This 4-bedroom plus maid’s villa in Sobha Reserve, DubaiLand, is being offered at AED 8,300,000, representing a 1.2% discount to the original price of AED 8,400,000. The built-up area is 5,072 sq.ft on a 4,672 sq.ft plot, equating to an entry basis of AED 1,636 per sq.ft. The property is a Type C villa, featuring a private pool, balcony, and parking. Handover is scheduled for Q2 2026, so the deal is off-plan but with a clear timeline. The immediate investment thesis is a below-launch price entry into a branded, gated villa community by Sobha, with a payment plan that reduces upfront capital outlay. The buyer secures a sizeable, modern villa in a maturing DubaiLand corridor, with the potential for capital appreciation as the project nears completion and the wider area continues to develop. The discount is modest in percentage terms, but the main case is early access to a high-specification villa in a project where launch pricing has already moved upwards for comparable units.
SOBHA RESERVE · DubailandSobha · Dubailand
DISTRESS DEAL: 4-BR + Maid's IN SOBHA RESERVE
- Unit
- 4-BR + Maid's
- Size
- 5,072 sq.ft
- Developer
- Sobha
- Handover
- Q2 2026
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 of a deal we transacted. Every figure on it — the asking price, the discount to original price and the payment schedule — is the position as listed on 13 March 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 6,690,009
- DLD Transfer fee 4% + 40 AEDAED 332,040
- DLD Registration Trustee fee + 5% VATAED 5,250
- Buyer's agent commission 2% + 5% VATAED 174,300
- Total on transferAED 7,201,599
- On HandoverAED 1,609,991
- Total remaining payment planAED 1,609,991
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW
LOCATION & TRANSPORT
Sobha Reserve is located in Wadi Al Safa 2, within the DubaiLand district. This area is positioned for growth, with improving infrastructure and connectivity to major Dubai corridors. The community is accessible via key arterial roads, offering reasonable drive times to Downtown Dubai, Business Bay, and Dubai Marina. Public transport options are still developing, so private vehicles remain the primary mode of access. For investors, this means the villa will appeal most to families and end-users who value privacy, space, and a suburban environment, but who still need to commute to Dubai’s business and leisure hubs. The area’s ongoing development is likely to bring further amenities and improved transport links over the next few years, supporting both rental and resale demand as the community matures.
AMENITIES & SURROUNDING
Sobha Reserve is designed as a gated villa community with a strong emphasis on landscaping and outdoor living. Residents will have access to private pools, landscaped walkways, barbecue areas, a zen garden, and an outdoor cinema. The master plan includes tree-lined streets and green clusters, creating a visually appealing and family-friendly environment. Each villa is designed with a private garden and pool, supporting both privacy and a sense of community. The wider DubaiLand area is seeing the addition of new schools, retail centres, and leisure facilities, which will further enhance the appeal of the location for families. The project’s amenities are positioned to compete with established villa communities in Dubai, offering a blend of exclusivity and practical family living.
MARKET
At AED 1,636 per sq.ft, this villa is priced below recent launch prices for comparable Sobha Reserve units, and well below the AED 2,000–2,200 per sq.ft range seen in recent land and villa transactions within the project. The DubaiLand villa segment has shown resilience, with demand driven by both end-users and investors seeking larger homes and outdoor space. The main buyer profile for this asset is likely to be families seeking a modern, gated environment, or investors targeting long-term rental yields and capital appreciation as the area develops. Liquidity risk is moderate: while off-plan villas carry some completion and market risk, Sobha’s track record and the project’s scale provide some mitigation. The main risk points are construction timelines, the pace of area infrastructure delivery, and the potential for further supply in the DubaiLand corridor. However, the payment plan structure and below-launch entry price provide a buffer against short-term market volatility.
CONCLUSION
For investors seeking exposure to Dubai’s villa market, this Sobha Reserve deal offers a balanced proposition: a modest but real discount to original price, a large and practical layout, and a payment plan that reduces upfront capital requirements. The project’s handover is scheduled for Q2 2026, so the case is for those comfortable with off-plan risk but seeking a branded, high-quality product in a maturing corridor. The main upside is early entry into a community that is likely to see further demand as DubaiLand’s infrastructure and amenities continue to improve. The main risks are construction and area delivery timelines, and the potential for further supply. Provided those are understood, this deal offers a disciplined entry into a modern villa community by a recognised developer, with a clear path to both end-user and investor exit strategies as the project matures.
Location
SOBHA RESERVE — Dubailand, 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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