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Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate by Emaar Properties
Branded Park Facing Apartments in the Green Heart of Dubai
Vida Residences is a 23 storey Emaar tower of 217 branded homes set directly on Dubai Hills Park, offering 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments alongside eight 3 bedroom townhouses, with Dubai Hills Mall an eight minute walk from the lobby and handover scheduled for Q3 2028.
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Overview
Project Overview
Starting Price
AED 1.6M ≈ USD 436K
Handover Date
Q3 2028
Property Type
Apartments
Location
Dubai Hills Estate
Developer
Emaar Properties
Availability
Limited
About
About Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate
Vida is Emaar Hospitality's lifestyle brand, and this tower is where that badge lands inside Dubai Hills Estate. Strip the branding away and what remains is still the more interesting argument: of the Emaar apartment addresses trading in this community, almost all sit on the golf side and are read from behind a windscreen. Vida Residences does not. It faces Dubai Hills Park directly, puts the Business Park five minutes away on foot and Dubai Hills Mall eight, and is one of the few plots here where a resident can genuinely live without reaching for car keys. In a car led community, walkability is the scarce commodity, and scarce attributes are what hold a price spread on resale.
The second thing a buyer should weigh is timing. The community itself was finished years ago, so nobody here is underwriting a masterplan promise: the park, the mall, the golf club, the GEMS schools and King's College Hospital have all been open and trading since well before this tower broke ground. The building is well into its later construction phase, which means the heavy structural risk is largely behind it, while the contractual handover on the sale agreement stays at Q3 2028. My read is that this is an unusually comfortable position to buy into, because most stock this far advanced has already burned through its payment plan.
Eight of the 217 homes are 3 bedroom townhouses at podium level, with private terraces and a maid's room. At under four percent of the building they are the genuinely finite part of this project, and they are the units I would expect to reprice fastest against the community average once resale opens.
Insights
Project Insights for Vida Residences Buyers
Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate: 23-Storey Park-Front Progress
Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate rose from 70% to 85.12% between February and June 2026 on Emaar's 217-home tower.
Vida Residences Construction Updates
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.
Vida Residences Escrow Account Guide
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.
Vida Residences Golden Visa Guide
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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Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Prices & Sizes
Four tiers, and they are aimed at three different buyers. The 1 bedroom is the cheapest branded entry point in Dubai Hills Estate and behaves as a yield asset, sitting below the AED 2M ≈ USD 545K residency line. The 2 and 3 bedroom apartments clear that line outright and draw the family end user who is buying the park, the schools and the walk to the mall as much as the floor plan. The townhouses are a separate proposition again: eight homes, podium level, priced where a Dubai Hills apartment buyer rarely looks. All sizes are total areas including balconies and terraces.
1 Bedroom Apartments
AED 1.60M≈ USD 436K
≈ 697 - 883 sq ft (65 - 82 sq m)
2 Bedroom Apartments
AED 3.00M≈ USD 817K
≈ 1,245 - 1,627 sq ft (116 - 151 sq m)
3 Bedroom Apartments
AED 4.10M≈ USD 1.12M
≈ 1,700 - 2,115 sq ft (158 - 196 sq m)
3 Bedroom Townhouses
AED 5.90M≈ USD 1.61M
≈ 2,563 - 2,582 sq ft (238 - 240 sq m)
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Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Payment Plan
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What you owe on day one depends entirely on which milestones have already been raised against the specific unit you choose, so the figure diverges from the headline split. Moving that sum is the part international buyers consistently underestimate: my guide on how to pay for property in Dubai compares the transfer routes non-resident buyers actually use and the timing traps in each. Request the exact remaining payment schedule for your unit.
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Why Buy Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Through Tohid Fetrat
With availability limited and the build well advanced, the question is no longer whether the project is worth buying. It is whether you get an accurate picture of what is actually left, at what price, before it moves. That depends entirely on who sits between you and Emaar.
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Structure
Explore Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Structure
This tower occupies a single plot inside a 2,700 acre Emaar masterplan that has been handing over since 2018, and the comparables that will eventually price your unit come from the neighbourhoods around it rather than from the building itself. The three pages below cover what else is trading in Dubai Hills Estate, how the community is planned, and what Emaar's delivery record looks like across the city.
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About Dubai Hills Estate Master Community
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 at Dubai Hills Estate | Key Project Facts
Emaar Properties
Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai
217
Q3 2028
Freehold, open to all nationalities
10-Year UAE Golden Visa eligible from AED 2M ≈ USD 545K
Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C.)
