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Chelsea Residences by DAMAC Construction Update - April 2026
April 2026 Inspection Puts Chelsea Residences at 0.65% as Enabling Works Progress With Shoring in Dubai Maritime City
Shoring has joined mobilization on Plot 28: the 9 April 2026 inspection found enabling works progressing at Chelsea Residences, with the DLD register now reading 0.65%.
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A 0.59 point rise since October 2025 keeps Chelsea Residences inside the enabling works band, the stage where the inspector's notes on Plot 28 say more than the percentage and where escrow checks matter before each monthly instalment.
Chelsea Residences by DAMAC
3719
Active
0.65%
9 April 2026
19 July 2025
703 residential units
63,603.74 sq m
31 December 2029
Data source: Dubai Land Department project register reading dated 9 April 2026 for project 3719, which lists the 23 October 2025 reading of 0.06% as the previous inspection, with site notes from the independent progress monitoring report of the same date, which states it was independently inspected and progress audited for RERA. Construction tracking against RERA inspection data runs across the full tohidfetrat.com project portfolio and is reviewed after every published cycle. The header image is a DAMAC project rendering of the finished scheme, not a photograph of the site in April 2026. Last updated: September 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
Chelsea Residences Construction Progress Summary
Between the 23 October 2025 and 9 April 2026 inspections, Chelsea Residences moved from 0.06% to 0.65% in the DLD register, a gain of 0.59 points across 168 days, or about 0.11 points per month as simple arithmetic. The inspector's notes show what sits behind that figure: mobilization is still running, and enabling works that had only just started in October are now progressing with shoring.
- DLD registration on 30 April 2025 and construction start on 19 July 2025
- First dated inspection on 23 October 2025, recorded at 0.06%
- The opening of enabling works, noted by the inspector in October 2025
- Mobilization, still recorded as ongoing on 9 April 2026
- Enabling works, now described as progressing
- Shoring on Plot 28, named in the inspector's activity brief
- Completion of enabling works and the foundations for all three towers
- Concrete structures for Tower A (G+2P+25), Tower B (G+2P+28) and Tower C (G+2P+30), plus roof
- Block work and finishes, then handover from the registered completion date of 31 December 2029
Payment Linked Progress
What 0.65% Progress Means for Chelsea Residences Buyers
DAMAC's published 60/40 launch plan is timed in months after booking, not by construction stages, so the move from 0.06% to 0.65% releases no instalment on its own. What the April 2026 reading does change is the picture behind each monthly payment: the money is going in while the site is at shoring and enabling works, and that puts the weight on four checks.
Verify the escrow account
The 1% monthly instalments begin within three months of booking, and each one should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for project 3719. Chelsea Residences escrow account verification is the check to run first; the lookup takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Set your schedule against the register
Check how your sale and purchase agreement dates each 1% instalment and the 40% due on completion, then set both against a register that read 0.65% on 9 April 2026 with completion recorded for 31 December 2029. Not sure how your instalments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded milestones.
Confirm which plan applies today
The 60/40 schedule is the launch plan DAMAC published in 2025, with instalments running to month 42 after booking, so ask in writing which plan applies to a reservation made now and check that the SPA names project 3719.
Read the notes beside the number
At 0.65%, the inspector's activity brief tells you more about the site than the figure does, so read the two together. The Chelsea Residences construction updates hub sets each new reading beside the October 2025 and April 2026 entries.
General framework, not legal advice: instalment timing, plan terms, and payment obligations are set by your individual SPA and the DLD record, and both should be read directly.
Buying at 0.65%?
Entering while shoring is under way trades certainty for runway: no tower is standing yet, the delivery horizon runs to December 2029, and the monthly schedule spreads most of the pre-completion share across the build. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 3719, released against construction progress recorded by independent inspection.
- Mobilization and enabling works with shoring, per the 9 April 2026 inspector notes
- About 45 months to the 31 December 2029 registered completion
- 60% paid through deposit and monthly instalments, 40% at completion
- Built structure already on the inspection record, leaving less build risk
- A handover measured in months rather than in years
- Most of the price payable over a compressed period
20+ units listed available on the project page as of September 2026; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
Chelsea Residences Project Details
By the April 2026 inspection, Chelsea Residences had added shoring to its enabling works on Plot 28, the ground stage for three registered towers of G+2P+25 to G+2P+30 holding 703 one, two and three bedroom apartments. Starting prices: AED 2.17M ≈ USD 591K.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is a long wait with most monthly instalments paid before any tower structure starts, against the full 60/40 schedule still ahead, with handover expected in December 2029.
