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Faisal Hills

What each size is actually for.

Dimensions below are the shapes we see most often on the ground. Corner, park-facing and boulevard plots vary — the allotment file always wins.

5 Marla

1,125 sq ft

Typical dimensions
25' × 50'
Frontage
25 ft
Who it suits
The size most people mean when they say “5 marla”. First purchase, or a self-build for a family of four to five.
What you can build
A ground-plus-one typically lands between 2,200 and 2,700 sq ft of covered area.

7 Marla

1,575 sq ft

Typical dimensions
30' × 50'
Frontage
30 ft
Who it suits
A step up from 5 marla without 8 marla money. Useful where the 30 × 50 ft shape is what the layout actually issued.
What you can build
Takes three to four bedrooms across two floors if the plan is tight and honest about setbacks.

8 Marla

1,800 sq ft

Typical dimensions
30' × 60'
Frontage
30 ft
Who it suits
Buyers who want a car porch and a usable lawn without moving to 10 marla money.
What you can build
Comfortably takes four bedrooms across two floors with a proper double-height lounge.

10 Marla

2,250 sq ft

Typical dimensions
35' × 70'
Frontage
35 ft
Who it suits
The most liquid residential size in the scheme. Easiest to resell and easiest to rent.
What you can build
Ground plus one with a servant quarter over the porch is the standard brief here.

14 Marla

3,150 sq ft

Typical dimensions
40' × 80'
Frontage
40 ft
Who it suits
A less common intermediate size on the legend (40 × 80 ft). Confirm it on the allotment before you budget a 10 or a 1-kanal brief.
What you can build
Wider frontage than 10 marla, still short of a full kanal. Plan for a generous lounge and a proper lawn.

1 Kanal

4,500 sq ft

Typical dimensions
50' × 90'
Frontage
50 ft
Who it suits
A permanent family home, or a build-to-sell project in a delivered block. One kanal.
What you can build
Front and rear lawn, basement if the water table allows, two-car garage.

2 Kanal

9,000 sq ft

Typical dimensions
75' × 120'
Frontage
75 ft
Who it suits
Long-hold land, or a large residence where the plot itself is the point. Two kanal.
What you can build
Most 2 kanal buyers in Faisal Hills are holding rather than building today.

Coverage and setbacks

Working numbers our office uses at enquiry. The society building-control department issues the binding figures with the approved plan.

Ground coverage

Up to about 75% of the plot

On residential plots the ground floor is normally approved up to roughly three quarters of the plot area, with the balance held as front setback and open space. Corner plots often carry a tighter allowance because two sides face a street.

Height allowance

Ground plus one, plus mumty

Residential plots are approved for two habitable floors and a stair mumty. Basements are permitted subject to the excavation and shoring conditions on the approved plan. Commercial plots on the boulevard carry a far higher allowance.

Front setback

5 ft on the smaller residential sizes

Small plots carry a modest mandatory front setback; 10 marla and above steps up. The setback is measured from the plot line, not from the kerb, and it is the single most common reason a plan comes back for revision.

Car porch projection

Within the front setback

A covered porch is allowed in the setback strip on most streets, which is why 5 marla houses in Block A read as fully built to the plot line at ground level.

Boundary wall

Before anything else

Once possession is handed over, our advice is to wall the plot and fix the boundary against the demarcation on site. It removes the encroachment argument entirely and costs a fraction of resolving one later.

Approved plan first

Non-negotiable

Construction without a stamped plan invites a stop-work notice and a penalty at the completion stage. The society processes plans on site and our office files them for clients as part of a build engagement.

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Need a size matched to a budget and a block?

A 5 marla (25×50 ft) in Block A and a 10 marla file in Prime Block can sit on the same cheque. The right size depends on whether you are living, building or holding.

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