For Buyers
Buy Directly From Emaar Properties Developer Inventory
Availability here is now limited, and what remains sits with Emaar rather than with owners in the resale market. That distinction matters more than it sounds this far into the build: developer stock is sold at the official price list with no assignment premium to negotiate, and the balance of the original payment plan travels with the unit. Once the last of it is placed, every further purchase at this address becomes a resale at whatever an existing owner decides to ask.
- Official Emaar pricing, no resale markup or assignment premium
- Remaining payment plan honored on the unit as originally issued
- Every payment protected through the project's DLD-registered escrow account
- Live unit list with layouts, floors, orientation and park views, sent the same day
Map
Explore Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Location on Dubai Map
Vida Residences by Emaar sits inside Dubai Hills Estate, the 2,700 acre master community laid out between Al Khail Road and Umm Suqeim Street. Through Tohid Fetrat's Dubai Investment Map you can place the tower against the park, the mall and the golf club, and compare it directly with the other Emaar apartment projects trading across the city.
Al Khail Road is what makes the address work at city scale. It puts Downtown Dubai around twelve minutes away and Dubai Marina a comparable run in the opposite direction, with both airports inside a short drive, while the mall, the park, the schools and the hospital stay internal trips rather than city ones.
Near Handover
Own a Unit Here? Sell It or Rent It Out
Owners who bought early here are far enough through the payment plan to have real options. Past Emaar's NOC threshold you can assign the unit before completion and take the gain without ever holding the keys, or carry it through to handover in Q3 2028 and let it into one of Dubai's most consistently occupied family rental markets. Those two routes produce very different numbers, and which one is right depends on your cost base rather than on the headline market.
Sell Your Unit
A valuation built from recorded Dubai Hills Estate transactions rather than asking prices, then the full assignment process through to DLD transfer. You deal with me directly, never a listing farm.
Rent It Out
A rental estimate for your specific layout, floor and park orientation, guidance on furnishing level and Ejari registration, and tenant sourcing lined up ahead of handover so the residence earns from the first month.
Location
Vida Residences Location Within Dubai Hills Estate
Inside the masterplan, Vida Residences takes a plot on the western park side of the community rather than out among the golf fairways, immediately above Dubai Hills Park and alongside Dubai Hills Business Park. That single placement decision shapes daily life here: the park, the business park, the mosque and the mall are all walks rather than drives, which is genuinely rare in Dubai Hills Estate and cannot be replicated by a plot released later. For resale it widens the buyer pool well beyond the golf buyer, to anyone who wants a car optional address inside a green community. The wider community layout is covered in my Dubai Hills Estate community guide.
Dubai Hills Estate, DubaiConnectivity
Connectivity from Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate
Dubai Hills Estate was planned around two motorway spines, Al Khail Road and Umm Suqeim Street, which is why a community this green still reaches Downtown Dubai in roughly twelve minutes and both airports within a short drive. No metro line serves the community today, so road access is what carries the location for anyone travelling out of it, and that is worth weighing honestly against the tenant profile you have in mind. What sets this particular plot apart is how little of daily life requires that journey at all: the business park, the mosque, the mall and the park all sit within walking distance of the lobby.
Approximate Driving Distances
- Dubai Hills ParkDirectly opposite
- Dubai Hills Business Park5 minute walk
- Community Mosque6 minute walk
- Dubai Hills Mall8 minute walk
- Kings College Hospital5 minute drive
- Downtown Dubai12 minute drive
Interiors
Interior Design at Vida Residences
The specification is deliberately quiet: timber look joinery through the kitchen and vanity units, stone countertops, large format flooring tile, plain wardrobe carcasses and tinted glass joinery shutters, all set against neutral wall and ceiling paint. Every home is open plan with full height glazing onto its balcony, a dedicated laundry room and a walk in wardrobe in most layouts, while the townhouses add a maid's room and a private terrace at podium level. It is a palette chosen to age slowly rather than to photograph loudly, which is the correct call in a community where apartments are held for years and resold to families rather than flipped at handover.
Amenities
Interior Amenities
- Indoor gym
- Double height residents lobby lounge
- Indoor communal social spaces
- Fitted kitchens with stone countertops
- Timber look joinery and tinted glass shutters
- Walk-in wardrobes in selected layouts
- Dedicated laundry room in every residence
- Full height glazing onto private balconies
Exterior Amenities
- Adult swimming pool
- Kids swimming pool
- Outdoor gym
- Children's play area
- BBQ area
- Landscaped amenities podium
- Private terraces to the townhouses
- Direct Dubai Hills Park frontage
Gallery
Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate by Emaar Properties Image Gallery
Emaar's official visuals for the project: the tower read against the community park lawn, the podium pool deck and the shaded playground, the double height residents lobby, and the apartment interiors as specified. Look closely at the balcony depth in the interior shots, because in these layouts it changes how the living space reads in person far more than the headline square footage does.
