Cassia Villas at The Wilds Dubailand Dubai

Cassia is the villa collection inside The Wilds, the nature-led community Aldar Properties is building in Dubailand with Dubai Holding, on a site next to Al Barari. It runs to 404 villas in three, four and five-bedroom layouts, released in numbered phases - Cassia 3 is the phase most sources describe.

Three-bedroom villas start from about AED 5.1 million (about Rs 13.13 crore), with a widely quoted project entry of AED 5.39 million from around 2,959 sq ft. Construction began in September 2025 and handover is Q2 2029, on a 10/55/35 plan. Every UAE project we track sits in the Dubai section, and the villa market generally is covered on our villas and townhouses page.

At a glance

Price and unit pricing

Two honest gaps. The entry is quoted two ways - about AED 5.1 million for a three-bedroom and AED 5.39 million as the project's starting price - and the difference is nearly AED 300,000, so establish which applies to the plot you are shown. And no source publishes the four or five-bedroom sizes or prices, which means only the entry type can be converted into a rate per sq ft at all. Ask for built-up area, plot area and price against a named plot, in writing.

Payment plan and total cost

10% at booking, 55% in instalments through construction and 35% at handover, with the 4% DLD registration fee due at the start. Our note on Dubai payment plans explains these splits; villas are rarely sold on the post-handover terms that apartments at lower price points get.

Sixty-five per cent falls due before you have a house. That is the structural fact of this purchase and there is no version of it that does not involve funding a build for three and a half years.

The offsetting number is the running cost. Villa service charges in Dubailand run about AED 3 to 8 per sq ft a year against AED 10 to 32 for apartments - so roughly AED 9,000 to 24,000 on a 2,959 sq ft house, where an apartment of the same size would pay two to four times as much. Over a decade of ownership that gap is worth a serious sum, and it is the main reason the villa economics here beat the apartment phase next door.

Location and connectivity

Dubailand is a belt of sub-communities along Al Ain Road (E66) between Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Emirates Road (E611), and it recorded more than 18,000 residential transactions in a single year. This corner of it is the good part: Al Barari next door is one of the few genuinely green, low-density addresses in the city, and Central Park sits on the same side.

Global Village and IMG Worlds of Adventure are the district landmarks; Dubai Hills Mall and Downtown are reached on E311. There is no metro here, so it is a car-dependent address, and the sub-communities around this one are still filling in. The apartment phase of the same community is covered on our page for The Wilds Residences, and Aldar's other Dubailand communities are Haven and Rise by Athlon.

Amenities and specifications

The entry three-bedroom is quoted from about 2,959 sq ft, which is a proper family house rather than a compact townhouse - and size is the first thing villa buyers in Dubai are actually paying for. Four and five-bedroom dimensions are not published by any source we could read.

The community is as much of the product as the house. The Wilds is designed as a nature-led, low-density scheme with landscaped commons, and its apartment phase carries an 800 sq m gym, a 300 sq m spa, a theatre, an art studio and co-working space that sit inside the same community. Finishes and plot boundaries are set per numbered phase, so get the specification schedule and the plot plan attached to your own SPA rather than working from the launch material. Final as per the SPA.

About the developer

Aldar Properties is Abu Dhabi's largest listed developer, founded in 2004, with the sovereign wealth fund Mubadala as its largest shareholder. It built and holds much of Yas Island, Saadiyat Island, Al Reem Island and Al Raha Beach, counts more than 20 completed projects and carries a revenue backlog of roughly AED 167 billion.

Across 2015 to 2025 about 92% of its projects were delivered within six months of the announced handover date; in 2026 it committed to more than 3,500 residential units and had handed over 1,075 by the end of March, across 141 active construction sites. Dubai came later, through a joint venture with Dubai Holding, and all three of its Dubai communities sold out at launch - Haven at AED 3.1 billion, Athlon at AED 4.1 billion in 48 hours and The Wilds at about AED 5 billion in its first phase. On a villa where 65% of the price is paid before completion, that counterparty quality is the most valuable thing on this page.

For Indian buyers

Dubailand is freehold, so an Indian citizen owns the villa outright with a title deed from the Dubai Land Department, and the UAE charges no annual property tax on it. Under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme each resident Indian may remit USD 250,000 per financial year, and a AED 5.1 million villa is about USD 1.39 million - so this purchase needs several allowances across people and financial years. The instalment plan makes that manageable rather than impossible, because the payments spread across three and a half years, but it needs planning at the start rather than improvising at the end.

The Golden Visa is straightforward here: any villa in this collection is more than twice the AED 2 million threshold, and on an off-plan purchase the equity you have actually paid is what counts, so the line is crossed during the plan. Rent, if you let the house rather than use it, is taxable in India in your hands with the standard 30% deduction on the annual value - and note that Dubailand villas earn about 4.5 to 6% gross against 6 to 8.5% for the district's apartments, which our rental yield by area note sets in context.

