CompletedDubai Hills Estate

Sidra

Sidra at Dubai Hills Estate by Emaar: 3, 4 and 5-bedroom contemporary villas from 3,102 to 4,283 square feet, in a gated golf-course master community.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceOn request

CompletedMay 2023

StatusCompleted

CommunityDubai Hills Estate

Overview

Project brief

CONTEMPORARY 3, 4 & 5-BEDROOM VILLAS IN A GATED GOLF-COURSE COMMUNITY

Sidra is a gated villa community by Emaar within Dubai Hills Estate, the developer's 2,687-acre master-planned development on Al Khail Road, southeast of Downtown Dubai and part of Mohammed Bin Rashid City. The community is designed around green spaces, nature trails and the wider estate's world-class residential, hospitality and retail districts, roughly 12 minutes' drive from Downtown Dubai.

Sidra offers contemporary villas in three, four and five-bedroom layouts, ranging from 3,102 to 4,283 square feet across five villa types. Homes feature modern architecture, quality kitchen and bathroom fittings and efficient lighting, with a choice of floor plans. Residents have access to Dubai Hills Estate's amenities, including the 18-hole championship Dubai Hills Golf Club, a tennis academy, Village Park, schools, healthcare and the Dubai Hills Mall and boulevards.

Per the floor plans, the collection runs from a 3-bedroom villa of 3,102 square feet to a 5-bedroom villa of 4,283 square feet.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Sidra
Developer	Emaar
Community	Dubai Hills Estate
Type	3, 4 & 5 Bedroom Villas
Total villas	475 (Sidra 1, per PropSearch)
Sizes	3,102 – 4,283 sq ft (total built-up area)
Starting price	Confirmed on request
Payment plan	Confirmed on request
Completion	Handover completed May 2023 (per PropSearch)

Villa types, bedroom counts and built-up areas per the Emaar floor plans and brochure. Emaar did not publish a villa count, starting price or payment plan for Sidra in the source pack; the villa count and the May 2023 handover are PropSearch-sourced and should be verified before committing.

UNIT MIX & SIZES

Villa type	Bedrooms	Total built-up area (sq ft)
Villa 1	3-Bedroom	3,102
Villa 2	4-Bedroom	3,237
Villa 3	4-Bedroom	3,523
Villa 4	5-Bedroom	3,757
Villa 5	5-Bedroom	4,283

Sizes per the Emaar floor plans (total built-up area). Recent secondary-market transactions for Sidra villas range from approximately AED 5.1 million to AED 10.7 million (PropSearch); these are resale values, not developer launch prices.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Sidra 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 estimates below.

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

Sidra 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.

LOCATION: A GOLF-COURSE MASTER COMMUNITY MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN

Dubai Hills Estate is an Emaar master community built around an 18-hole championship golf course, with Dubai Hills Mall and Dubai Hills Park at its centre, connected via Al Khail Road and Umm Suqeim Street. Sidra is a gated sub-community near Umm Suqeim Street, roughly 12 minutes from Downtown Dubai, with schools, healthcare, tennis courts and 45 kilometres of nature trails across the wider estate. The position combines a quiet, green villa setting with connectivity to the rest of the city.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Buy-and-hold for rental — family villas in an established, amenity-rich golf-course community support long-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a primary home in a gated villa community close to schools, the golf club and the mall.
Resale — as a delivered community, Sidra has an active secondary market; realised pricing depends on conditions at the time and should be verified against live DLD data.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Completed stock — Sidra is a delivered community (handover May 2023 per PropSearch); pricing reflects the current secondary market rather than an off-plan entry point, and current availability should be confirmed.
Service charges — amenity-rich master communities typically carry service charges that affect net yield.
Villa supply — Dubai Hills Estate has a substantial villa pipeline; concurrent handovers across the community can affect near-term resale and rental pricing.

PAYMENT PLAN

A payment plan was not included in the source pack. Current terms and any available payment structure are confirmed on request.

SOURCES

Emaar — Sidra at Dubai Hills Estate brochure and floor plans (the five villa types, their 3, 4 and 5-bedroom configurations and total built-up areas of 3,102 to 4,283 sq ft; the 2,687-acre masterplan, 18-hole golf course, 14 tennis courts, 45 km of nature trails and the 12-minute drive to Downtown Dubai).
PropSearch (propsearch.ae) — Sidra project overview (475 villas in Sidra 1; construction start October 2016; handover completed May 2023; recent secondary-market villa transactions of approximately AED 5.1 million to AED 10.7 million).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Dubai Hills Estate) — live feed pending.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Sidra 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 Sidra 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 Sidra as May 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 Sidra, 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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