Adil Raza Khan | September 9, 2025
Like Charity, Luxury also begins at home. Standalone Dubai villas, undoubtedly, are the most luxurious choices to call Home.
Villa communities in Dubai are master-planned communities with premium suburban lifestyle amenities. They guarantee more spacious living scopes and greater privacy in an exclusive setting.
Today, we will talk about (read type about!) the best villa communities in Dubai that are paradise for end-users and profitable for investors. Let the journey begin.
If we believe in the founder of Emaar (who would question his promises after all the wonders he made possible?), “Grand Polo Club & Resort is the next Emirates Hills” in terms of its status as one of the most luxurious villa communities worldwide.
Grand Polo Club & Resort will be launched in phases. It has 22 villa clusters and 6,661 residential units. In April 2025, Emaar launched the first phase, comprising 900 luxury villas across 5 clusters. The community is all about luxury living in the very first full-fledged equestrian and polo sport setup.
“The very first” factors of this luxury villa community in Dubai give it a competitive edge. Grand Polo Club & Resort community is the first villa community by Emaar that has a pro-grade polo field and equestrian club.
Some claim that it is Asia’s largest polo and equestrian club built inside a residential villa community. Here, you rub shoulders with the big CEOs, CFOs, MDs, Business Tycoons who grace the 2-5% elite section of the society. Because it is not for everyone, like the Emirates Hills.
The community is located on the intersection of EXPO Road and Emirates Road. It successfully fills the void that has been staying idle in the market for a long time.
The area is very near the new Al Maktoum International Airport and EXPO City, etc. It is only 20 minutes to Palm Jumeirah & Dubai Marina. Experts label the area as the most premium location not just for the present time but also for the next 10 years to come.
The Cost Factor: 3-bedroom villas start here from AED 5.5 million. The payment plan is 80/20 that is typical with Emaar. The handover is in 2029.
Despite being a grand offering by Emaar, the villas here start with an AED 1,830 price per square foot. The community itself is unique, plus the location aspects explained indicate the strong investment potential.
It is already ranking amongst the top 10 villa communities in Dubai now. The Polo prestige, Emaar’s reputation, and the 10-minute drive to DWC airport are investor-friendly aspects of the community. None can deny!
Emaar Oasis, or The Oasis by Emaar, is a premium off-plan waterfront villa community with 7000 villas (even larger villas, or Mansions areavailable, but No apartments or townhouses ever). The master-planned community spans across 100 million square feet.
It is an off-plan community, and the delivery of the projects is happening in phases. It is expected to be completed in Q3 or Q4 2028.
Oasis by Emaar is one of the largest lagoon-based villa communities in Dubai that has the attention of the whole world. Nearly 90% of the villas here will have direct access to the waterbody with an unobstructed view of the natural green-blue duo. It is a huge blessing to have in a desert.
The Oasis villa community in Dubai is standing on a massive land near Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street (D54), which runs parallel to the Mohammed Bin Zayed and Emirates Roads. Both these roads, including the Hamdan Road, are to become the site of some of the mega projects in the future that the Government hasn’t even announced yet.
The area is progressively promising. Dubai Silicon Oasis and Dubai Investment Park lying nearby prove it beyond doubt. The Oasis by Emaar is easily accessible from both the international airports based in Dubai—an 18-minute drive from the DWC airport and even less from the DXB airport.
The Cost Factor: The community has different villa and larger villa (mansion) projects starting from different price ranges. For example, Mirage villas start from AED 15 million, whereas Palmiera starts from AED 9 million. You have only wealthy people here as your neighbors who match your status and the standard of networking circle you wish to keep in Dubai.
Even though the minimum villa price is AED 9 million here, The Oasis is still underpriced considering the grandeur of the community. DAMAC Lagoons and Dubai Hills Estate are almost the neighboring grand communities to the Oasis. Villas start there from a price point that reads much higher, almost touching the AED 15 million mark.
You make the comparative study, and you realize this off-plan gated villa community in Dubai is still affordable now with guaranteed price escalation once it is completed fully and sold out wholly. The Palmiera project marks the 1st villa development inside Oasis and has earned 20% capital appreciation in today’s market.
The Oasis is ready to launch several villa developments each year for the next 3 years. Once the entire community is fully sold out, Oasis will rank among the most prized real estate gems of Dubai.
