Rock White Compound New Heliopolis

Rock White Compound New Heliopolis: finished three-bedrooms at about half the neighbours' metre

At Rock White Compound New Heliopolis, the offer is three-bedroom flats only, fully finished, from about EGP 52,800 a metre, on 25 feddans in New Heliopolis. The developer is El Batal Developments, which uses the "Rock" name for its projects. Look at Talala and SODIC East, under 3 km away, and the metre there runs 88,000 to 148,000. Booking takes 8% and the balance runs over 8 years, with keys due in April 2028.

Rock White New Heliopolis prices

• Three-bedroom flats from 124 up to 236 m².
• Prices from 6,553,319 to 13,829,138.
• 524,266 down on the cheapest, then about 62,800 a month.
• All the flats on offer are fully finished.

When do you move in, and how much will you have paid?

From today to April 2028 is a year and a half, out of eight years of instalments. So at handover you will have paid only about a quarter of the price, with the rest over more than six years while you live there. As the flat comes finished, you need no fit-out budget on top of the instalment, a real difference against a semi-finished flat.

Across New Heliopolis

Neighbouring flats: Talala, a kilometre and a half off, about 91,600 a metre; The Lakes at SODIC East about 87,900; Oak Residence about 112,500; and Rosewood about 147,700. In numbers: a 124 m² flat at Rock White costs 6.55 million, while one of the same size at Talala costs about 11.36 million, a gap of about 4.8 million. A gap that size is a reason to ask about the master plan and where the buildings sit, and to see the developer's handed-over projects with your own eyes.

Rock White or Rock Green?

Rock Green, by the same developer 2.5 km away, is a little cheaper: about 44,400 a metre on a 125 m² flat, due April 2029. So Rock White costs about 8,500 more a metre but hands over a year earlier. More importantly, Rock Green is semi-finished while Rock White is fully finished, so part of that gap goes on fitting out Rock Green anyway. Price the finishing of 125 m² and set it beside the gap of about a million pounds before judging Rock Green the cheaper one.

Rock White master plan

The developer says nine of every ten metres of land are left as greenery and water, with about 770 units and some 12,000 m² of commercial space with restaurants, cafés and shops. There is a sports academy with padel and football pitches and a running track, game rooms, a reading café, a cinema, co-working space, a kids' area and walking and cycling paths away from cars. The project is also designed to suit pet owners.

Getting around

Named times: El Shorouk 2 minutes away, Notre Dame and Falcon schools 6, the British University 10, the Fifth Settlement 15 minutes, Madinaty 20 minutes and Cairo Airport 35, reached by Suez Road, the Ring Road or the Baron axis.

El Batal Developments and its Rock projects

Besides Rock Green, the developer has projects in several cities: Rock Vera and Rock Gold in New Cairo, Rock Capital in the Capital's government district and Rock Eden in October Gardens. To judge its finishing before booking, ask for its nearest project with handed-over units.

Torn between Rock White and Rock Green? Send Masharf's WhatsApp the size you need and when you want to move in.