have less commercial value.
This could be my personal judgmnet only. Experts may guide in a better manner. Actually, I am also in the same state of mind these days having 5 members family, living abroad can manage in 10 marla house quite comfortably but looking for bit bigger lawn. |
Javed replied on Monday, September 17, 2012 03:35 AM
Bigger plot always has an advantage. You can realy enjoy your life pleasure. In response to respected AHM, Commercial value of the plot will remain same as per the sorrounding location, but only the covered area price may affect. I have 5 member family and I am planning about 25-30 ft lawn. |
Dubai replied on Monday, September 17, 2012 04:01 AM
BIGGER IS BETTER! |
JUJ replied on Monday, September 17, 2012 07:12 AM
I was in same situation with family of 6. I went for 10M as I heard that IK is more than enough and many people told me that they and their kid have never sit in lawn (they sit in front of TV or Computer instead). They even do not know what color is grass or flowers in their garden. Working people come late in the day too tired to notice anything. |
aussie_expat replied on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 03:47 AM
ZNS, Javed and Dubai are right. The bigger the better. You can leave lawn and it could also be used for family functions and events if you children dont like to play in it. Or you can grow vegetables and fruits there. or may be you can leave lawn on backside of your house and when you feel like you can do construction on that space and include it in your house. |
aussie_expat replied on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 03:50 AM
One more advice. If you can afford , then do go for bigger plot. With time everything is getting expensive and after 10-15 years middle class people would not be able to afford to buy a bigger plot for their houses. So better to build a big house today for your children. Make their lives easy for them in future and they dont have to struggle much. |
