Damac Hills The Flora Dubai

The Flora is a gated cluster of four- and five-bedroom villas by DAMAC Properties inside DAMAC Hills, with access to the Trump International Golf Club Dubai. It is finished: the estimated handover was June 2015 and the project was completed in April 2016.

Prices start at AED 5,344,000, about Rs 13.76 crore, and five-bedroom villas run to AED 7,362,000. The published rate is AED 1,400 per sq ft, and unusually for a Dubai project the whole price list holds to it exactly — that is worked through below. The source listing for this project carries no price. Browse the rest of our Dubai section, our projects list, the wider DAMAC Hills community, or another villa cluster inside it, Pelham.

At a glance

Price: a list that actually holds to its own rate

Most Dubai price lists fall apart when you divide the price by the size. This one does not:

Both ends of the five-bedroom range work out at almost exactly AED 1,400 per sq ft, which matches the rate the sources publish independently. That internal consistency is worth more than it sounds: it tells you the list was built from a rate rather than invented unit by unit, and it means you can price any villa here the moment you know its square footage.

Against the community, AED 1,400 per sq ft sits above DAMAC Hills' transaction-weighted median of about AED 1,060 and below the AED 1,600 to 1,700 the community's 2026 indicators point to. For a large finished villa inside the gates, that is a defensible middle.

The gap in the record is the four-bedroom. No source publishes either a size or a price for it, which means the AED 5,344,000 headline belongs to the smallest five-bedroom and there may be a cheaper four-bedroom entry that nobody has printed. Ask — and when you do, apply the AED 1,400 rate to whatever size you are given and see whether the quote matches.

The handover date this cluster actually delivered

Most pages in this batch have to guess at delivery risk. This one does not, because The Flora has both an estimated date and an actual one on record: June 2015 estimated, April 2016 completed. That is a slip of about ten months.

It is worth knowing for two reasons. Ten months is a real delay but a modest one by Dubai standards, and it is a data point on how this specific developer's published estimates behaved on this specific community. If you are also looking at a DAMAC off-plan project elsewhere, that is a more useful benchmark than any corporate on-time percentage.

Cost to own

The Flora has been complete since April 2016, so a purchase here is a resale settling at transfer. On the AED 5,344,000 entry villa:

On a 3,817 sq ft house the villa service-charge band of AED 2 to 6 per sq ft comes to AED 7,600 to 22,900 a year — between 0.14% and 0.43% of the purchase price. Compare that with a Business Bay apartment, where AED 10 to 30 per sq ft on a small home can run past 1% of the price annually. No source publishes The Flora's approved budget, so get it in writing, but the structural advantage is real.

Total to own is about USD 1.54 million. On income, DAMAC Hills is quoted at around 7.7% rental yield, but that figure comes from the community's apartments; villa yields across the DAMAC Hills communities are quoted from 4.47% to 7.2%. A AED 5.3 million five-bedroom sits at the bottom of that, so buy this to live in.

Location and amenities

The Flora sits inside DAMAC Hills, the 42 million sq ft gated community DAMAC launched in Dubailand in 2012, which now holds 33 sub-communities, more than 3,386 villas and townhouses alongside 7,128 apartments, and over 26,000 residents.

The cluster's own published features are 24-hour security, CCTV surveillance, 24-hour concierge, a children's playing zone and easy access to the golf club. On top of that sits the community's amenity set: the Malibu Bay wave pool, an equestrian centre, a 2,000 sq m skate park and a central park with walking trails.

One point to settle before you pay any golf premium. The community sources describe Trump International Golf Club Dubai as an 18-hole championship course designed by Gil Hanse, while one Flora listing refers to access to a 9-hole course. Those are not the same amenity. Ask which course the cluster actually adjoins and what membership or access, if any, comes with the house — access to a course and frontage onto one are different things again.

Amenities and specifications

The villas are the product. Five-bedrooms run 3,817 to 5,258 sq ft, which is a genuinely large family house at either end, and the four-bedroom is unquantified in every source we checked.

Beyond the security, concierge and children's play provision, no source publishes a fit-out schedule, a plot-size range or an appliance specification for The Flora. On a ten-year-old villa those matter less than the condition of the specific house: get a survey, check the roof, the pool plant and the air-conditioning, and ask the owners' association what has been replaced community-wide since 2016. Everything specified is final as per the title deed.

About the developer

DAMAC Properties is the largest private developer in the UAE and the Middle East, with 50,000 homes handed over, more than 54,000 units under construction and 55,000-plus in the pipeline. In 2026 it handed over 8,800 residential units across Dubai, DAMAC Hills among them, and awarded more than AED 10 billion of construction contracts in the first half of the year.

On a house completed in 2016 the delivery record is history rather than risk. What still matters is that DAMAC runs the master community — the amenity programme, the golf-club relationship and the remaining plots inside the gates are all its decisions, and a decade after The Flora completed, the community around it is still being added to.

For Indian buyers

DAMAC Hills is freehold, so an Indian citizen can own here outright with a Dubai Land Department title deed, and there is no annual property tax in Dubai. The recurring cost is the service charge, roughly AED 7,600 to 22,900 a year on the entry villa.

Funding is the real constraint at this level. Total to own is about USD 1.54 million, more than six times one person's Liberalised Remittance Scheme allowance of USD 250,000 for a financial year and more than three times a couple's combined USD 500,000. This is a multi-year, multi-remitter or UAE-mortgage purchase, and the route should be settled before you make an offer rather than after. Your bank will want the sale agreement and the DLD trustee account details, and TCS applies above the current threshold.

