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The Woods Horizon at Sobha Sanctuary Construction Update - May 2026
May 2026 DLD Inspection Records a 0% Pre-Construction Baseline for The Woods Registration
No construction activity was recorded on site at the 21 May 2026 inspection, so this update sets the baseline for The Woods Horizon before works begin.
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DLD Register Data
The Woods Horizon Construction Snapshot
A first and only register reading of 0%, recorded on 21 May 2026, places the registration that includes The Woods Horizon at its pre-construction baseline, the stage where escrow, Oqood registration and the payment plan matter more than any progress figure.
The Woods (six towers, shared registration)
4485
Active
0%
21 May 2026
30 December 2026
1264
83,633.85 sq m (joint DLD register)
30 December 2030
Data source: DLD project register for The Woods, project 4485, with the inspection recorded on 21 May 2026; the RERA Independent Progress Monitoring Report for the same date gives the progress status as N/A, no progress recorded, and notes no construction activity on site at the time of inspection. The hero image is a developer rendering, 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: May 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
The Woods Horizon Construction Progress Summary
The 21 May 2026 inspection is a starting point, not a movement: with no earlier reading in the register, there is nothing to compare it against. It also came before the registration date of 17 July 2026 and the listed construction start of 30 December 2026, so this cycle is the reference every later reading for The Woods Horizon will be measured from.
- First RERA inspection, recorded on 21 May 2026
- DLD project registration dated 17 July 2026
- Trust account bank named in the record: Dubai Islamic Bank
- No construction activity on site at the time of inspection
- Monitoring report progress status: N/A, no progress recorded
- 1 and 2 bedroom apartments at The Woods Horizon offered from AED 999K ≈ USD 272K
- Construction start date listed in the register: 30 December 2026
- RERA inspection readings once works begin on site
- Handover scheduled for Q4 2030, registered completion 30 December 2030
Payment Linked Progress
What a 0% Register Reading Means for The Woods Horizon Buyers
The Woods Horizon payment plan places 20% at booking, 20% during construction and 60% on handover, so a baseline reading triggers no payment of its own: it simply sets the conditions in which the first 40% is paid. At this stage of The Woods Horizon, four actions matter most.
Verify the escrow account
Booking money and the construction instalment should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account of project 4485, held with Dubai Islamic Bank. The Woods Horizon escrow account verification comes before any transfer; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Reread your SPA payment schedule
The published plan gives no date or trigger for the 20% due during construction, so your sale and purchase agreement is where that timing is fixed; read it against the Q4 2030 handover and the 60% due then. Not sure how your installments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded milestones.
Confirm your Oqood registration
Off-plan purchases are recorded with the Dubai Land Department through Oqood, and the 4% DLD registration fee paid at booking goes to the DLD rather than into escrow. Check that the registration matches your reserved unit and project number 4485.
Track the first readings
With a construction start date of 30 December 2026 listed in the register, the readings that matter most are the first ones after that date. The Woods Horizon construction updates hub adds each dated reading as it is published.
General framework, not legal advice: milestone definitions, payment timing, and fee obligations are set by your individual SPA and the DLD record, and both should be read directly.
Buying at the Pre-Construction Stage?
Entering before any recorded construction trades certainty for time and cash flow: the price is fixed now, 40% is paid before handover, and the larger 60% falls due at handover in Q4 2030, while the build itself is still entirely ahead. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 4485, released against recorded construction progress.
- Register reading of 0% on 21 May 2026, no works recorded on site
- Handover scheduled for Q4 2030
- 40% paid before handover, 60% due on handover
- Structure visible and the inspection record well advanced
- A shorter wait for keys, often a year or two
- Less payment runway, with more of the price due sooner
2 units listed available on the project page as of this update; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
The Woods Horizon Project Details
With no construction recorded on site as of May 2026, The Woods Horizon is a pre-construction building of 1 and 2 bedroom apartments from 540 to 964 sq ft, set in the woodland enclave Sobha Realty is planning in Sobha Sanctuary. Starting prices: AED 999K ≈ USD 272K.
For buyers entering now, the trade off is the full build period against a plan that defers 60% of the price to handover in Q4 2030; the images on this page are developer renderings of the planned design, not current site conditions.
