The Woods Serenity at Sobha Sanctuary by Sobha Realty

It is an apartment building by Sobha Realty with 1 and 2 bedroom homes, set within The Woods, a cluster of residential buildings in Sobha Realty's Sobha Sanctuary master community in Dubai. Works have not yet started on site, and Sobha Realty expects to hand the apartments over in Q4 2030.

The building is part of Sobha Sanctuary, a master community in the Dubailand area reached via Dubai-Al Ain Road (E66). Commonly quoted drive times for the Sobha Sanctuary area, which are approximate and not measured from this building, put The Sevens Stadium at about 5 minutes, Dubai Outlet Mall at about 8, Downtown Dubai at about 30, Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) at about 30 and Dubai International Airport (DXB) at about 35.

Sobha Realty offers just two apartment types here. The 1 Bedroom Apartments measure 540 to 547 sq ft (50 to 51 sq m) and the 2 Bedroom Apartments 864 to 964 sq ft (80 to 90 sq m). Every layout on the developer's floor plans has a balcony and a utility space, the larger type comes with two bathrooms, and the outlook differs from unit to unit.

Entry pricing is AED 1.00M ≈ USD 272K for a 1 Bedroom Apartment and AED 1.60M ≈ USD 436K for a 2 Bedroom Apartment. Individual units are priced by Sobha Realty according to size, floor and outlook, and the developer can reprice from one release to the next.

Closest to home, Sobha Realty's site plan and renderings show pools set in the courtyards between the buildings of The Woods, a landscaped central boulevard with water features, pergola walkways, landscaped ponds, an outdoor fitness area and a sports court. At community scale, the Sobha Sanctuary brochure lists a park of approximately 800,000 sq ft within about 50% open and green space, an approximately 5 km leisure loop, a 9+ km wellness loop, a full-size football field, a tennis court, a cricket ground, hydrotherapy facilities, saunas, steam rooms and a beach lagoon. Each of these is planned rather than built, and remains subject to authority approvals.

Sobha Realty's expected handover is Q4 2030. With works yet to begin on site, every stage of the build is still to come; as Dubai Land Department inspections are recorded, each dated reading is logged in the construction updates guide for The Woods Serenity.

Buyers pay 20% when they book, a further 20% over the construction period on the dates set in their SPA, and the final 60% at handover: a 40/60 split between the build and the keys. The 4% DLD registration fee comes on top and is due at booking. Applied to a AED 1,000,000 apartment, the instalments are AED 200,000, AED 200,000 and AED 600,000, with AED 40,000 for the fee.

Foreign nationals can buy property in Dubai's designated freehold areas. The ownership terms for The Woods Serenity, including the title type, are set out in the Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) and recorded with the Dubai Land Department, so buyers confirm them in those documents before making the first payment.

Not by itself. A property-based 10 year UAE Golden Visa needs real estate worth at least AED 2M ≈ USD 545K, while the listed prices here are AED 1.00M for a 1 Bedroom Apartment and AED 1.60M for a 2 Bedroom Apartment, both under that line. The Golden Visa guide for The Woods Serenity sets out the threshold and how it is assessed.

Instalments go into an escrow account with Dubai Islamic Bank that is registered with the DLD, and the developer can draw on it only as construction progress is confirmed, under rules regulated by the Dubai Land Department. One detail matters when you check the record yourself: in the DLD records the development is listed under the name The Woods, because its buildings are not registered individually, so searching for The Woods Serenity by name returns nothing. The escrow account guide for The Woods Serenity walks through how the account works.

Yes. Buyers abroad can reserve, sign the SPA, pay instalments and register without travelling to Dubai; I handle each of those steps with Sobha Realty for overseas clients. How a purchase runs from outside the UAE is set out step by step in my Dubai real estate guide library.

Limited units are available. Which apartments are open for sale is decided by Sobha Realty, which releases stock in batches, so the mix of floors and outlooks on offer shifts over time and only a current unit list shows exactly what can be booked today.