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Vida Residences Dubai Hills Estate Construction Update - February 2026
February 2026 Inspection Confirms Vida Residences Reaches 70% Construction Progress in Dubai Hills Estate
External envelope, MEP distribution, and internal finishes now drive site activity at Vida Residences, verified at 70 percent in the February 2026 RERA inspection cycle.
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Verified DLD Inspection Data
Vida Residences Construction Snapshot
A 24.94 point rise from the previous recorded reading of 45.06% puts Vida Residences at the point where a tower stops going up and starts being finished, which is the reading that separates structural risk from delivery risk.
Vida Residences Dubai Hills Estate
2795
Active
70%
13 February 2026
23 January 2024
217 homes
23,803.81 sq m
Q3 2028
Data source: RERA independent progress monitoring report dated 13 February 2026, tracked against the DLD project register for project 2795. Construction tracking against RERA inspection data runs across the full tohidfetrat.com project portfolio and is reviewed after every published cycle. Last updated: July 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
Vida Residences Construction Progress Summary
The 13 February 2026 inspection records Vida Residences at 70%, up from a previous reading of 45.06%, a gain of 24.94 points. The RERA report for this cycle signs off enabling, piling, foundation, and structure works as complete across the 23 storey tower, and lists external envelope, MEP, internal works, internal finishes, and external works as the packages now running. Progress status on the record is main contract progressing.
- Enabling and piling works across plot 4952
- Foundation works beneath the basement and podium levels
- Structure of the full tower, ground through 23 floors to roof
- External envelope installation across the tower elevations
- MEP systems: mechanical, electrical, and plumbing distribution
- Internal works and internal finishes across the 217 homes
- External works around the podium and park facing frontage
- Remaining RERA inspection cycles across 2026 and 2027
- Building completion certificate procedures
- Handover from the scheduled Q3 2028 window
Payment Linked Progress
What 70% Progress Means for Vida Residences Buyers
Emaar structured this project on a construction linked schedule, so installments are triggered by verified build milestones rather than by calendar dates alone. That makes a certified reading of 70% a payment document as much as a status update: it tells you which triggers have already fired and which are still ahead. At this stage of Vida Residences, four actions matter most.
Verify the escrow account
Every installment ahead of handover should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for project 2795, held with Emirates NBD Bank as the trust account bank on the RERA record. Vida Residences 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 which construction completion percentages your agreement attaches to which installments, then read them against the 70% certified on 13 February 2026 rather than against the dates printed beside them. Not sure how your installments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the certified milestones.
Plan the snagging window
At 70% with handover scheduled for Q3 2028, Vida Residences is not yet inside the booking window: that window needs a late stage reading and a handover date within roughly nine months, and only the first condition is met today. Vida Residences snagging inspection guide covers what to arrange before you accept the keys.
Track the remaining cycles
Thirty points and several inspection cycles separate this reading from completion certification, which is the stretch where slippage would first appear. Vida Residences construction updates hub keeps every RERA 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 70%?
Entering at this stage buys a certified structure rather than a rendering: enabling, piling, foundation, and structural works are signed off on the February 2026 record, and what remains is envelope, services, and finishes. Because the schedule is construction linked, the milestones already invoiced are settled at booking instead of spread forward, which front loads the outlay and shortens the wait. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 2795, released against certified construction progress.
- Structure signed off in the 13 February 2026 RERA record
- Just over two years of the build already recorded since the January 2024 start
- Elapsed milestone installments settle at booking, not across future years
- Construction risk carried from excavation through to handover
- Two to four years of waiting is the usual delivery horizon
- Longer installment runway, priced at launch levels
Availability at this stage is limited and shifts between cycles; what remains is confirmed against the current release list at the time of enquiry.
About the Development
Vida Residences Dubai Hills Estate Project Details
With the structure topped out, Vida Residences is a 23 storey tower over a landscaped amenities podium, holding 217 homes: 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments plus eight 3 bedroom townhouses at podium level. Starting prices: AED 1.6M ≈ USD 436K.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is a materially shorter wait against a heavier day one payment, since the elapsed portion of the construction linked plan is settled at booking, with handover scheduled for Q3 2028.
Site Context This Cycle
Explore Vida Residences Location on Dubai Map
Vida Residences occupies plot 4952 in Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid, a park facing position on the western side of Dubai Hills Estate, with the tower rising directly from its own amenities podium rather than from a shared deck. That geometry shapes this cycle's work: envelope panels are being installed on elevations that face open parkland on one side and a completed residential grid on the other, and the external works package runs on a self contained plot with no neighbouring build to sequence around.
Because Dubai Hills Estate is a delivered community rather than an emerging one, with the park, Dubai Hills Mall eight minutes on foot, Kings College Hospital, and the championship golf course all already trading, Vida Residences is finishing into infrastructure that is finished. For anyone weighing a Q3 2028 handover, that removes the community build out risk that normally sits alongside construction risk on an off plan purchase. 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 Vida Residences During Envelope and Fit Out
Once the structure is certified, the live questions shift to payment verification, residency planning, and preparing for a handover that is still two years out. Each resource below is matched to where Vida Residences stands right now.
Vida Residences Construction Updates
This page: the verified February 2026 inspection record for Vida Residences, from enabling works onward.
Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Golden Visa Across 217 Branded Homes
Emaar's 23-storey Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate qualifies on three of four tiers; only the 1 bedroom apartment sits below.
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Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Escrow, the Emirates NBD Ledger
Emirates NBD holds Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate escrow, DLD project 2795: 217 units, 85.12% certified in June 2026.
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Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Snagging: Branded Homes and Podium Townhouses
Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate is a 23 storey Emaar tower of 217 branded homes with eight podium level townhouses.
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Other Vida Residences Construction Updates
Follow the inspection history to see how Vida Residences has moved through each construction phase, reading by reading.
Where This Update Fits
Explore Vida Residences Structure
This February reading sits inside a wider record: the community the tower opens onto, the developer delivering it, and the listings a buyer would weigh against it.
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Dubai Hills Estate Community Overview
Read the Dubai Hills Estate guide: 2,700 acres of parks, an 18-hole championship golf course and Dubai Hills Mall.
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Vida Residences Dubai Hills Estate Construction Progress in February 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The RERA independent progress monitoring report dated 13 February 2026 records Vida Residences Dubai Hills Estate at 70% construction progress, with the progress status listed as main contract progressing under DLD project number 2795.
The project moved from a previous recorded reading of 45.06% to 70% on 13 February 2026, a gain of 24.94 points. The DLD register publishes the previous percentage without an inspection date, so the interval between the two readings is not stated on the record.
The February 2026 report signs off enabling, piling, foundation, and structure works as complete, and lists external envelope, MEP, internal works, internal finishes, and external works as the packages progressing. The project is described on the record as one basement, ground, podium, 23 floors, and roof.
Handover is scheduled for Q3 2028, roughly two and a half years after the February 2026 reading. That leaves 30 percentage points and several inspection cycles ahead of completion certification, so the schedule carries normal off plan revision risk rather than the compressed risk of a near term handover.
The published Emaar schedule for this project attaches installments to construction completion percentages rather than to dates alone, and the 70% certified in February 2026 sits ahead of several percentages the original schedule paired with later 2026 and 2027 dates. Which triggers apply to an individual unit is set by that buyer's own sale and purchase agreement.
Not yet. A pre handover inspection is booked when a project combines a late stage reading with a handover date inside roughly nine months, and at 70% with handover in Q3 2028 only the first condition is met. The practical point to arrange it is after the readings that follow through 2027. How inspection cycles progress toward certification is covered on the Vida Residences construction updates hub.
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