Chelsea Residences by DAMAC Project GuideSite Context This Cycle
Explore Chelsea Residences Location on Dubai Map
Chelsea Residences sits on Plot 28 at the water's edge of Dubai Maritime City, entered on the inspection report under the area name Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah. On a waterfront parcel the ground has to be secured before anything is built on it, and in April 2026 that was the visible work: shoring, the temporary support that holds surrounding ground in place, progressing as part of the enabling works that come before any of the three tower structures.
Around the plot, Dubai Maritime City pairs port and marina activity with a residential waterfront that is still being built out, so a buyer following this project from October 2025 to April 2026 is watching one site inside a district that is itself still taking shape. DAMAC's documents place J1 Beach 14 minutes and the nearest Dubai Metro station 18 minutes away by car. See the project’s position on the interactive Dubai real estate map.
Buyer Resources for This Project
Investing in Chelsea Residences While Shoring Is Under Way
With shoring under way and no tower yet recorded, the questions that matter this cycle are payment protection and residency eligibility. The resources below take each in turn at the April 2026 stage of Chelsea Residences.
Chelsea Residences Construction Updates
This page: the April 2026 register reading, the October comparison, and the shoring noted on site.
Chelsea Residences Golden Visa in Dubai Maritime City, From One Bedroom
DAMAC's Chelsea Residences, 703 freehold apartments in Dubai Maritime City, qualifies at every current release, 1 to 3 bedrooms.
Read Chelsea Residences Golden Visa Guide
Chelsea Residences Escrow: DAMAC's Maritime City Account
DAMAC's Chelsea Residences in Dubai Maritime City escrows 703 units at Dubai Islamic Bank, DLD project 3719, 5.19% certified August 2026.
Verify Chelsea Residences Escrow AccountUpdate Timeline
Other Chelsea Residences Construction Updates
April 2026 is the second dated reading for Chelsea Residences: step back to the October 2025 baseline, or open the full inspection history on the construction updates page.
Where This Update Fits
Explore Chelsea Residences Structure
The April 2026 reading is one entry in a wider record: the waterfront district around Plot 28, the developer building on it, and the competing listings nearby.
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Chelsea Residences Construction Progress in April 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The DLD project register entry dated 9 April 2026 records Chelsea Residences by DAMAC (project 3719) at 0.65% construction progress, with the 0.06% from the 23 October 2025 inspection shown as the previous reading and the project status listed as Active.
The register reading rose from 0.06% on 23 October 2025 to 0.65% on 9 April 2026, a gain of 0.59 percentage points over 168 days. As simple arithmetic, not a forecast, that averages about 0.11 points per month, across a period the inspector's notes describe as mobilization and enabling works, with shoring added by the April 2026 visit.
No change is recorded: the DLD register carries a completion date of 31 December 2029 for project 3719, the same date as in October 2025 and matching DAMAC's anticipated completion of December 2029. After the 9 April 2026 reading, 99.35 percentage points and about 45 months remain, which as simple arithmetic averages about 2.2 points per month; a registered date can still be revised in later cycles. How each later reading compares is tracked on the Chelsea Residences construction updates page.
The independent progress monitoring report dated 9 April 2026 states: "Project construction activity brief: At the time of inspection found; Mobilization on going. Enabling works progressing with shoring." Shoring is temporary support that holds the surrounding ground in place so deeper groundwork can proceed safely, and it is the first named site activity in the report series after October 2025, when enabling works were described as just started.
The 9 April 2026 report does not describe any tower work: it records mobilization and enabling works with shoring, and it keeps the progress status at Enabling Works - Progressing. The registered design covers Tower A at G+2P+25, Tower B at G+2P+28 and Tower C at G+2P+30, plus roof, each planned as a concrete structure with block walls.
The 0.65% current and 0.06% previous readings come from the Dubai Land Department project register entry for project 3719 dated 9 April 2026. The site description comes from the independent progress monitoring report of the same date, which carries the line "Independently inspected and progress audited for RERA", prints no percentage of its own, and files four inspection photographs that are not reproduced on this page.
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