Residences on Palm Jumeirah
Vitalia Palm Jumeirah Residences is a building of 45 homes on Palm Jumeirah by Pinnacle Developers. The brochure places it on the island's East Crescent and builds the project around an Italian theme, which it sums up as "Italian allure meets the unique pulse of the island". The fact sheet gives the structure as ground plus nine floors.
The homes run from two-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom duplexes and four-bedroom penthouses. The fact sheet classes them as fully equipped residential apartments and gives the tenure as freehold residential. The brochure describes ceilings of 3 metres.
Every layout on the floor plans has its own outdoor space. On the ground floor it is a terrace, and on the floors above it is a balcony. On the ground-floor sheets the terrace is larger than the home it belongs to.
The fact sheet gives an expected handover of Q4 2027 and offers two payment plans. The standard plan takes 35% in the first twelve months after booking and 65% on handover. The post-handover plan splits the price into ten equal instalments and leaves half of them until after handover. The fact sheet states that neither plan requires post-dated cheques.
In its own words, Pinnacle Developers says it seeks out "remarkable locations with extraordinary potential", and it names its values as "trust, integrity, and unrivalled quality".
Homes
The floor plans set the building out floor by floor, from the ground floor to the penthouses on floor 9. Each sheet gives three figures for a layout: the residence, the terrace or balcony, and a total. The plans note that units are drawn from the typical floor, that dimensions may vary with floor level and orientation, and that the drawings are approximate.
Two-bedroom apartments come in two types. Type 2G is on the ground floor, with a 1,505 sq ft residence and a 2,036 sq ft terrace, for a total of 3,541 sq ft. Type 2F runs from the first floor to the eighth. Its residence is 1,628 sq ft on most sheets and 1,629 sq ft on floors 2, 4, 6 and 8, so the home itself barely changes from floor to floor. The balcony is what changes. The two first-floor units carry balconies of 606 and 570 sq ft. On floors 2, 4, 6 and 8 the balcony is 333 sq ft, and on floors 3, 5 and 7 it is 311 sq ft. The fact sheet gives 1,939 sq ft as the two-bedroom starting size, while the floor plans print the smallest two-bedroom total as 1,940 sq ft.
Three-bedroom apartments also come in a ground-floor type and an upper-floor type. Type 3G has two ground-floor layouts. Unit 01 has a 1,981 sq ft residence with a 3,305 sq ft terrace, and unit 03 has a 1,959 sq ft residence with a 3,298 sq ft terrace. Type 3F has a 2,080 sq ft residence on every upper-floor sheet. On the first floor its balconies are 1,256 sq ft for unit 01 and 1,642 sq ft for unit 06. On floors 2, 4, 6 and 8 the balcony is 569 sq ft, for a total of 2,649 sq ft. That figure is the fact sheet's three-bedroom starting size.
The duplexes are four-bedroom homes, Type 4F, drawn on the plans as a lower and an upper level. Both duplex sheets give a 3,347 sq ft residence. The first-floor sheet, for unit 03, gives a 1,141 sq ft balcony and a total of 4,488 sq ft, which is the fact sheet's four-bedroom starting size. The sheet for floors 3, 5 and 7, for unit 04, gives a 1,151 sq ft balcony and a total of 4,498 sq ft.
The penthouses are on floor 9. The plans give units 01 and 02 the same figures: four bedrooms, a 2,968 sq ft residence, a 1,867 sq ft balcony and a total of 4,834 sq ft.
For a buyer comparing layouts, the residence figure is the one to compare. Within each type it moves very little, while the outdoor area ranges from a few hundred square feet on the typical floors to several thousand on the ground floor. The fact sheet's starting sizes are totals, so they include the balcony.
Post-handover payment plan
The fact sheet's second plan spreads the price over ten equal instalments of 10%. Four fall within eight months of booking, one falls on handover, and the remaining five fall within 24 months after handover.
| Stage |
Payment |
| Immediate (Less Booking Token) |
10% |
| Within 1 month of Booking |
10% |
| Within 4 months of Booking |
10% |
| Within 8 months of Booking |
10% |
| On Handover |
10% |
| Within 3 months of Handover |
10% |
| Within 6 months of Handover |
10% |
| Within 9 months of Handover |
10% |
| Within 13 months of Handover |
10% |
| Within 24 months of Handover |
10% |
Post-handover payment plan, percentages and stage wording as printed on the Vitalia fact sheet. The stages total 100%.
Every stage in both plans runs from the booking date or the handover date, so the schedule moves with the date a buyer books. The fact sheet states that there will not be a requirement for post-dated cheques under any payment plan.
The two plans suit different buyers. The standard plan keeps the payments before handover to 35% and settles the 65% balance in one payment at handover, which fits a buyer who expects to have the balance ready by then. The post-handover plan asks for more in the first eight months but leaves half of the price to be paid over the two years after handover.
Service charge
The fact sheet gives a service charge estimate of AED 22 per sq ft.
