Off-planDubai Hills Estate

Golf Grove

Golf Grove at Dubai Hills Estate by Emaar: 3 and 4 bedroom villas from 2,910 to 3,368 sq ft, each with a private rooftop terrace, set on the 18-hole Dubai Hills Championship golf course.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceOn request

Handover—

StatusOff-plan

CommunityDubai Hills Estate

Overview

Project brief

FAMILY VILLAS WITH PRIVATE ROOFTOP TERRACES ON THE DUBAI HILLS GOLF COURSE

Golf Grove is a family-oriented villa neighbourhood by Emaar within Dubai Hills Estate, the developer's golf-course master community set between Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina along Al Khail Road. The development is arranged around parks and the rolling fairways of the 18-hole Dubai Hills Championship golf course, positioned as a quieter, greener alternative to the pace of central Dubai.

The community comprises 3 and 4 bedroom villas of 2,910 to 3,368 square feet total area per the Emaar floor plans, each with a private rooftop terrace of 549 or 590 square feet. Homes are offered in three architectural styles — Eames and Savoye (3 bedroom) and Aalto (4 bedroom) — each with its own material palette, generous natural light and greenery, and panoramic views of the surrounding landscape.

Golf Grove sits within reach of three schools, including Gems International School, and two hospitals, including the internationally recognised King's College Hospital. Dubai Hills Mall, Dubai Hills Park and the Dubai Hills Golf Club are all within the master community, with Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina around 15 to 20 minutes' drive away.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Golf Grove
Developer	Emaar
Community	Dubai Hills Estate
Type	3 & 4 Bedroom Villas
Sizes	2,910 – 3,368 sq ft (total area)
Starting price	Not published by Emaar — confirmed on request
Payment plan	Not published by Emaar — confirmed on request
Expected completion	Not published by Emaar — confirmed on request

Villa styles, bedroom configurations and areas per the Emaar floor plans and brochure. Emaar did not publish unit counts, starting prices, a payment plan or a completion date for Golf Grove in the source pack.

UNIT MIX & SIZES

Villa style	Bedrooms	Suite area (sq ft)	Total area (sq ft)	Roof-top terrace (sq ft)
Eames	3-Bedroom	2,274	2,910 – 2,931	549
Savoye	3-Bedroom	2,281 – 2,283	2,939 – 2,940	549
Aalto	4-Bedroom	2,805	3,368	590

Areas per the Emaar floor plans, rounded down to the nearest square foot; each style is drawn as a TH01 and a TH02 layout, and the ranges above span the two. Total area covers suite, garage and balcony; the roof-top terrace is stated separately on the plan. Starting prices were not published in the project pack and are confirmed on request.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Golf Grove is an off-plan, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Dubai Hills Estate is available, current pricing and PSF trends will be shown alongside — those figures are the basis for any comparison, not the estimates below.

DEVELOPER: EMAAR, ONE OF DUBAI'S MOST ESTABLISHED DEVELOPERS

Golf Grove is developed by Emaar, the developer behind many of Dubai's landmark destinations. Emaar reported revenue of AED 49.6 billion for 2025 and, with a proven delivery track record, has delivered over 125,600 residential units across Dubai and other global markets since 2002. Its portfolio includes Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall. For investors, this scale and delivery history provide a meaningful measure of confidence at the off-plan stage.

LOCATION: A FAMILY VILLA ADDRESS ON THE DUBAI HILLS GOLF COURSE

Dubai Hills Estate is Emaar's master-planned golf community positioned between Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina, with Al Khail Road providing direct access to both. Golf Grove backs onto the 1.2 million sqm, par-72, 18-hole Dubai Hills Championship golf course — operated by Troon Golf and designed by European Golf Design — with Dubai Hills Mall, Dubai Hills Park, the golf club, Gems International School and King's College Hospital all within the community. The position combines a green, low-density, family villa setting with genuine connectivity to the rest of the city.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Buy-and-hold for rental — family villa stock on a golf-course community supports long-let demand from families; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a primary family home with a private rooftop terrace, close to schools, parks and the golf course.
Resale into an established market — Golf Grove trades in the Dubai Hills Estate secondary market; PropSearch records recent villa transactions in the community in the region of AED 4.76M to 9.9M, with pricing to be verified against live DLD data at the time of any transaction.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Market at completion / resale — returns depend on the Dubai Hills Estate market at the point of sale or letting, not today's; verify on current PSF.
Villa supply — Dubai Hills Estate has a substantial villa and townhouse pipeline across its sub-communities; concurrent availability can affect near-term resale and rental pricing.
Service charges — master-community and golf-course communities typically carry service charges, which affect net yield.
Entry point — villa pricing varies materially by style, plot and view within the community; the entry point should be weighed against comparable stock and verified on current PSF.

PAYMENT PLAN

The payment plan for Golf Grove was not published in the project pack and is confirmed on request; no payment schedule figures are shown here.

Payment terms confirmed on request; no invented figures are shown.

SOURCES

Emaar — Golf Grove at Dubai Hills Estate brochure and floor plans (the Eames, Savoye and Aalto styles; 3 and 4-bedroom configurations; suite, total and roof-top terrace areas; community amenities and location).
PropSearch — Golf Grove, Dubai Hills Estate (secondary-market transaction range only). https://propsearch.ae/dubai/golf-grove
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Dubai Hills Estate) — live feed pending.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Golf Grove is in the Dubai Hills Estate area.

