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Ellington Sands Construction Update - June 2026
June 2026 Inspection Records Ellington Sands at 0.37% as Enabling Works Progress on Island A
Enabling works were progressing on the Island A site when RERA inspected Ellington Sands on 5 June 2026, and the DLD register reading stood at 0.37 percent.
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DLD Register Inspection Data
Ellington Sands Construction Snapshot
Up 0.37 points from an undated 0% baseline, Ellington Sands sits at the very start of construction, the stage where the register matters less for its percentage than for confirming the registration, the escrow bank and how far off the first construction-linked payment still is.
Ellington Sands I
4139
Active
0.37%
05-06-2026
10-10-2025
471 units
54,067.45 sq m
31-12-2028
Data source: the Dubai Land Department project register for project 4139, registered as Ellington Sands I, recorded on 5 June 2026 at 0.37% against a previous inspection of 0% that carries no date; the RERA inspection report for 5 June 2026 prints no percentage and records enabling works progressing. A newer inspection may have been published since this record. The image at the top of this page is a developer rendering of the planned buildings, not a site photograph. Construction tracking against RERA inspection data runs across the full tohidfetrat.com project portfolio and is reviewed after every published cycle. Last updated: June 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
Ellington Sands Construction Progress Summary
Between an undated previous inspection at 0% and the 5 June 2026 inspection, the register moved Ellington Sands to 0.37%, and the RERA report for the June visit records enabling works progressing at the site and nothing beyond them. The shared basement, Tower A with nine residential floors and Tower B with seven are the scope still ahead.
- Construction start recorded on the DLD register on 10-10-2025
- DLD registration as Ellington Sands I, project 4139, on 30-10-2025
- Escrow trust account bank on record: Commercial Bank of Dubai
- Enabling works, recorded as progressing at the 5 June 2026 inspection
- Register progress status: Enabling Works, Progressing
- Basement, ground, Tower A 9 residential floors, Tower B 7 residential floors, roof, per the RERA report
- Ground-level retail and a two-floor beach club, per the same project description
- Four construction-linked instalments, the first at 20% construction
- Handover scheduled for Q4 2028, per the developer
Payment Linked Progress
What 0.37% Progress Means for Ellington Sands Buyers
Ellington Sands is sold on a 70/30 plan in which half the price falls due by date, within 360 days of each buyer's reservation, and 20% falls due against four construction stages, the first at 20% construction. At the 0.37% reading none of those construction-linked instalments had been triggered, so the payments running now are the dated ones. At this stage, four actions matter most.
Verify the escrow account
Every instalment, including the dated payments that start soon after booking, should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account for project 4139 at Commercial Bank of Dubai. Ellington Sands escrow account verification is the step before any transfer; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Reread your SPA milestone schedule
Check how your sale and purchase agreement words the 60, 120, 240 and 360 day instalments, how the developer confirms each of the four construction stages, and what notice you receive before each one falls due. Not sure how your instalments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded milestones.
Confirm your Oqood registration
An off-plan purchase is recorded on the DLD interim register, known as Oqood, once the SPA is signed and the 4% DLD registration fee is paid. Check that your unit appears under Ellington Sands I, project 4139, before the next dated instalment falls due.
Track the readings toward 20%
The first construction-linked instalment falls due at 20% construction, so each new register reading shows how far off that payment is. The Ellington Sands construction updates hub collects every reading in one place.
General framework, not legal advice: milestone definitions, notice periods, and fee obligations are set by your individual SPA and the DLD record, and both should be read directly.
Buying at 0.37%?
Entering at the start of construction trades certainty for runway: the buildings are still ahead, handover is scheduled for Q4 2028, and most of the price is paid over time rather than in one sum at the end. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 4139, released against construction progress on the DLD register.
