Ellington Sands Escrow Account

Commercial Bank of Dubai (PSC) holds the escrow account for Ellington Sands, account number 1010*****6 (the complete number can be revealed in the Escrow Details section near the top of this page). The account is held under DLD project number 4139, registered as Ellington Sands I on 30 October 2025.

The Dubai Land Department registers this phase of Ellington Sands, made up of Tower A and Tower B, under the name Ellington Sands I and project number 4139. The escrow account is attached to that registration, so a Dubai REST search for either the register name or the project number returns the record showing the bank, the account number and the latest inspection.

Every instalment of the Ellington Sands 70/30 plan is paid into the project escrow account: the 20% down payment at booking, the four instalments due 60, 120, 240 and 360 days after the reservation date, the four 5% instalments due on completion of 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% construction of the project, and the final 30% on completion. The 4% DLD registration fee is the exception, because it is paid to the Dubai Land Department.

Money leaves the escrow account in stages tied to construction progress recorded through DLD inspections, not on the developer's request alone. The latest DLD register reading for Ellington Sands I is 0.37%, recorded on 5 June 2026, with the inspection report noting enabling works progressing at the site; the previous inspection figure was 0%. Each new reading is tracked on the Ellington Sands construction updates page.

No. Buyers pay the 4% DLD registration fee at booking, together with the 20% down payment, and it goes straight to the Dubai Land Department. It is a government registration fee charged on top of the purchase price, so it does not pass through the escrow account and is never released to the developer.

The last 30% becomes payable on completion, and handover is scheduled for Q4 2028, per the developer; the exact trigger is set out in each buyer's Sales and Purchase Agreement. Like the earlier instalments, it is paid into the project escrow account recorded in that agreement, and part of the project funds is held back in escrow for a period after completion as security for repairing defects.

No. Off-plan instalments for Ellington Sands are payable only into the DLD-registered escrow account 1010*****6 at Commercial Bank of Dubai (revealed in full in the Escrow Details section near the top of this page), matching the account written into the Sales and Purchase Agreement. Payment to the developer directly, to a broker, to an individual or to any other company account sits outside the escrow protection, and an instruction of that kind, especially one sweetened with a discount, is the textbook shape of payment fraud even when the paperwork looks genuine. The escrow record in Dubai REST and the agreement are the two references any such request has to match before money moves.

The protection does not end with the calendar. Money already paid stays in the escrow account and is still released only against recorded construction progress, whatever the date. The register lists 31 December 2028 as the registered completion date, the last day of the developer's Q4 2028 handover quarter. Escrow protects capital while a project completes; it does not itself compensate buyers for delay, and delay terms sit in the Sales and Purchase Agreement.

If the Dubai Land Department cancels a registered project, RERA takes control of the escrow account, and refunds to buyers are paid out of the balance held there under DLD supervision. That safety net reaches only money paid into the registered account; anything sent elsewhere sits outside it. How the framework operates is covered in the Dubai Land Department guide.

Dubai REST lists the developer of Ellington Sands I as Ellington Properties Development L.L.C, developer number 1117, the registered company name for this Ellington Properties project. That name appearing consistently on a payment instruction, in the Sales and Purchase Agreement and in the Dubai REST record is one more sign that a request belongs to this project.

The escrow account protects money paid into it and governs how that money reaches the developer. It does not cover funds sent to any other account, it does not pay compensation for delay, and it does not set or protect the resale price of a unit. The 4% DLD registration fee sits outside it, and service charges after handover are a separate matter between owners and the building's management.

Ellington's published materials list Belgravia (181 units, delivered in 2017), Belgravia II and Eaton Place (110 units, both delivered in 2019), Belgravia III (260 units, delivered in 2021) and Harrington House (92 residences, handover began in November 2022). None of these is on Dubai Islands, and no Ellington delivery is recorded on the islands yet.