Dishonesty, breach of trust and commitment, abnormal delay in completion,
snatching of money out of the client`s pocket on one or other made up reasons bla bla is a usual thing in construction field in this country but I never had imagined the same kind of things from such a renowned and robust name the "Defence Housing Authority" and note it with a an eye of regret and concern as this will jeopardize the whole reputation of the authority which it had gained in years with very hard work, both in developments and safeguarding of the client`s properties.

But now it seems that the Authority has lost the value of words and commitments and behaving like a 2nd rated private entrepreneur. With the announcement of construction of 1st time of its kind in the country, Creek City Apartments,
the authority has won the hearts of the Karachities and they thought that the Authority will emerge as a trend setter among the builders and every builder will be forced to follow the lines of this authority in the future, but at last the things turned to the same way and at the end of the day same breach of trust, same tricky misdoings, long delay in completion, undue escalations, incomplete and forced handover and gigantic maintenance charges, all the ways to skin the clients in either way.

The schedule of completion was set much earlier and ppl of middle class as I am myself booked the apartment and got a finance from Askari bank. The markup the bank is charging comes to Rs.55, 000.00 per month whereas the amount of compensation the Authority paid was only Rs 25, 000.00 so a loss of Rs.30, 000.00 per month I had to bear but in hope of a good living I born it with open heart and also the 1st escalation of Rs.4, 50, 000.00 was accepted without an eyebrow raised and in good faith.

But further delay in completion was unjustified and the current 2nd time escalation is like a last nail in the coffin of the customer. The delay was not caused by the allottees and all the installments were paid regularly so why they should pay this 2nd escalation?More over this delay is mostly attributed to the greed of the Authority by raising the buildings by 2 extra floors in order to earn more money out of the project and aimed to it they deviated from the original plan of a 2 level car parking to a single level car parki giving a very little space for the cars to park and drive off easily.

Moreover the forced and unjustified handover without full completion of the project, without the announced facilities, like swimming pools, boundry walls, gates, land scappings and even leveling the ground along the buildings is a strange and senseless act on the part of the authority.

Above all the gigantic maintenance charges of about Rs.11000.00 per month on the smallest 3 bed apartment seems to be another way to squeeze the last drop of blood out of the allotee`s veins in this time of big recession and asking to pay it in advance for a whole year is still another big kick and blow. There is every apprehension that this is made a tool of big kick back for a life time, which should have been estimated at the actual expenses and not on the personal wish and interest basis.

With this unduly, untimely and merciless decisions, the Authority has given a bad name not only to the Project but also to itself and there are apprehensions that this project will doom down very soon and its signs are now visible with its declining market value.

So, in the interest of everyone, the Authority, the allotees, and the project itself, it is suggested that the 2nd escalation may be withdrawn and the maintenance charges may be reduced to 4000-5000 which even is above the actual cost and this must not be made a tool of earning more n more and also the forced handover without completion in all respects with, in house facilities may be avoided.

All the related allotee`s are requested to contact me on 0092 333 210 7830 so that a collective step can be initiated against this unilateral misdeed of the Housing Authority, also people with more awareness are requested to spread and post this message where ever possible to fight against this evilness,
Asrar A Shaikh e mail. [email protected]