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Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate Frequently Asked Questions
Vida Residences is a residential development by Emaar Properties in Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai, carrying the Vida branding from Emaar Hospitality. It is a 23 storey tower of 217 homes above a landscaped amenities podium, made up of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments together with eight 3 bedroom townhouses. Handover is scheduled for Q3 2028.
Yes. Vida is the lifestyle hotel and residences brand operated by Emaar Hospitality, and this project carries that branding through its design language, its double height residents lobby and its shared social spaces. It is a design led brand rather than an ultra luxury serviced one, which is why entry pricing sits in the mainstream Dubai Hills Estate apartment band rather than above it.
The tower sits on the western, park facing side of Dubai Hills Estate, directly overlooking Dubai Hills Park and within the cluster that also holds Dubai Hills Business Park and Dubai Hills Mall. Dubai Hills Business Park is a 5 minute walk, the community mosque a 6 minute walk and Dubai Hills Mall an 8 minute walk, with Kings College Hospital 5 minutes away by car. Access to the rest of the city runs through Al Khail Road.
The development offers 1 bedroom apartments of approximately 697 to 883 sq ft (65 to 82 sq m), 2 bedroom apartments of approximately 1,245 to 1,627 sq ft (116 to 151 sq m), 3 bedroom apartments of approximately 1,700 to 2,115 sq ft (158 to 196 sq m), and 3 bedroom townhouses of approximately 2,563 to 2,582 sq ft (238 to 240 sq m). All figures are total areas including balconies and terraces.
Prices start from AED 1.60M ≈ USD 436K for a 1 bedroom apartment, AED 3.00M ≈ USD 817K for a 2 bedroom, AED 4.10M ≈ USD 1.12M for a 3 bedroom, and AED 5.90M ≈ USD 1.61M for a 3 bedroom townhouse. Final pricing depends on floor, layout and orientation.
Handover is scheduled for Q3 2028. The project is in its later construction phase, and progress against RERA inspection data is tracked month by month in the Vida Residences construction updates guide.
Emaar offers a construction linked plan: 10 percent on booking plus the 4 percent DLD registration fee, 80 percent in ten percent instalments tied to verified construction milestones, and the final 10 percent on completion. Because a large part of the construction schedule has already elapsed, a purchase today settles the instalments already invoiced against that unit at the point of booking.
The amenities podium carries indoor and outdoor gyms, a swimming pool for adults with a separate kids pool, a children's play area, a BBQ area and communal social spaces, alongside a double height residents lobby lounge. Beyond the building, the wider community adds Dubai Hills Park directly opposite, Dubai Hills Mall, the 18 hole Dubai Hills Golf Club, GEMS schools and Kings College Hospital.
The property investment threshold for the 10 year UAE Golden Visa is AED 2M ≈ USD 545K. The 2 bedroom apartments from AED 3.00M, the 3 bedroom apartments from AED 4.10M and the 3 bedroom townhouses from AED 5.90M all clear that threshold. The 1 bedroom apartments starting at AED 1.60M fall below it and do not qualify on their own, although the threshold can be met across more than one property. The eligibility steps are set out in the Vida Residences Golden Visa guide.
Yes. Vida Residences at Dubai Hills Estate is a freehold development, so buyers of any nationality can own the property outright, whether or not they are UAE residents, with no restriction on resale.
Yes. Reservation, the sales and purchase agreement and Dubai Land Department registration can all be completed remotely, and I manage the sequence end to end with Emaar on your behalf. Each stage of the remote purchase is documented in my Dubai real estate guide library.
Every off plan instalment is paid into the project's DLD-registered escrow account and released to the developer only against verified construction progress, a framework regulated by the Dubai Land Department. The mechanics for this project are set out in the Vida Residences escrow account guide.
Handover Support
Snagging Inspection Before You Take the Keys
The window between the handover notice and your signature on the completion documents is the only period in which defects are corrected at Emaar's cost rather than yours. An independent snagging inspection documents every issue, from finishes and joinery through to plumbing, electrical and HVAC, while the developer is still contractually on the hook. Book the slot early, because inspection teams are heavily committed in the weeks around a large handover.
Book Your Inspection
Send me your unit number and handover date. I coordinate a certified independent snagging team, and you do not need to be in Dubai.
Full Defect Report
You receive a photographed, itemized report covering finishes, doors and windows, plumbing, electrical and HVAC.
Developer Rectification
The report goes to Emaar for repair, with a de-snagging re-check before you accept the unit.
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