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Vida Residences Hillside Construction Update - May 2026
May 2026 Inspection Confirms Vida Residences Hillside Reaches 10% Construction Progress in Dubai Hills Estate
Enabling, piling, foundation, and early structure works dominate site activity at Vida Residences Hillside, verified at 10 percent in the May 2026 RERA inspection cycle.
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Verified DLD Inspection Data
Vida Residences Hillside Construction Snapshot
A 4.99 point rise from the previously recorded 5.01% puts Vida Residences Hillside firmly in the enabling and foundations band, the stage where escrow discipline and payment plan structure decide more than site photographs do.
Vida Residences Hillside by Emaar
3534
Active
10%
04 May 2026
30 June 2025
500 residential units
49,683.63 sq m
Q2 2029
Data source: RERA inspection conducted on 04 May 2026, tracked against DLD inspection records. 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 Hillside Construction Progress Summary
Between the previously recorded 5.01% and the inspection carried out on 04 May 2026, Vida Residences Hillside moved to 10%, a gain earned below ground level rather than in visible height. RERA records the main contract as progressing, with enabling, piling, foundation, and structure packages all active on plot 5413 at the time of the site visit.
- Project registration recorded on 11 February 2025
- Construction start recorded on 30 June 2025
- Trust account opened with Emirates Islamic Bank for project 3534
- Enabling works across plot 5413 in Dubai Hills Estate
- Piling beneath the two tower footprints
- Foundation works and the shared basement level
- First structure works on the podium (1B+G+1P+1F+R)
- Vertical structure for Tower A (G+20F+R) and Tower B (G+19F+R)
- Facade, MEP, and interior fit out across 500 homes
- Remaining RERA inspection cycles toward 100%
- Handover from the Q2 2029 window
Payment Linked Progress
What 10% Progress Means for Vida Residences Hillside Buyers
Dubai off plan payment plans tie instalments to calendar dates, to certified construction milestones, or to both, so a verified reading of 10% is not just a status line: it tells you which obligations are still ahead of you. At this stage of Vida Residences Hillside, four actions matter most.
Verify the escrow account
Every payment ahead of handover should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for project 3534, recorded with Emirates Islamic Bank. Vida Residences Hillside 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
Four instalments on the published plan are tied to 60%, 80%, 90%, and 100% construction completion, and at 10% none of them has been triggered yet. Not sure how your instalments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the certified milestones.
Confirm your Oqood registration
Off plan purchases in Dubai are recorded on the interim property register before title is issued at completion. Confirm that the registration exists in your name against the DLD record for project 3534, and keep the receipt filed with your sale and purchase agreement.
Track the remaining cycles
Around 90 points of certified progress separate this reading from completion, across several more inspection cycles. Vida Residences Hillside construction updates hub keeps a build this long free of surprises.
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 10%?
Entering at the foundations stage trades certainty for runway: the construction risk is still ahead, but so is the entire payment schedule, and the choice of layouts is at its widest. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 3534, released against certified construction progress.
- Full runway: 80% spread across instalments running to 2029
- Launch pricing on record from AED 1.82M ≈ USD 495K
- Widest choice of layouts across two towers and the townhouse row
- Structure certified, but most of the balance falls due within months
- Shorter wait, at whatever the market has done in the interim
- Choice limited to whichever units remain unsold
9 units listed available on the project page as of this update; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
Vida Residences Hillside Project Details
With piling and foundation works still the headline activity, Vida Residences Hillside is an early stage development of 500 homes: 1 to 3 bedroom apartments across two towers, plus a row of 3 bedroom townhouses. Starting prices: AED 1.82M ≈ USD 495K.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is a long wait against the full length of the payment plan, with handover expected from Q2 2029.
Site Context This Cycle
Explore Vida Residences Hillside Location on Dubai Map
Vida Residences Hillside occupies plot 5413 in Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid, on the Dubai Hills Estate parcel that fronts Hillside Park, with the two towers set back behind a shared podium and a townhouse row along the northern edge. A single plot carrying three built forms is why this cycle reads as enabling, piling, foundation, and structure at once: the packages overlap across the site rather than following one another.
Because Dubai Hills Estate is an already delivered master community, with the mall, the park, the golf course, King's College Hospital, and school campuses in use, buyers here wait out construction beside working infrastructure rather than a future promise, which matters when the handover window sits three years out. 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 Hillside During Early Construction Progress
The foundations band is where payment protection and residency planning do the real work, long before there is anything to photograph. Each resource below is matched to where Vida Residences Hillside stands right now.
Vida Residences Hillside Construction Updates
This page: the verified May 2026 inspection record for Vida Residences Hillside, from enabling works onward.
Vida Residences Hillside at Dubai Hills Estate Golden Visa Around Hillside Park
Vida Residences Hillside at Dubai Hills Estate is two towers and a townhouse row; 2 bedroom apartments and above qualify individually.
Read Vida Residences Hillside Golden Visa Guide
Vida Residences Hillside at Dubai Hills Estate: Emirates Islamic Escrow
Vida Residences Hillside at Dubai Hills Estate, DLD project 3534, puts 500 units in Emirates Islamic escrow, 10% certified May 2026.
Verify Vida Residences Hillside Escrow AccountUpdate Timeline
Other Vida Residences Hillside Construction Updates
This is the first published reading in the series. Follow the timeline to see how Vida Residences Hillside moves from foundations toward handover, cycle by cycle.
Where This Update Fits
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Vida Residences Hillside Construction Progress in May 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
As of the RERA inspection conducted on 04 May 2026, Vida Residences Hillside stands at 10% construction progress in the DLD project register, with the main contract recorded as progressing.
The register moved from a previously recorded 5.01% to 10% at the 04 May 2026 inspection, a gain of 4.99 points. That gain sits almost entirely below ground: enabling, piling, and foundation packages carry long site durations for a modest share of certified contract value.
The 04 May 2026 progress report records enabling, piling, foundation, and structure works all progressing on plot 5413. The built form ahead is a shared podium of 1B+G+1P+1F+R, Tower A at G+20F+R, and Tower B at G+19F+R.
The current handover window is Q2 2029, roughly three years beyond the May 2026 reading. Expected completion dates in the DLD project register can be revised between inspection cycles, so the window shown here reflects the record as of May 2026; any revision would appear in a later update on this cluster.
The published plan ties four instalments to certified construction completion: 60%, 80%, 90%, and a final 20% instalment at 100%. At the 10% reading recorded on 04 May 2026 none of those four milestones has been reached, so the instalments still falling due are the date-linked ones. Your own sale and purchase agreement governs the exact wording.
The 04 May 2026 progress report records Emirates Islamic Bank P.J.S.C. as the trust account bank for project 3534, registered to developer Dubai Hills Estate L.L.C. under developer number 984. The account is confirmed against the DLD project record before any transfer is released.
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