This is a four-bedroom middle-unit townhouse in DAMAC Sun City, Dubailand, offered at AED 2,600,000. The source records an original price plus the 4% DLD fee of AED 3,053,440, so the asking figure sits AED 453,440, or 14.9%, below original price. The built-up area is 2,319.19 sq.ft, or 215.46 sq.m, arranged over ground plus one floor, which puts the entry basis at AED 1,121 per square foot on built-up area against AED 1,317 originally. Taking the buyer's full commitment of AED 2,777,330 rather than the asking price alone, the all-in basis is AED 1,198 per square foot, a saving of AED 196 per foot against the original rate. The unit type is THSC-M, with a garden and patio, two balconies and two carport parking spaces, and handover is on completion.
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DISTRESS DEAL: 4-BR IN DAMAC SUN CITY
- Unit
- 4-BR
- Size
- 2,319 sq.ft
- Developer
- DAMAC
The discount is measured against the original price + DLD recorded for this unit, not against a valuation.
This unit has sold. The page is kept as a record. Every figure on it — the asking price, the discount to original price and the payment schedule — is the position as listed on 17 September 2026 and is historic. It is not an indication of what the same unit, or a comparable one, would cost today.
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Payment breakdown
- Payment to sellerAED 897,120
- DLD Transfer fee (4% of OP + 40 AED)AED 117,480
- Trustee Office FeeAED 5,250
- Buyer's Agency Commission (2% + VAT)AED 54,600
- Total on transferAED 1,074,450
22 scheduled payments · AED 1,702,880
- 21-JUN-2026 — overdueAED 29,360
- 21-JUL-2026 — overdueAED 29,360
- 21-AUG-2026AED 29,360
- 21-SEP-2026AED 146,800
- 21-OCT-2026AED 29,360
- 21-NOV-2026AED 29,360
- 21-DEC-2026AED 29,360
- 21-JAN-2027AED 29,360
- 21-FEB-2027AED 29,360
- 21-MAR-2027AED 146,800
- 21-APR-2027AED 29,360
- 21-MAY-2027AED 29,360
- 21-JUN-2027AED 29,360
- 21-JUL-2027AED 29,360
- 21-AUG-2027AED 29,360
- 21-SEP-2027AED 146,800
- 21-OCT-2027AED 29,360
- 21-NOV-2027AED 29,360
- 21-DEC-2027AED 29,360
- 21-JAN-2028AED 29,360
- 21-FEB-2028AED 29,360
- On CompletionAED 734,000
- Total remaining payment planAED 1,702,880
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LOCATION & TRANSPORT
DAMAC Sun City sits in Dubailand between Emirates Road and Al Qudra Road, with Al Maktoum International Airport to the south-west. DAMAC's own brochure states journey times of 15 minutes to Sports City, Motor City and DAMAC Hills, 22 minutes to the Expo 2020 venue, 23 minutes to Al Maktoum International Airport and 28 minutes to Dubai International Airport. Those are the developer's published figures, reproduced as they stand, and we have not independently verified them. The community is closer to Al Maktoum than to Dubai International, which is the orientation of the city's next decade rather than its last. Travel is by car, and there is no metro connection to this part of Dubailand.
AMENITIES & SURROUNDING
The attribute that separates this unit from the rest of its row is its position. It sits in a single row backing directly onto the park, with no townhouse behind it: the rear boundary gives on to the community's green space and recreation areas, reached from the back of the plot rather than by walking round the block. For a middle unit that distinction is material: such a unit is ordinarily bounded on both sides and to the rear by other houses, while this one is bounded to the rear by open landscape, so it holds the price of a middle unit with the outlook and privacy of a plot with nothing built behind it. In our assessment that is among the most sought-after positions in the community. Internally the ground floor carries living, dining, kitchen, storage and one bedroom; the first floor carries the master with en-suite and walk-in closet, two further bedrooms and two balconies. The specific plot position should be confirmed against DAMAC's cluster plan before exchange.