Pros

• A proper family house - about 2,959 sq ft on the entry villa - in a low-density community next to Al Barari
• Villa service charges of AED 3 to 8 per sq ft against AED 10 to 32 for apartments, a large ongoing saving
• Aldar's roughly 92% on-time record over a decade, the best behind any project on these pages
• Construction already underway since September 2025, not a plan on paper
• Every villa clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold more than twice over
• A 404-house collection is small enough not to flood its own community on resale

Cons

• 65% of a AED 5.1 million price falls due before you have a house
• Handover in Q2 2029 - three and a half years of market risk with no income
• Dubailand villa yields run about 4.5 to 6% gross, below the district's apartments
• Four and five-bedroom sizes and prices are not published anywhere we could read
• The entry is quoted two ways, about AED 5.1 million and AED 5.39 million
• The Wilds sold about AED 5 billion in its first phase, so expect competing assignment stock at exit
• No metro on this side of Dubailand, and the surrounding sub-communities are still filling in

Who this is for

Families who want a large freehold house in a green, low-density setting and can wait until 2029; Golden Visa buyers, for whom any villa here clears the threshold with room to spare; and investors who want villa exposure - lower service charges, tighter supply - rather than another apartment.

Who should look elsewhere

Yield-first investors, anyone needing income within three years, and buyers who want a light cash profile or an established neighbourhood with schools and shops already trading.

Our verdict

Cassia asks the same question as the apartment phase next door - what is a genuinely good developer worth on a multi-year promise - and gives a better answer. At about AED 5.1 million for a three-bedroom of roughly 2,959 sq ft, beside Al Barari, from a listed company with a 92% on-time record and a build that started in September 2025, the case is sound. Two things make the villa version stronger than the apartments. Service charges are the first: AED 3 to 8 per sq ft against AED 10 to 32 is tens of thousands of dirhams a year on a house this size, every year you own it. The second is supply - 404 houses is a small collection, and Dubai's villa market has been the tighter half for several years. What you give up is yield: 4.5 to 6% gross against 6 to 8.5% for apartments, with 65% of the price due before there is anything to let. So buy this as a family house and a capital position, not as an income asset. Before you book, get the numbered phase, that phase's DLD project number and escrow account, and the built-up and plot areas for whichever type you are shown - because nobody publishes them.

Run this project's numbers yourself. The calculator opens on the price and unit size above; change the currency, the rent or the mortgage and it recalculates the fees, the cash you need on day one and the net rent.

FAQs

What does a villa at Cassia cost?

Three-bedroom villas start from about AED 5.1 million (about Rs 13.13 crore), and the widely quoted project entry is AED 5.39 million from about 2,959 sq ft. Four and five-bedroom prices and sizes are not published, so ask for them against a named plot.

When is handover?

Q2 2029. Construction began in September 2025, so that is a three-and-a-half-year programme for 404 villas, already underway. Aldar delivered about 92% of its projects within six months of the announced date across 2015 to 2025.

What is the payment plan?

10% at booking, 55% through construction and 35% at handover, with the 4% DLD fee on top at the start. On a AED 5.1 million villa that is AED 510,000 to book, AED 204,000 to the DLD, about AED 2,805,000 across construction and AED 1,785,000 in 2029.

What are the service charges on a villa here?

Not yet published, but Dubailand villas run about AED 3 to 8 per sq ft a year against AED 10 to 32 for apartments - roughly AED 9,000 to 24,000 on a 2,959 sq ft house. A community with landscaped commons sits towards the upper end.

What rental yield do Dubailand villas achieve?

About 4.5 to 6% gross, with net typically 1.5 to 2 points lower after costs - below the 6 to 8.5% the district's apartments earn, because entry prices are much higher. Villas here are bought for space and capital rather than income.

Does a villa here qualify for the Golden Visa?

Comfortably - the entry villa is more than twice the AED 2 million threshold. On an off-plan purchase only the equity actually paid counts, so the line is crossed during the payment plan.

What is The Wilds, and how does Cassia fit into it?

The Wilds is Aldar's nature-led Dubailand community with Dubai Holding, next to Al Barari. It has an apartment phase - The Wilds Residences, about 740 homes in six mid-rise buildings - and this villa collection of 404 houses released in numbered phases, of which Cassia 3 is the one most sources describe.

Who is Aldar?

Abu Dhabi's largest listed developer, founded in 2004, with Mubadala as its largest shareholder. It built much of Yas Island, Saadiyat Island, Al Reem Island and Al Raha Beach, counts more than 20 completed projects and ran 141 active construction sites in 2026.

Can an Indian citizen buy here?

Yes. Under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme each resident Indian may remit USD 250,000 a financial year, and a AED 5.1 million villa is about USD 1.39 million - so it needs several allowances across people and financial years, which the three-and-a-half-year instalment plan makes workable. Rent is taxable in India with the standard 30% deduction.

Talk to Realty Hunting if you want the current Cassia release, the plot plans and the four and five-bedroom pricing before you book.

Compare with other Dubai projects

Also in Dubailand: The Acres by Meraas (from AED 5.09 M, handover 2028), Sobha Reserve (from AED 7.68 M, handover 2026), Haven by Aldar (from AED 2.3 M, handover 2027) and The Wilds by Aldar (from AED 1.6 M, handover 2030).

More by Aldar: Rise By Athlon (from AED 1.35 M, handover 2029).

A similar budget elsewhere in Dubai: Emaar Sidra (from AED 5.04 M, ready), Damac Hills The Flora (from AED 5,344,000, ready) and Elie Saab Villas 2 (from AED 4,820,888, ready).

Read next: Off-Plan Property in Dubai: How It Works · Dubai Property Payment Plans: 1% Monthly, Post-Handover and More · Villas and Townhouses for Sale in Dubai: Prices and Returns. Every Dubai project we track is listed on the Dubai section.