Anatomy of one townhouse

The three floors

They are three copies of the same plan — identical built area, identical layout, identical finish. What differs is how far you climb to reach them, and the price follows exactly that: the ground floor costs the most because you never climb to it, and the second costs the least because it is two flights up.

Ground Floor

No stairs, ever.

What it gives you

• Reached without climbing a single flight — the only floor in the building you can say that about
• Step-free from the street through the whole home, which matters for older parents and a pram
• Groceries, gas cylinders and furniture come in at the level they arrive on
• The coolest floor through a Lahore summer: two storeys of concrete take the sun before it reaches your ceiling

What it costs you

• The most street noise of the three floors
• The dearest of the three
• Least light at the rear in winter, with the building above shading it

The ground floor in full

First Floor

One flight up, off the road.

What it gives you

• Above the street noise and dust, which on Main Ferozepur Road is not a small thing
• Shaded from above by the second floor — measurably cooler through summer than living under a bare roof slab
• One flight, not two: the compromise most households actually end up wanting
• The most thermally stable home in the building, with a full storey above and below

What it costs you

• One flight of shared stairs, with no lift
• Neither the step-free access of the ground floor nor the quiet of the top

The first floor in full

Second Floor

The cheapest way in, and the quietest.

What it gives you

• The lowest price of the three floors, for the same built area and the same finish
• The most light and the longest views — nothing above or beside you blocks them
• Nobody walks above you, which is the noise people mind most
• No neighbour's plumbing overhead

What it costs you

• Two flights of shared stairs, with no lift — this is why it is the cheapest
• Takes the most direct sun in June, so roof insulation matters most here

The second floor in full

The staircase

One central staircase serves all six homes in the building — three floors in each of the two townhouses. Every front door, the ground floor included, opens off that shared lobby.

Who owns that staircase, who maintains it, and who is allowed to put a shoe rack on it are not questions to settle after you move in. They are written down before you buy: see stairs, roof and parking.

The roof

Who holds the roof terrace is being confirmed against the architect’s drawings, and it is published on the common areas page as soon as it is settled. The roof slab itself — the structure and its waterproofing — is maintained by every home in the building, because when it fails everyone beneath it gets wet.

Meters and services

Each floor is metered separately for electricity and gas, so you pay for what you use and nothing else. The detail of how that is applied for and in whose name it stands is on the meters page.