- Enabling works progressing at the 5 June 2026 inspection: the build risk is still ahead
- Handover scheduled for Q4 2028, per the developer
- 50% due by date within 360 days, 20% against four construction stages, 30% on completion
- Structure already standing and visible in the inspection record
- A short wait to keys, often a year or less
- Most of the price due close to or at completion
Limited Units Available, as listed for the project at the time of this update; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
Ellington Sands Project Details
At the 5 June 2026 inspection Ellington Sands was in enabling works, with both buildings still to come: 467 residences across Tower A and Tower B, from one bedroom apartments to four bedroom penthouses. Starting prices: AED 2.40M ≈ USD 654K.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is the longest runway in the 70/30 plan against the whole build still to watch, with handover scheduled for Q4 2028, per the developer; the SPA is where each buyer confirms that date.
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Explore Ellington Sands Location on Dubai Map
Ellington Sands is planned for a beachfront plot on Island A, toward what the developer calls the outer reaches of Dubai Islands, and its two buildings are designed over one shared basement with ground-level retail and a beach club facing the sand. That single footprint is why the enabling works recorded on 5 June 2026 belong to one site serving both towers rather than to either building on its own.
The developer's project brief presents Island A as the mixed-use centre of Dubai Islands, home to Dubai Islands Mall and six of the islands' nine marinas, with the mall about 5 minutes' drive from the project and Dubai International Airport (DXB) about 18, per the developer's location guide. For a buyer reading an early record, the question is how the island and the project mature together before a Q4 2028 handover, which matters most for occupancy or letting plans. See the project's position on the interactive Dubai real estate map. See the project’s position on the interactive Dubai real estate map.
Buyer Resources for This Project
Investing in Ellington Sands During Early Construction Progress
At the enabling stage, payment protection and residency planning come before anything visible on site. Each resource below is matched to where Ellington Sands stood at the June 2026 reading.
Ellington Sands Construction Updates
This page: the 5 June 2026 register record for Ellington Sands, read at enabling works stage.
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Ellington Sands Escrow Account at Commercial Bank of Dubai
Ellington Sands, DLD project 4139, holds its escrow account at Commercial Bank of Dubai for 467 residences on Island A.
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Other Ellington Sands Construction Updates
June 2026 is the first monthly record for Ellington Sands on this site; later readings join the timeline as the register publishes them.
Where This Update Fits
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Ellington Sands Construction Progress in June 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The DLD project register records Ellington Sands, registered as Ellington Sands I (project 4139), at 0.37% at the inspection dated 5 June 2026, up from a previous inspection reading of 0% that carries no date in the register. The RERA inspection report for that visit prints no percentage of its own; it states that enabling works were progressing at the site.
No change is recorded. As of the 5 June 2026 inspection, handover is scheduled for Q4 2028 per the developer, and the DLD registered completion date is 31-12-2028, the last day of that quarter. Both dates can be revised in later cycles, so the date in each buyer's SPA and the current register entry are the references to rely on.
It is the baseline. The register shows 0% as the previous inspection figure for project 4139 but gives it no date, so the move to 0.37% on 5 June 2026 cannot be turned into a monthly pace; it shows only that the June inspection is the first reading in the register above zero. Construction was recorded as started on 10-10-2025, and the project was registered on 30-10-2025.
The RERA inspection report dated 5 June 2026 states that enabling works were progressing at the site, and its progress status reads Enabling Works, Progressing. Enabling works prepare a plot for building; the report records no work on the shared basement, Tower A or Tower B at that date.
Only the date-linked ones. Under the developer's 70/30 plan, 20% is paid at booking and further instalments of 10%, 10%, 5% and 5% fall due 60, 120, 240 and 360 days after each buyer's reservation date, whatever the site reading. The four 5% construction-linked instalments start at 20% construction, so none had been triggered at the 0.37% reading on 5 June 2026; the 30% balance is due on completion.
No. It is a developer rendering of the planned seafront buildings and landscaped grounds, used to identify the project. The RERA inspection photographs for 5 June 2026 form part of the register record and are not reproduced here; at that inspection the site was in enabling works, not at the stage the rendering shows.
It reflects the inspection dated 5 June 2026, which was the latest reading on the DLD register for project 4139 when this page was prepared. RERA inspects in cycles, so a newer reading may since have been published; the Dubai REST app shows the current figure under the register name Ellington Sands I, and later readings are collected on the Ellington Sands construction updates pillar.
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