MARKET
The 14.9% reduction is measured against the original price plus the 4% DLD registration fee, which is the basis the source publishes. It compares the asking figure with what the first buyer committed; it is not a valuation against current resale evidence, and we have not attached one. The structure is worth reading closely. AED 1,074,450 falls due at transfer, of which AED 897,120 goes to the seller and AED 117,480 is the DLD transfer fee at 4% of the original price plus AED 40. A further AED 1,702,880 remains payable to the developer, ending with 25%, or AED 734,000, on completion. Under 39% of the total falls at transfer and the balance is spread to 2028, which suits a buyer funding from income rather than from a single lump. The arrears figure is as at 14 July 2026 and will have grown; two further instalments fell due on 21 August and 21 September 2026.
CONCLUSION
This suits a family buyer or a long-hold investor who wants a four-bedroom house with a park behind it at a middle-unit price, and who is content to complete in 2028. The position is the part of the proposition that cannot be replicated by a later purchase in the same row. The caution is administrative rather than structural: the arrears must be cleared before DAMAC will issue the NOC to transfer, though whether the seller settles them or the buyer funds them does not change the buyer's total. A current statement of account should be obtained before terms are agreed. Contact us for the floor plans, the statement of account and a viewing of the cluster.
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DAMAC SUN CITY — DAMAC Sun City, Dubai
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- Handover
- The date the unit is handed over, set in quarters from purchase. Gross rent, the vacancy allowance, maintenance and management, and the service charge all start there and not before — an unbuilt unit cannot be let and is not billed. The year handover falls in gets the exact fraction it is entitled to, not a rounded whole year. Capital growth is not treated this way: it compounds from today across the whole hold, because an off-plan unit can be sold before it completes. Where the holding period ends before handover, there is no operating income anywhere in the schedule and the whole return is capital movement less costs.
- Gross yield
- Gross annual rent ÷ purchase price. Before every cost. Where handover is in the future this is a stabilised full year from handover — a rate on the price, not a figure reduced by the construction period. The schedule shows what each year actually books.
- Net yield
- (Rent collected after the vacancy allowance − maintenance and management − service charge) ÷ purchase price. Stabilised on the same basis as the gross yield.
- Rent growth
- Compound annual movement in gross rent, applied from handover and stepping at each anniversary of it, which is when a tenancy renews. It may be negative. It does not touch the service charge, which is held flat in nominal terms.
- ROI
- Total profit over the whole hold ÷ total cash invested (price + all acquisition costs). Unlevered. Not an annual rate.
- ROE
- Total profit over the whole hold ÷ equity contributed (deposit + all acquisition and finance costs), after debt service. Levered. Not an annual rate.
- Cash-on-cash return
- Year-one operating cash flow, after debt service where there is a mortgage, ÷ cash invested. Reported separately from ROI/ROE and never merged with it. Year one means the first year of the schedule as it stands: where that year falls before handover it carries no rent, so on a mortgaged off-plan purchase the figure is negative — that is the year you fund out of pocket, and it is shown rather than smoothed away.
- IRR
- The annualised rate that discounts the dated cash-flow schedule above to a net present value of zero, solved numerically. Where the schedule has no sign change, or the solver does not converge on a single meaningful rate, we print “—” rather than substitute a simpler annualised-return figure.
An illustrative model, not a forecast, a valuation, an offer or investment advice. Every figure is generated from the assumptions on this page — some yours, the rest stated defaults, not promises. Rents, service charges, fees, vacancy, handover dates, financing terms and sale prices vary by unit and over time; past prices are not a guide to future prices. Returns are not guaranteed and capital is at risk.
Mortgage availability, loan-to-value, rate and term are subject to lender criteria and underwriting; nothing here indicates that finance will be offered. Figures exclude any tax payable in your country of residence — take independent financial, tax and legal advice before committing. Mitchell's Commercial Real Estate is a trading brand; the RERA-licensed broker is Stephen James Mitchell, BRN 68593.
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