Location record

Area: Dubai Hills Estate

Area and community are from our own project record, not the DLD register.

Area and community: our own project record. Neither is a survey, and neither is a substitute for your own site visit.

Developer

Emaar

Dubai Hills Estate

Emaar is the developer of this project in Dubai Hills Estate. The figures alongside describe Mitchell’s coverage of Emaar on this site and the registered sales behind it, not an assessment of the developer.

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Developer attribution as stated on this brief. Counts describe what Mitchell’s Realty publishes and, where shown, sales registered with the Dubai Land Department at those projects; they are not a measure of the developer’s wider portfolio or delivery record.

Method & questions

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Two different things sit on this page: transaction evidence taken from the Dubai Land Department’s public register, and the mechanics of buying in Dubai. The four notes below explain how the figures were built and what they can fairly be used for.

Registered, not askedEvery Dubai Land Department figure on this page comes from a sale that completed and was entered on the public register. Asking prices, portal listings and developer price lists are excluded: they record what someone hoped for, not what was paid.
Medians, not averagesProject samples are often thin, and a single penthouse or one bulk-discounted floor will pull an average a long way off. The median — the middle transaction — describes the typical unit far more reliably at these sample sizes. The count behind each figure is always shown so you can judge how much weight it deserves.
Sales only“Sales” means arm’s-length sales. Intra-family and other “Gift” transfers are excluded, as are rows registered at zero or nominal consideration, because neither is evidence of a market price.
A dated snapshotThese are a snapshot at the date stated beside them, taken from one extract of the register rather than queried live. A figure for this project quoted elsewhere, or taken from a different extract, may not match what you see here.

Common questions

What does buying off-plan at Golf Grove involve?

Off-plan means contracting with the developer before the building is finished. In outline: you reserve the unit, sign the developer’s Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA), and pay in instalments tied to construction milestones rather than in a single sum at the start.

Buyer payments on an off-plan sale in Dubai are made into a project escrow account regulated under Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007, and are released to the developer against verified construction progress. The developer registers the sale with the Dubai Land Department. The contract is between you and Emaar; we act as broker, not as principal.

What is the 4% DLD transfer fee, and who pays it?

The Dubai Land Department charges a property registration (transfer) fee of 4% of the price recorded on the contract, plus a fixed administrative charge. That is the rate in force as at July 2026. The statutory position splits the fee between buyer and seller; established market practice in Dubai is that the buyer pays the whole 4%.

Developers sometimes offer to absorb part or all of it on off-plan sales. Treat that as real only where it is written into the sale documents, not where it appears in marketing. Budget separately for the registration trustee charge, the Oqood registration fee on off-plan units, and — if you are borrowing — mortgage registration at 0.25% of the loan amount.

What is an Oqood registration, and is it the same as a title deed?

No. Oqood is the Dubai Land Department’s registration system for property that is not yet complete. When you buy off-plan, the developer lodges the SPA through Oqood, your interest is recorded on the interim property register, and you receive an initial registration certificate.

The title deed is a separate and later document, issued once the project is complete and the unit is formally transferred into your name. An off-plan purchase that is never registered leaves you off that interim register, so ask for evidence of Oqood registration once your first payment has cleared.

Can a non-UAE buyer own a unit outright?

In Dubai’s designated freehold areas, yes. Regulation No. 3 of 2006 sets out the areas in which non-UAE nationals may hold freehold title or a long lease; outside those areas ownership is restricted to UAE and GCC nationals. Ownership does not depend on holding UAE residency, and no local partner is required.

Tenure attaches to the plot rather than to a development’s marketing, so confirm what is recorded against the specific unit — freehold or leasehold, and the remaining term if leasehold — before you sign.

What happens at handover?

Once the building is complete and the completion certificate issued, you are called for handover: you inspect the unit (the snagging inspection), the developer addresses the defects listed, you settle the final instalment and any outstanding fees, and the unit is transferred into your name with a title deed issued.

Annual service charges begin at handover. They are levied per square foot at a rate approved by the regulator, so they are a recurring cost rather than a one-off. If you intend to let the unit, allow for the interval between handover and the first tenancy — a vacant unit earns nothing, and gross yield is annual rent measured against the purchase price, before those costs are taken off.

Where do the Dubai Land Department figures on this page come from?

They are drawn from the Dubai Land Department’s public transaction register — sales actually registered against Golf Grove, rather than asking prices, portal listings or developer price lists. They are a dated extract of the register, not a live query: the extract date is printed with the figures, and everything on this page is calculated from that single extract.

The number of sales behind every figure is shown alongside it. A median drawn from a handful of registrations carries far less weight than one drawn from several hundred, and should be read that way.

Who is Mitchell’s Realty, and how are you paid?

Mitchell’s Realty is the trading brand. The RERA-licensed brokerage behind it is The Luxury Real Estate Brokers LLC.

On developer off-plan sales the commission is paid by the developer. On resale transactions the brokerage fee is agreed with you in writing before terms are signed. We will confirm how we are paid on any specific transaction before you commit to it.

Please note. The above is general information about how transactions work in Dubai, not legal, tax or financial advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy. Fee rates, tenure rules and residency requirements change, and your own position may differ. Take your own independent legal and tax advice before you commit to a purchase.

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