On residency, every villa here clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold by a wide margin. On tax at home, Dubai rent is taxable in India for a resident at slab rates as income from house property with the standard 30% deduction, and the asset is reported in Schedule FA. The UAE takes nothing, so there is no foreign tax credit — though on a house bought to live in rather than let, that question largely falls away.

Pros

• The price list holds to AED 1,400 per sq ft at both ends of the five-bedroom range, so any villa here can be priced from its size
• AED 1,400 per sq ft sits between the community's AED 1,060 median and its AED 1,600 to 1,700 indicators
• Finished since April 2016 — a decade of occupancy and community history to inspect
• Genuinely large houses: five-bedrooms from 3,817 to 5,258 sq ft
• Villa service charges of about AED 2 to 6 per sq ft, between 0.14% and 0.43% of the price a year
• A published estimated date and a published actual date, ten months apart — rare transparency
• Every villa clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold by a wide margin
• 24-hour security, CCTV and concierge, plus the community's golf course, wave pool and equestrian centre

Cons

• No four-bedroom size or price is published by any source we checked
• The sources disagree on the golf course — 18-hole championship at community level, 9-hole on one Flora listing
• No service charge, plot-size range or fit-out schedule is published for the cluster
• No DLD or RERA project number is printed by any source we checked
• Total to own of about USD 1.54 million is more than six annual LRS allowances
• Villa yields here sit at the bottom of the 4.47% to 7.2% band — this is not an income asset
• The community's median transaction is AED 1.31 million, far below this price band
• No Metro station — residents and tenants need cars

Who this is for

• Families who want a large finished house inside a mature gated community
• Golden Visa buyers at the AED 5 million level
• Buyers who value a price list they can verify against a published rate

Who should look elsewhere

• Yield investors — the community's 7.7% is an apartment figure
• Buyers funding from one or two LRS allowances
• Anyone paying a golf premium without establishing which course and what access
• Buyers who will not survey a ten-year-old villa before purchase

Our verdict

The Flora is the most verifiable price list in this batch. Both ends of the published five-bedroom range work out at almost exactly AED 1,400 per sq ft, matching the rate the sources publish independently, which means you can price any house in the cluster the moment you know its size. That rate sits sensibly between DAMAC Hills' AED 1,060 transaction median and the AED 1,600 to 1,700 its 2026 indicators point to, and the villas themselves are large — 3,817 to 5,258 sq ft is a real family house at either end.

Three things to do before you offer. Ask for the four-bedroom size and price, because nobody publishes either and the AED 5,344,000 headline belongs to the smallest five-bedroom — there may be a cheaper entry. Settle the golf question, since community sources describe an 18-hole championship course and one Flora listing refers to a 9-hole one, and access is not the same as frontage. And survey the house: this cluster completed in April 2016, so the roof, the pool plant and the air-conditioning are all a decade old, and the RERA-approved service-charge budget will tell you what the owners' association has been spending. Do those three and the arithmetic here is about as clean as Dubai gets.

FAQs

What does a villa at The Flora cost?

Prices start at AED 5,344,000, about Rs 13.76 crore, and five-bedroom villas run to AED 7,362,000, about Rs 18.96 crore. The published rate is AED 1,400 per sq ft, and both ends of the five-bedroom range work out at almost exactly that, so the list is internally consistent.

How big are the villas?

Five-bedrooms run 3,817 to 5,258 sq ft. No source we checked publishes a size for the four-bedroom, or a price for it, which means the AED 5,344,000 headline belongs to the smallest five-bedroom and a cheaper four-bedroom entry may exist unpublished.

Is it finished?

Yes. The estimated handover was June 2015 and the project was completed in April 2016 - a slip of about ten months. The villas are ready to move into, so buying here is a resale.

What rate per sq ft is that?

About AED 1,400 per sq ft at both ends of the published five-bedroom range. Against the community, that sits above DAMAC Hills' transaction-weighted median of about AED 1,060 and below the AED 1,600 to 1,700 its 2026 indicators point to - a defensible middle for a large finished villa inside the gates.

What are the service charges?

Not published for this cluster. Dubai villa service charges run about AED 2 to 6 per sq ft a year, which on a 3,817 sq ft house is AED 7,600 to 22,900 - between 0.14% and 0.43% of the purchase price annually, against more than 1% for a small Business Bay apartment. Get the RERA-approved budget in writing.

Is it on the golf course?

The cluster is described as having easy access to the Trump International Golf Club. Note a conflict worth settling: community-level sources describe an 18-hole championship course designed by Gil Hanse, while one Flora listing refers to a 9-hole course. Ask which course the cluster adjoins, and whether any membership or access rights come with the house - access and frontage are different things.

What yield does it pay?

DAMAC Hills is quoted at around 7.7%, but that comes from the community's apartments. Villa yields across the DAMAC Hills communities are quoted from 4.47% to 7.2%, and a AED 5.3 million five-bedroom sits at the bottom of that band. Buy this to live in rather than to let.

Can an Indian citizen buy here, and does it give a Golden Visa?

Yes to both. DAMAC Hills is freehold, so any nationality can own outright with a DLD title deed, and every villa here clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold by a wide margin. The constraint is funding: total to own is about USD 1.54 million, more than six times one person's USD 250,000 LRS allowance and more than three times a couple's combined USD 500,000.

Who is the developer?

DAMAC Properties, the largest private developer in the UAE and the Middle East, with 50,000 homes handed over, more than 54,000 units under construction and 55,000-plus in the pipeline. In 2026 it handed over 8,800 residential units across Dubai, DAMAC Hills among them, and awarded more than AED 10 billion of construction contracts in the first half of the year.

If you want the four-bedroom sizes and prices, the golf-access terms and the approved service-charge budget for this cluster, talk to Realty Hunting and we will chase them down.