CompletedDubai Hills Estate

Golf Place Terraces

Golf Place Terraces at Dubai Hills Estate by Emaar: limited-edition 4–6 bedroom villas from AED 7.25M, on a plan with post-handover instalments, completion Dec 2023.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceAED 7.25M

CompletedDec 2023

StatusCompleted

CommunityDubai Hills Estate

Overview

Project brief

LIMITED-EDITION 4–6 BEDROOM VILLAS AT DUBAI HILLS ESTATE

Golf Place Terraces is a villa cluster by Emaar at Dubai Hills Estate, the master-planned community built around an 18-hole championship golf course, with Dubai Hills Mall and Dubai Hills Park, positioned between Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina via Al Khail Road. The cluster is described as a limited-edition release with generous open space and no back-to-back villas.

The development comprises 128 limited-edition villas in 4, 5 and 6-bedroom types. Built-up areas range from 5,126 to 9,991 square feet on plots from 7,761 to 13,728 square feet, with prices from AED 7.25 million. Design features noted in the source materials include a sky lounge, three car parks and extra storage.

Emaar structured the launch around a plan with a 10% down payment, instalments through construction and a series of post-handover instalments extending beyond the estimated completion of December 2023.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Golf Place Terraces
Developer	Emaar
Community	Dubai Hills Estate
Type	4, 5 & 6-Bedroom Villas
Total units	128
Starting price	From AED 7.25 million
Payment plan	10% down + construction and post-handover instalments
Expected completion	December 2023 (estimated)

Based on the launch fact sheet, subject to change.

UNIT MIX & STARTING PRICES

Unit type	Types	Built-up area (sq ft)	Plot size (sq ft)	Price range (AED)
4-Bedroom	3	5,126 – 5,431	7,761 – 7,807	7.25M – 7.35M
5-Bedroom	6	5,635 – 7,124	7,834 – 9,201	8.00M – 10.00M
6-Bedroom	7	7,368 – 9,991	9,263 – 13,728	10.50M – 17.00M

Types, sizes and price ranges per the Emaar fact sheet. The Emaar floor-plan set draws all 16 types — 3 four-bedroom (Villa D1), 6 five-bedroom (Villas D2 and D3) and 7 six-bedroom (Villas B2, B3 and D4), each in a Contemporary, Elegant or Modern style — and confirms the ranges above type by type, to within a square foot of rounding: the five-bedroom floor is printed as 5,634 sq ft on the Villa D2 – Modern plan against 5,635 sq ft on the fact sheet. The smallest area printed anywhere in that set is 307 sq ft, which is not a home: it is the entry/terrace area on the 4-bedroom Villa D1 – Contemporary, whose suite (4,287 sq ft), garage (431 sq ft), entry/terrace (307 sq ft) and balcony (406 sq ft) sum to its stated 5,431 sq ft total. Emaar's plans list garages, terraces and roof terraces under their own labels, so individual figures well below the ranges above are components of a villa rather than separate units.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Golf Place Terraces is a 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 notes below.

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

Golf Place Terraces 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 completed 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.

LOCATION: A GOLF-COURSE COMMUNITY BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND THE MARINA

Dubai Hills Estate is an Emaar master-planned community built around an 18-hole championship golf course, with Dubai Hills Mall and Dubai Hills Park, positioned between Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina via Al Khail Road. Per the Emaar fact sheet, the community offers connectivity from Al Khail Road and Umm Suqeim with planned metro connectivity, and includes the Dubai Hills Golf Club — an 18-hole par-72 championship course designed by European Golf Design and managed by Troon Golf — alongside Dubai Hills Park, Dubai Hills Mall, Kings Hospital and a GEMS school.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Buy-and-hold for rental — limited-edition villa stock in an established golf-course community supports premium long-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a primary or second home in a low-density villa cluster with generous plots and golf-course surroundings.
Resale — the cluster's limited-edition scale and golf-course setting support a resale market; premiums depend on market conditions and should be checked against live DLD data.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Delivery status — the source materials give an estimated completion of December 2023; current build and handover status should be confirmed directly.
Pricing — high-value villa stock; current pricing and PSF to be confirmed against live DLD data (pending).
Post-handover payments — the plan extends instalments beyond completion, which affects the cash-flow profile; terms should be verified before committing.
Liquidity — the prime villa segment is a narrower buyer pool than mainstream apartments, which can affect resale timing.

PAYMENT PLAN

A plan combining a booking down payment, instalments through construction and a series of post-handover instalments.

Instalment	Payment	Milestone	Due
Down payment	10%	Booking	On booking
1st	10%	3 months from booking	Jun 2021
2nd – 7th	5% each	Every 4 months	Oct 2021 – Jun 2023
8th	10%	100% construction	Dec 2023
9th & 10th	5% each	4 & 8 months post-completion	Apr 2024 & Aug 2024
11th	10%	12 months post-completion	Dec 2024
12th & 13th	5% each	16 & 20 months post-completion	Apr 2025 & Aug 2025
14th	10%	24 months post-completion	Dec 2025

Per the Emaar payment plan; dates as published, subject to change. Completion date estimated at December 2023.

SOURCES

Emaar — Golf Place Terraces at Dubai Hills Estate fact sheet, payment plan and floor-plan set.
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Dubai Hills Estate) — live feed pending.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Golf Place Terraces 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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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 Place Terraces 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. Emaar gives completion for Golf Place Terraces as Dec 2023; off-plan completion dates can move, and the SPA governs the position.

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 Place Terraces, 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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