Sobha Elwood is a massive villa-exclusive community by Sobha Realty. It ranks amongst the top villa communities in Dubai.
Sobha Elwood is a remarkably massive Forest villa community where only stand-alone or independent villas are available. Also, here most of the villas have the maximum spacious layout, which is not very commonly available elsewhere. We are right to claim that Sobha Elwood has one of the most spacious layouts amongst all other well-developed villa communities in Dubai’s real estate market. 10,000-square-foot plots or villas on such plots are readily available.
One more unique point about the villas here is that the community has mostly ‘L-shaped Villas,’ which prevents your immediate neighbors from prying into your personal activities at home. The pattern and design are such that your privacy stays intact whether you are in the pool, backyard, or inside the room.
Sobha Elwood is very well-linked to the Al Ain Road corridor. Al Ain Road is a major highway in the UAE along which major infrastructure is noticeable now or is in its planning stage.
Besides the Sobha Elwood, the road has two more heavyweight mentions, like The Valley and DAMAC Hills. They all are within 30 minutes from Downtown and Business Bay. Al Ain road offers a straight drive from the project site, passing by or through Academic City and Dubai Silicon Oasis.
The Cost Factor: The minimum price entry point at Sobha Elwood is AED 9 million. You have only wealthy people here as your neighbors who match your status and the standard of networking circle you wish to keep in Dubai.
Sobha Elwood is one of the few standalone villa communities in Dubai. High-quality construction, a 60/40 payment plan, limited villa supply, sustainable living, and an on-site international school skyrocket its long-term investment potential. The location and the green forest factors are crowd pullers.
Launched in late 2024, DAMAC Islands takes the concept of island living in the desert city of Dubai to a notch higher than the rest. DAMAC Island is the 6th master-planned villa community of DAMAC Properties in Dubai that features 6 masterfully planned island-themed clusters.
We know the quality and same unexciting design monotonies previously made many luxury villa enthusiasts turn away from DAMAC. But, since Mizz Amira Sajwani (daughter of the Founder, Mr. Hussain Sajjwani) has taken over as the MD at DAMAC Properties, the scenario has positively improved. Her idea of centralizing the contractual projects and better control has boosted the quality aspects and delivery timeliness in superb ways. So, DAMAC is scoring mega deals now with more confidence from the buyers and investors.
The community brings the essence of different famous coastal destinations or islands at one address right within its gated villa community in Dubai. Waterfront living is at its best and most exotic form where different clusters are fashioned as per different island destinations, namely Seychelles, Bora Bora, Hawaii, Maldives, Bali, and Fiji.
The layout size is modest compared to other villa communities in Dubai. For example, a standalone villa here has a 4,400 square foot built-up area, which is not something highly exciting. But the amenities make up for the layout size.
The sensational island-themed waterfront villa community is right on the Emirates Road in the Dubailand area, near to the DWC airport. Now, Emirates Road is linked positively to the Al Ain Road that takes you to Downtown Dubai and Business Bay within half an hour, passing through Academic City and Silicon Oasis. Each island-styled cluster got a different set of high-end amenities, different vibes, different colorful facades, and unique offerings.
Residents will be like accessing 6 different islands all clubbed together yet distinctively designed within the gate of their villa community here.
The Cost Factor: The minimum price entry point here is AED 6 million. The price is AED 1,430 per square foot. The first phase has a 75/25 payment plan with handover in 2028. Y
3,100 villas of Damac Islands were sold out within a record-breaking span of time within a day in December 2024. It recorded AED 10 Billion worth of sales within 10 hours that day. Do the new investors (who couldn’t keep pace with those ambitious investors last year) need any more assurance or any other explanation that can beat what the sales record itself established?
Waterfront island-themed living concepts, affordable price points, and easy payment plans by DAMAC Properties are some investor-friendly factors worth considering.
We are placing it below in our ranking order, but it is by no means anything less than the others. It is one of our top choices.
Acres by Meraas is one of the top luxury villa communities in Dubai. Meraas is also a renowned real estate developer in Dubai with projects like Nikki Beach, City Walk, and Blue Waters. The Acres villa community in Dubai will have 300 residences and is a brand new villa community with estimated handover in Q4 2027.
