DISTRESS DEAL: 7-BR + MAID’S IN MOROCCO - LV75K

INVESTMENT SNAPSHOT

 

A 7-bedroom plus maid's villa at Morocco by Damac Lagoons — plot reference LV75K — is available at AED 17,800,000, reduced 10.4% from the original developer price of AED 19,864,000. The buyer-side saving is AED 2,064,000 on day one, and the AED 1,017 per square foot entry (on built-up area of 17,500 sqft) is materially below Dubai's prevailing numbers for 7-bedroom villa stock in comparable master-planned communities. The plot extends to 11,000 sqft with a built-up area of 17,500 sqft in a B+G+1+R layout. Handover is contracted for Q4 2026, which positions the buyer within three quarters of keys.

LOCATION CONTEXT

 

Morocco sits within Damac Lagoons, a 45-million-square-foot Mediterranean-inspired masterplan in Al Hebiah Fifth, south-west Dubai. The community is organised into eight themed clusters — Morocco, Malta, Santorini, Portofino, Costa Brava, Venice, Andalusia and Marbella — each centered on a swimmable crystal lagoon, a white-sand beach and a themed retail village. The broader masterplan connects via Hessa Street and Al Qudra Road to the Global Village, Dubai Hills Mall and the wider Dubailand entertainment belt. Downtown Dubai is a 25-minute drive; Expo City is 20 minutes; Al Maktoum International is 30 minutes. The district is freehold and has attracted genuine end-user demand since launch, with strong absorption on both villa and townhouse inventory through 2025.

UNIT AND LAYOUT

 

The villa is a 7-bedroom plus maid's quarters residence on an 11,000-square-foot plot with a built-up area of 17,500 sqft across basement, ground, first and roof levels. The B+G+1+R configuration delivers private leisure and utility space below grade, formal living and entertainment at ground level, a full bedroom floor above, and a finished roof terrace. Seven en-suite bedrooms, a separate maid's suite, a formal lounge, a family living area, a show and a preparation kitchen, a private lift, a home office, a private pool and a landscaped garden are standard to the LV75K plot specification. The built-up area is among the largest in the Morocco cluster and sits at the top end of the absorbed villa segment in Damac Lagoons — comparable plot sizes are close to sold out on the launch inventory.

PROJECT AND DEVELOPER

 

Damac Lagoons is Damac Properties' second flagship lagoon-community masterplan after Damac Hills and Damac Hills 2, positioned as the Mediterranean-themed counterpart to Damac Hills' tropical cluster. Damac is the UAE's largest private developer by market capitalisation, listed on the Dubai Financial Market, with over 47,000 units handed over to date. The Lagoons masterplan has been executed in phased releases with the first clusters — Venice, Malta, Santorini — already delivered and trading in the secondary market. Morocco has recorded land and villa transactions through 2026 in the AED 823 to AED 1,703 per square foot band (by plot area), based on Dubai Land Department records.

AMENITIES AND LIFESTYLE

 

Residents have access to the Damac Lagoons signature amenity network — a crystal lagoon with a white-sand beach, a floating amphitheatre, aqua kiosks, a wave surfing simulator, a water gym, paddle-boarding channels, beach volleyball and an outdoor cinema. The Morocco cluster has its own themed retail village with Moroccan-inspired F&B and boutique retail. Cluster-level amenities include a clubhouse, a tennis court, a kids' playground and jogging tracks. Community-wide facilities include Damac International School (on-site), dedicated community retail centres and a network of walking trails connecting the eight themed clusters. For a 7-bedroom primary residence, the community infrastructure supports a complete lifestyle on the plot without the commuting patterns of apartment communities.

PAYMENT PLAN

 

The developer's original payment plan transfers to the buyer on assignment. The remaining milestones due to Damac are preserved at the original dates and amounts. The payment-on-transfer component includes the payment to the seller, the DLD transfer fee at 4% plus AED 40, the Trustee fee and the buyer's agent commission at 2% plus VAT. Handover in Q4 2026 puts most of the payment plan schedule close to completion for the incoming buyer, which shortens the post-transfer cashflow commitment. The full schedule and transfer breakdown is in the payment plan table below.

WHY THIS DEAL

 

Three arguments sit behind the case. First, a 10.4% reduction on a 7-bedroom villa with 17,500 sqft of built-up area is rare — this segment typically trades through the developer price within the twelve months preceding handover as nearby cohorts fully absorb. Second, the short handover runway to Q4 2026 removes the extended-hold construction risk that is inherent to 2028 and 2029 villa inventory, and aligns the buyer with the district's next retail and school delivery wave. Third, the 11,000-square-foot plot footprint in the Morocco cluster is essentially sold out on direct developer inventory — most remaining villas in the Morocco cluster are smaller 6-bedroom plots, and the 7-bedroom LV75K specification commands its own price band on the secondary market. The combination of an exceptional plot size, a short completion runway and a clean percentage discount is the core of the case.