OVERVIEW

Golfville is the third chapter of an experiment unusual for Emaar. After the success of Collective and Collective 2.0, the developer brought its compact collaborative-living concept to the most prestigious side of Dubai Hills Estate — the golf course side.

 Launched in 2019 and completed in 2022, Golfville sits within walking distance of Dubai Hills Golf Club, its 18-hole championship course, and the community clubhouse, surrounded by green open space on all sides.

While the Emaar name is usually associated with large family apartments and villas, Golfville was designed around the opposite idea: compact, efficient homes for young professionals who want to live in a premium community without paying for square footage they don’t use. In Golfville this formula gets an upgrade in setting — instead of the boulevard, residents wake up to fairway and park views.

THE CONCEPT

Golfville follows the collaborative living model Emaar refined in Collective: private apartments kept deliberately compact and efficient, with the social life of the building moved into generous shared spaces. Co-working areas, a library, lounges, a games room, and a gym with a CrossFit zone give residents everything the apartment itself doesn’t need to contain. The result is more usable lifestyle per dirham than any conventional building format in the community.

The layouts make the most of the footprint: open-plan kitchen, living, and dining areas, expansive floor-to-ceiling windows, and private balconies with views of the golf course and greenery. It is co-living in spirit, but with fully private, self-contained apartments — the social element is optional, the privacy is not.

UNIT TYPES

Golfville consists exclusively of one and two bedroom apartments — there are no three-bedroom units, and that is by design: the project is built entirely around the compact-living concept.

One-bedroom apartments range from approximately 465 to 788 sqft, making the smaller layouts among the most compact and affordable in absolute terms in Dubai Hills Estate.

Two-bedroom apartments range from approximately 730 to 1,215 sqft. The larger corner layouts at the top of this range are genuinely family-sized, while the compact two-bedroom formats deserve particular attention from investors: because of the efficient footprint, a two-bedroom in Golfville is often priced comparably to a one-bedroom in the park-facing family buildings of the same community.

 For the same capital, buyers get an extra bedroom, a wider tenant pool, and stronger rental income. This is exactly why the compact Emaar concept has developed a loyal investor following — it is a way to buy more rentable space per dirham than anywhere else in Dubai Hills.

A NOTE ON COOLING CHARGES

Golfville was marketed and sold as a chiller-free building, and this has long been one of its strongest rental selling points — tenants’ monthly outgoings are meaningfully lower than in comparable district-cooled buildings. 

However, Emaar has been moving toward separately billed cooling across its communities, so both buyers and landlords should verify the current cooling arrangement for a specific unit before transacting, as this directly affects achievable rent and tenant demand. We check this as part of our due diligence on every listing.

INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE

Despite the small unit sizes — or rather because of them — Golfville apartments are among the most liquid stock in Dubai Hills Estate. 

The entry ticket is one of the lowest in the community, service charges on compact units are modest in absolute terms, tenant demand is constant, and vacancy periods are short. Gross yields consistently outperform the larger family-format buildings in the same master plan, since rents do not fall proportionally to size.

The tenant profile is reliable: young professionals working in Business Bay, Downtown, Media City, and Internet City, all within a 15 to 25 minute drive, who want a premium green community at a rational price point. On resale, compact units change hands quickly because the buyer pool at this price level is the widest in Dubai Hills.

SERVICE CHARGES

Apartment service charges in Dubai Hills Estate typically run in the range of AED 15 to 20 per sq ft per year, and Golfville sits within the standard band for the community’s compact residential buildings. 

For a typical 496 sqft one-bedroom unit, this translates to roughly AED 7,500 to 10,000 annually — one of the lowest absolute service charge bills available anywhere in Dubai Hills, simply because the units are small. 

Rates are approved annually through Mollak and can change from year to year, so we verify the current approved figure for every unit as part of our transaction due diligence, including whether the quoted rate incorporates the Emaar master community charge.

AMENITIES

• Gym with CrossFit area
• Swimming pool and children’s pool
• Co-working spaces and library
• Games room and communal lounges
• Landscaped gardens and shaded walkways
• 24/7 security
• Basement parking

LOCATION

Golfville sits on the golf course side of Dubai Hills Estate, footsteps from Dubai Hills Golf Club and its clubhouse, with the fairways effectively serving as the building’s front garden.

 Dubai Hills Park is around five minutes away, and Dubai Hills Mall, with over 650 retail and dining outlets, is a short drive. Access to Al Khail Road puts Downtown Dubai, Business Bay, and Dubai Marina roughly 15 to 25 minutes away, with both airports reachable in around 20 to 30 minutes.

WHO IT SUITS

Golfville works for two groups. The first is the end-user — a young professional or couple who wants a premium green community, golf course surroundings, and low running costs without overpaying for space. 

The second is the investor looking for the highest rental efficiency in Dubai Hills Estate: minimal capital, maximum tenant demand, and a unit format that the market consistently rewards.

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