The sustainability factor and the fact that no townhouse is available here deserve attention. The community has recently bagged LEED Gold v4.1 Certification, proving its sustainable and eco-friendly living practices. 28% of the entire community is covered with natural lush greenery, and only treated wastewater is used for the irrigation requirements. Every cluster of villas inside The Acres has its own EV station.
Swimmable lagoons and lakes with green spaces dominate the community’s general scenario that is expected to cut down a significant percentage of harmful gaseous emissions. Wood, Stone, and Glass are predominantly in use for building a seamless indoor-outdoor flow that is again very eco-friendly.
The project site stands adjacent to Arabian Ranches at Wadi Al Safa 7 in Dubailand. It is only 15 minutes away from Dubai International Airport (DXB). The community enjoys direct access to the Emirates Road and Hamdan Street, which again joins with the Al Ain Road, which makes reaching the major destinations easier. Also, the area is readily accessible by Hessa Street and Umm Suqeim Street.
Like we mentioned repeatedly, the area with this highway proximity or connection is the perfect location for both the end-users and the investors. Accessing Academic, Medical and Social amenities becomes hassle-free.
These different highway and road connection points are the spots where the boldest and the biggest news is being made in the Dubai real estate domain.
The Cost Factor: The minimum price entry point here was AED 5.1+ million for a 3-bedroom villa with a 3,000 square foot built-up area. Now, it is being sold at AED 6 million. The 65/35 payment plan feels more flexible than other common flexible payment plans observed by other top real estate developers. The handover is in 2027.
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Arabian Ranches is selling the similarly sized villas for around AED 10 million. Also, the green ratio in Acres looks like the one in Al Barari, where a 4-bedroom villa starts from AED 15.8 MILLION. Clearly, the brand-new villa community living at Acres is more affordable and also highly profitable.
The entry price points are pocket-friendly, and with this level of dedication to sustainable living, the villa community by Meraas will gather more popularity and thus, investment leads in the coming days. Plus, the location with so many highways and roads nearby is perfect for a guaranteed price boost.
DWC in Dubai South is buzzworthy and attention-worthy. Simple!
The biggest airport in the world, Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC), is the biggest development that already has a robust impact on the real estate in Dubai South. The phase 1 of Dubai’s new airport project will be open by 2032 and it will create millions of jobs. Dubai South areas will be home to 3-4 million people and more by this time.
As that many people are expected to work in the southern part of Dubai. Dubai South and areas near the DWC are undergoing a major boost with newer developments that are to be the homes of all these new residents and more.
The amount you spend for owning a house here will be double or more by the time the airport starts operating. It will skyrocket that time. Any area close to the airport is a gold mine, and with DWC it is going to be the biggest and most profitable gold mine. Prices are bound to soar higher. It Is A Fact!
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Adil Khan is a Dubai luxury real estate expert with over 13 years of experience in the UAE property market. He is the Chairman of APIL Properties.
Like Charity, Luxury also begins at home. Standalone Dubai villas, undoubtedly, are the most luxurious choices to call Home.
Villa communities in Dubai are master-planned communities with premium suburban lifestyle amenities. They guarantee more spacious living scopes and greater privacy in an exclusive setting.
Today, we will talk about (read type about!) the best villa communities in Dubai that are paradise for end-users and profitable for investors. Let the journey begin.
Expensive schools don’t guarantee the best education. We agree.
Nevertheless, in Dubai it only suggests holistic learning scopes in a nurturing environment that genuinely supports your children to realize their full potential. The most expensive GEMS School in Dubai commands attention for this and more.
Trust us, it does require some expenses on the part of the school administration to be able to offer a holistic learning environment surpassing the academic aspects.
Dubai, with all its tax-friendly regulations and promising growth prospects, enables a family to invest handsomely in their children’s future carefree. So, the word ‘expensive’ need not be perceived in a negative style here, at least in the Jewel of the Gulf .
Now, the next question that might arise in one’s mind is why we are focusing on GEMS Schools specifically. Well, it is the best when it comes to world-class education with various international curriculum choices. GEMS Education is synonymous with holistic education in a nurturing environment under the guidance of passionate educators coming together from all parts of the world.
In this blog, we will briefly highlight why GEMS Education is worth appreciating and discuss in detail the newest and also the most expensive GEMS School in Dubai.
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