Sobha Estates by Sobha Realty

Sobha Estates is a gated community of 111 villas by Sobha Realty within Sobha Hartland 2 in Dubai, offered as 5 bedroom and 6 bedroom villas. Sobha Realty plans the villas without shared walls, each with its own private swimming pool, garden and yard, inside a community with around-the-clock security, a dedicated guardhouse and a clubhouse for villa residents. Handover is expected in Q4 2027.

Sobha Estates is inside Sobha Hartland 2, the Sobha Realty master community near Ras Al Khor and Meydan. Widely published driving estimates for Sobha Hartland 2 as a whole are about 5 minutes to Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, 10 minutes to Meydan Racecourse, 12 minutes to Dubai International Airport (DXB) and to Business Bay, 15 minutes to The Dubai Mall and to Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai, and 25 minutes to Palm Jumeirah. These are area figures rather than measurements from a specific villa, and traffic changes them.

5 bedroom villas start from AED 22.80M ≈ USD 6.21M, with sizes from 8,569 to 13,560 sq ft (796 to 1,260 sq m). 6 bedroom villas start from AED 57.00M ≈ USD 15.52M, with sizes from 16,592 to 16,935 sq ft (1,541 to 1,573 sq m). Current availability is limited units available, and the price of an individual villa depends on its type, plot and layout as released by Sobha Realty.

Sobha Estates follows a 60/40 payment plan: 20% on booking plus the 4% DLD registration fee, 40% during construction and 40% on handover, which is expected in Q4 2027. As an illustration on the AED 22.80M starting price, that is AED 4,560,000 at booking plus a 4% DLD registration fee of AED 912,000, then AED 9,120,000 during construction and AED 9,120,000 on handover. The timing of the construction 40% is set in the SPA, and the 4% DLD registration fee is paid to the Dubai Land Department to register the purchase.

Per Sobha Realty's factbook, the 5 bedroom villas have a double-height foyer and living room, living and dining spaces overlooking the private pool, a separate show kitchen and preparation kitchen, an en-suite guest bedroom plus three en-suite bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, a master suite with a walk-in closet and private balcony, family living on the first floor, large outdoor terraces, a passenger lift, separate maid's and driver's rooms and a laundry with washer and dryer. Approximate ceiling heights, per the developer's factbook, are about 6.0 m in the double-height living room, 2.7 m in the dining room and 2.9 m in the bedrooms. The 6 bedroom villas add a majlis, a formal dining room and a lounge between the bedrooms, and the developer's 6 bedroom floor plans show a basement level with a game room and a home theatre.

The developer's specification sheets list marble in the living and dining spaces, engineered wood flooring in the master bedroom, large-format porcelain tiles in the bedrooms and porcelain tiles in the bathrooms, acrylic emulsion paint with skirting, double-glazed windows with lift-and-slide glass doors, a solid timber panel main door, solid-core veneer internal doors and veneer-finished wardrobes. Kitchens are fully fitted, with show kitchen and preparation kitchen appliances from Bosch or equivalent; sanitary ware is from Villeroy & Boch or Duravit or equivalent and bathroom accessories from Grohe or equivalent, with glass shower partitions and linear floor drains, slot diffusers with flexi track lighting, and smart home automation enabled. These are Sobha Realty's stated specifications and may change.

Residents have access to the lagoon and boardwalk for water activities and a dedicated clubhouse for villa residents, inside a gated community with around-the-clock security and a guardhouse. Sobha Realty's community amenity list adds forest walks, a cycle and walking track route, a fitness station, parkour, a bouldering wall, a dog park, BBQ areas, table tennis, an open lawn area, seasonal gardens, a forest landscape and parks with kids' play areas. These are shared community facilities; the private outdoor amenities of each villa are its own pool, garden and yard.

Handover is expected in Q4 2027. The villas are under construction, and progress against the Dubai Land Department project register is tracked month by month in the Sobha Estates construction updates guide.

Both villa types are priced above the AED 2M ≈ USD 545K property threshold for the 10-year UAE Golden Visa: 5 bedroom villas from AED 22.80M and 6 bedroom villas from AED 57.00M. Eligibility is assessed on each application and approval rests with the UAE authorities, so buying a qualifying villa does not by itself secure a visa. The Sobha Estates Golden Visa guide covers the criteria and steps in detail.

Sobha Realty's documents for Sobha Estates do not state the title type. In general, foreign buyers can purchase property in Dubai's designated freehold areas, and the title type of a specific villa is confirmed in the SPA and the DLD registration, so confirm it with Sobha Realty and the DLD before signing.

Payments to Sobha Realty are made into the project's DLD-registered escrow account with Mashreq Bank and are released to the developer against verified construction progress, a framework regulated by the Dubai Land Department. How the account works and how to check it are covered in the Sobha Estates escrow account guide.

Yes. Reservation, SPA signing and DLD registration can all be completed remotely, and I manage the process end to end with Sobha Realty on the buyer's behalf. Each stage of a remote purchase is documented in my Dubai real estate guide library.