The Woods Horizon at Sobha Sanctuary Project GuideSite Context This Cycle
Explore The Woods Horizon Location on Dubai Map
Sobha Realty describes The Woods as a woodland enclave within Sobha Sanctuary, with parks at the front and rear of its plot and neighbouring villa communities alongside, and The Woods Horizon is its 1 and 2 bedroom apartment building. No construction activity was recorded on site at the 21 May 2026 inspection, so the green frame shown in the renderings is a plan still to be built rather than something buyers can see on the ground today.
Sobha Sanctuary sits in the Dubailand area off Dubai-Al Ain Road (E66), and the parks, wellness loops and community facilities in its masterplan are described by the developer as planned, which matters for buyers comparing a Q4 2030 handover with homes they could occupy sooner. Downtown Dubai is about 30 minutes' drive from the Sobha Sanctuary area (approximate, area figures, not specific to The Woods Horizon). 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 The Woods Horizon at the Pre-Construction Stage
Before works begin, the questions that matter are about residency rules, where booking money is held, and how construction will be followed. Each resource below is matched to where The Woods Horizon stands right now.
The Woods Horizon Construction Updates
This page: the 21 May 2026 register reading at 0%, taken before works start on site.
The Woods Horizon Golden Visa: No Unit Type Meets AED 2M Alone
At The Woods Horizon, Sobha Realty's building in Sobha Sanctuary, no unit type meets the AED 2M Golden Visa threshold alone.
Read The Woods Horizon Golden Visa Guide
The Woods Horizon Escrow: One Registered Account for a Pre-Construction Purchase
The Woods Horizon's escrow is one Dubai Islamic Bank account under DLD project 4485, which read 0% in May 2026.
Verify The Woods Horizon Escrow AccountUpdate Timeline
Other The Woods Horizon Construction Updates
May 2026 is the first dated reading on record for The Woods Horizon; each later inspection joins the timeline on the hub as it is published.
Where This Update Fits
Explore The Woods Horizon Structure
This monthly record sits inside a wider picture: the Sobha Sanctuary listings competing for the same buyers, the community planned around the site, and the developer responsible for it.
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Sobha Sanctuary Dubai: Forest Community, Villas, Apartments and Masterplan
Sobha Sanctuary by Sobha Realty is a master-planned Dubailand community featuring forest-inspired villas, apartments, green corridors and residential clusters.
Explore the Sobha Sanctuary Community
Sobha Realty: In-House Construction, From High-Grade Materials to the Façade Panels
Sobha Realty controls every stage of construction itself, from producing high-grade materials to the marble flooring and façade panels.
View the Sobha Realty Developer ProfileFAQs
The Woods Horizon at Sobha Sanctuary Construction Progress in May 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The DLD register reading for The Woods (all buildings, project 4485) was 0% at the inspection recorded on 21 May 2026. It is the first and only reading on record, so there is no earlier figure and no change to measure; the RERA progress monitoring report for the same date gives the progress status as N/A and notes no construction activity on site at the time of inspection.
Yes, dates can be revised. As of this update, handover is scheduled for Q4 2030, and the DLD record lists 30 December 2030 as the registered completion date for The Woods, which falls inside that quarter. Registered dates can be amended between inspection cycles and any revision would appear in a later update, while the contractual handover terms sit in each buyer's SPA.
The Woods Horizon is one of the buildings within The Woods, and the Dubai Land Department registers those buildings together under the project name The Woods (project 4485). The 0% reading, the inspection date, the registered dates and the total of 1,264 residences across The Woods therefore describe the whole registration, not The Woods Horizon alone.
The register shows the inspection on 21 May 2026, a registration date of 17 July 2026 and a listed construction start date of 30 December 2026, so the 0% reading is the earliest of the three. The record gives no reason for that order; this update prints all three dates as recorded and treats the May reading as the baseline that later inspections will be compared against.
No. The image at the top of this page is a developer rendering of the planned residential entrance and landscaped arrival area at The Woods Horizon, used to illustrate the design; it does not show site conditions. The inspection photographs held in the RERA record for 21 May 2026 are not reproduced on this page.
The reading was recorded on 21 May 2026 and was the inspection shown in the DLD register when this update was compiled. Any newer inspection appears under project 4485, The Woods, in the Dubai Land Department register and the Dubai REST app, and each new dated reading is added to The Woods Horizon construction updates hub.
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