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1. Where?

IslamabadRawalpindiLahoreKarachi

2. Plot size

3 marla5 marla7 marla8 marla10 marla1 kanal2 kanal
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3. Floors

1 floor2 floors3 floors

4. How is the house built?

Columns and beamsConcrete pillars and beams hold up the roof. Most builders build this way in DHA and Bahria.Brick wallsThick brick walls hold up the roof, with no pillars. Only for 1 or 2 floors.

5. What to build?

Only the structure (grey)Foundation, walls and roof. No tiles, paint or fittings.Ready to live in (complete)With tiles, paint, wiring, bathrooms and kitchen.

6. Finish

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When the contractor buys them, he adds about 10% on top.

10 marla house with columns and beams in Islamabad, ready to live in, good finish
About 1.8 crore
Between 1.6 crore and 1.95 crore
Rs 5,700 per sq ft covered

A rough guide only: finishing costs vary a lot with your choices of tiles, fittings and wood work, so the real cost can be much more or less.

Shown for about 3,130 sq ft covered (2 floors).

Where the money goes

  • Structure materials84 lakh
  • Finishing, with fitting60 lakh
  • Labour18 lakh
  • Contractor's share17 lakh

Materials you will need

  • Cement: about 1,190 bags
  • Sand: about 4,900 cubic feet
  • Crush (bajri): about 3,600 cubic feet
  • Steel (sariya): about 11 tonnes
  • Bricks: about 69,000

Sand and bajri are priced by the 100 cubic feet.

Prices updated September 2026

This is a rough guide, not a quote. The real cost depends on your design, your contractor and the materials you choose.

Questions

How much does it cost to build a 5 marla house in Islamabad?
About 1.05 crore for a house with columns and beams, ready to live in with a good finish (2 floors, about 1,830 sq ft covered), or about 64 lakh for the structure only, at prices updated September 2026. A rough guide, not a quote: finishing costs vary a lot with your choices.
How much does it cost to build a 10 marla house in Islamabad?
About 1.8 crore for a house with columns and beams, ready to live in with a good finish (2 floors, about 3,130 sq ft covered), or about 1.1 crore for the structure only, at prices updated September 2026. A rough guide, not a quote: finishing costs vary a lot with your choices.
How much does it cost to build a 1 kanal house in Islamabad?
About 3.1 crore for a house with columns and beams, ready to live in with a good finish (2 floors, about 5,420 sq ft covered), or about 1.9 crore for the structure only, at prices updated September 2026. A rough guide, not a quote: finishing costs vary a lot with your choices.
Columns and beams, or brick walls: what is the difference?
In a house with columns and beams, concrete pillars and beams hold up the roof and the brick walls only fill in between - most builders build this way in DHA and Bahria. In a house with brick walls there are no pillars: thick brick walls hold up the roof. Columns and beams take more steel and cement, so they cost more, and a house of 3 floors always needs them.
What is a grey structure?
The house without its finishing: foundation, pillars, beams, roof, brick walls, plaster and the pipes and wires inside the walls. Tiles, paint, doors, bathrooms and the kitchen come after, in the finishing.
What is the covered area?
The floor area of every floor added together, plus the stair room on the roof. A house does not cover the whole plot: by law and by design some of it stays open in front and at the back.