DLF Phase 5, Gurugram

DLF Carlton Estate vs DLF Princeton Estate

We do not pick one. Below is what each states about itself, what we could check against a public record, and, named rather than left blank, what neither of us can answer.

DLF Carlton Estate

DLF Builders

₹3.11 Cr

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DLF Princeton Estate

DLF Builders

₹2.40 Cr

The full report on this one →

Why these two are on one page. A comparison only exists here where a buyer could genuinely be choosing between the two: both in DLF Phase 5; both quoted on super area, so the rates compare directly; both sell a 3 BHK; their asking ranges overlap — ₹3.11 Cr–₹3.84 Cr and ₹2.40 Cr–₹3.89 Cr. All four are facts the projects state about themselves — we did not score their similarity.

What each one costs

The money, side by side

Every figure below is published by the project or computed the same way its own page computes it. Nothing is averaged, and a disagreement between sources renders as a range.

	DLF Carlton Estate	DLF Princeton Estate
Asking rate	₹24,548 per super sq ft ≈ ₹37,766 per carpet one listing	₹24,904 per super sq ft ≈ ₹38,314 per carpet one listing
Both quoted on the same area basis — that is one of the reasons these two are on a page together.
All-in, per carpet sq ft	₹47,097a modelled rate card	₹47,717a modelled rate card
The quoted rate plus development charges, GST, stamp duty and registration, divided back over carpet area. Same calculation as each project’s own page — statutory rates are published, development charges are marked where we had to model them.
Ticket, as published	₹3.11 Cr – ₹3.84 Cr	₹2.40 Cr – ₹3.89 Cr
These overlap. That is the test that put the two on one page: a budget that reaches one reaches the other.
A 3 BHK here	₹3.11 Cr – ₹3.38 Cr 1,267–1,377 sq ft super ≈ 824–895 sq ft carpet 19 listed	₹2.81 Cr – ₹3.32 Cr 1,127–1,333 sq ft super ≈ 733–866 sq ft carpet 5 listed
The configuration both projects list most of, priced as each publishes it. Nothing is converted or estimated by us.
Against comparable homes	₹7,544 above the median of 104 comparable homes our cohort	₹7,900 above the median of 104 comparable homes our cohort
Not against each other — against every home we hold on the same area basis, price tier and lifecycle.

What the public record holds

Registration and delivery

	DLF Carlton Estate	DLF Princeton Estate
Registration	No match found may be registered under a different legal name no match found	No match found may be registered under a different legal name no match found
A registration we cannot confidently attach is a limit of our matching and says nothing about the project. We say which it is.
Registered until	not on record	not on record
Stage and possession	Ready To Move possession stated as 2003-05 as listed	Ready To Move possession stated as 2002-12 as listed

The building and the developer

What stands behind each one

	DLF Carlton Estate	DLF Princeton Estate
Developer	DLF Builders 57 projects we track, 43 town-planning licences, 41 refused applications tcp rolls	DLF Builders 57 projects we track, 43 town-planning licences, 41 refused applications tcp rolls
Size	not on record	not on record
Amenities	27 counted 17 of them premium as listed	28 counted 18 of them premium as listed
A count of what is listed. It says nothing about what any of it is worth.
Nearest metro	950.0 kmnamed station	1.8 kmnamed station
Resale outlook	Slower to resell how contested selling it again would be our index	Good resale market how contested selling it again would be our index
Our own index, filed nowhere: built from liquidity, pipeline, price position and location, and validated against resale listings.

The short version

Where they genuinely differ

Each line names the figure it came from. None of them is advice.

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They ask within 1.5% of each other per square foot — ₹24,548 and ₹24,904. Whatever separates these two, it is not the rate
both projects’ published rates
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Once charges and duty are added the gap becomes ₹620 a carpet square foot, against ₹356 on the quoted rate
published statutory rates, applied to both
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Possession is stated as 2003-05 for DLF Carlton Estate and 2002-12 for DLF Princeton Estate
as listed by the developer
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DLF Princeton Estate is 948.2 km closer to a metro station (1.8 km against 950.0 km)
mapped station locations
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Our resale index reads DLF Carlton Estate as slower to resell and DLF Princeton Estate as good resale market. It is our own index rather than a filed figure, and it describes how contested selling again would be, and says nothing about what the home will be worth
our resale index

Not compared

Where the record is incomplete

These fields are missing for one or both projects, so no comparison is drawn. Named here rather than left blank, where an absence would read as a finding.

On DLF Carlton Estate

A registration we can confidently attach to this project; a limit of our matching rather than a statement about the developer

not on record

On DLF Princeton Estate

A registration we can confidently attach to this project; a limit of our matching rather than a statement about the developer

not on record

The part you were expecting

We are not going to pick one

There is no winner on this page, and there will not be one. Two homes differ on price, on stage, on who built them and on how hard each would be to sell again, and which of those matters is a question about you rather than about the buildings. A site that ranks two homes is selling one of them. The most useful thing we can do is put the record of both in front of you and be clear about where it runs out.

Deciding between more than two? The Property File keeps your own shortlist, your own notes from each visit, and the all-in cost of each — and it does not pick a winner either.