AWT, Wapda Town, Cabinet, Faisal Town or FOECHS?

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#8

I agree with Yasir-2 that your investment period matters a lot. Of these four though, definitely AWT. You can get a possession plot for the price of a file, plus such projects (by armed forces) including DHA, Askari etc. Are the best bet these days. Exclude DHA valley because that is a JV with Bahria.

Just for the record, the profit on Faisal Town files is not what you will get but what You will have to Pay to the Seller. Trading in files is risky when the market is down. FOECHS future is dependent mainly on the ring road project, at present it doesn't have any direct access.

#9

Awt is quite far while Foechs even with access through I-16 is a straightforward drive to Saddar Road and Islamabad. Straight road leads you to G-13.

#10

@paedesi you are right in your analysis ,and the plus point is the price ,which is low enough to take a risk,but the negative point will be the bizarre location of FOECHS, as nothing better on left /right and just an isolated area, am i wrong?

#11

Dk bhai it has CDA sector I-16 on one side and CBR-2 on the other side. Plus road from future Thallian Interchange will touch FOECHS phase 2 which is below Phase 1. So not an isolated area at all.

Zameen forum contributor Ch Shahid has explained this before.

#12

Very interesting comment Pardesi sb! What you have stated is the equivalent of saying that Afghanistan is the safest and best country to live in today, because it is surrounded by energy rich countries on one side and energy hungry countries on the other. In future many pipelines will touch Afghanistan to transport oil from which it will get billions of dollars in royalty making it the richest country in the region. Therefore Afghanistan is the best place to live in!

Kya hogaya hai sir, doosron ko sapna sapna kehte kehte lagta hai aap khud bhi ab sapne dekhne lage hain!!

#13

Raza bhai roads and development standards are better in Foechs compared to CDA sectors such as I-16. Plus there are mostly very big plots. So Afghanistan is on the sides of Foechs not inside it.

Secondly my comment was in response to a specifc query about what is in the neighborhood of foechs.

Why don't you visit then decide?

#14

I am totally agree with Pardesi after research about FOECHS.No doubt about location but don't know about future.

http://www.mofa.gov.pk/foechs/location.html

Location of the Site

The site area of the Society is adjacent to I-16 Sector of Islamabad Capital Territory. It is at a distance of about 30 KM from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The distance of the new Islamabad International Airport at Pind Ranjah near Fateh Jang is about 10 Kilometers on the western side via I-16 Sector of Islamabad and another shortcut of about 6-7 km is available through neighbouring Housing Society, whereas Lahore-Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway Interchange is about 8 Kilometers.

The Society HAS 1943 Kanals of land in its possession.It includes around 52 Kanals of land which falls under the Jurisdiction of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for which Society will receive due compensation of Rs.41.018 million. The net land holding in the Society is1890.67 kanal.

Regards

#15

Keeping in view margalla avenue and sorrounding scenery wapda town is also a good option.

#16

Tarnol to fatheh jang road is not impressive otherwise right now faisal town seems to be solid investment for not less then 1 year to longterm in all rrespectes

#17

Out of these foechs is best because of location and standard of development. Plus community is educated foreign office staff and diplomats.

#18

Wapda town is best

#19

Yesterday I visited AWT, Wapda Town and PECHS. Today I visited FOECHS.

AWT is OK but yes it is far. Same for Wapda Town. Development standard is average to slightly above average but even more far as compared to AWT and access is very bad. Out of all these, I noticed that scenery is best in PECHS. PECHS is a good place but on Fateh Jang Road even if you use Motorway.

And yes Foechs is virtually touching CDA sector and house construction activity has started. Good landscaping and good standard of development with elite community.

PECHS has better development standard than Foechs but Foechs is best from investment and living point of view as it is very near Saddar through I-14 and they have a strong management. Foechs will rise faster than AWT and PECHS unless PECHS gets direct access to Airport.

#20

@Panthera Uncia. Good luck with your decision! I hope it works out for you. I do have two questions though.

Firstly, you had included Faisal Town in your list as well. Did you manage to visit that area also and if yes, what are your views about it? What factors did you find unsuitable?

Secondly, could you plz exlain how did you reach the conclusion that FOECHS has an elite "community", which as I understand is determined by the ppl actually living there, not the plot owners? Last time I visited that area, about 5 months back, I think there were no more than 2-3 houses under construction and most of it was completely empty. Thanks!

#21

I think FOECHS is a very good option for long term investment.

FT is good for short term to medium term...

Thanks

#22

I agree with Mr Khan regarding FT. It has good potential for those who can hold it at least for a year.

#23

Raza actually I think Faisal Town will be better than others but it is too long term for me. I dont think it is short or even medium term because the whole project is at an initial stage.

I want to make a decision to buy to keep for short to medium run - basically i want to sell when population moves in.

In AWT, Wapda Town, PECHS and Foechs, the construction work is now at initial stage. So if I aim for population factor pushing the price up, then all these societies are ripe for investment because development is complete or almost complete and a few people are now making houses. This is the pre-population stage.

At populated stage, I will either get out or opt for construction to sell a constructed house. That is my plan.

For this plan AWT is good because of army but a bit far. Wapda Town even more far and bad access so it will take too long to get things ready for using AWT access and then getting house construction.

So the game is poised between PECHS and Foechs. And I think Foechs will win because of closeness to Pindi Islamanad and the fact that foreign office staff are not selling easily. One property dealer was telling me he is losing interest in foechs because these are 'saab Log' and have nakhra. Many of them are outside Pakistan and they want to construct for retirement. It will become new Westridge type of posh area due to diplomat community in the neighbourhood of saddar and CDA. Less than 5-10% are putting their plots on the market. And A-Block of foechs is best.

#24

Nice debate is going on. How you will current access to FOECHS I know the access to PECHS at present is not good.

#25

Access to Foechs right now is through CDA sectors I-16, I-15 and I-14. So it is as good or bad as the access available to I-16 residents.

In the future it is expected inshaAllah that access will be given through Foechs Phase 2 to road to new Thallian Interchange.

Lets see.

#26

Which is better:-

Cabinet or FOECHS?

plz give ur reasons so that we can make final decision. Many thanks!

#27

What do you think which is the best option?

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