Elie Saab Villas 2 Arabian Ranches III Dubai

Elie Saab Villas 2 is a limited collection of branded villas at Arabian Ranches III — Emaar builds them, the Lebanese couturier Elie Saab designs the interiors. Four-bedroom villas run 4,635 to 4,653 sq ft and five-bedrooms 5,422 to 5,945 sq ft, and the signature feature is a rooftop lounge that doubles as a suite, looking over the central and community parks.

Prices start at about AED 4,820,888 (about Rs 12.41 crore), roughly AED 1,040 per sq ft — below Arabian Ranches 3's own quoted entry rate. Completion is on record for Q4 2025, a date that has passed, so these should now be finished houses with title deeds. See the rest of the Dubai section or our wider projects list.

At a glance

Price and unit pricing

The source listing carries the project without a price. The two published entry figures do not agree, which is worth noting rather than averaging.

About AED 1,040 per sq ft for a designer-finished villa is a striking number — below AR3's own quoted entry rate of roughly AED 1,499 and less than half the AED 2,184 the wider Arabian Ranches transacted at in H1 2026. Some of that gap is structural: large houses always carry lower rates than small ones. But not all of it. On floor area alone these villas are priced well.

The AED 170,000 gap between the two published entry figures is small in percentage terms and real in a contract. Ask Emaar for a current list against plot numbers rather than working from either.

Payment and total cost

No payment plan specific to this phase is published by the sources we checked, and with completion on record for Q4 2025 the live question is whether Emaar still holds unsold villas. Ask directly — a construction-linked or post-handover structure on a finished house is worth more than a small discount.

Otherwise this is a resale. Worked at the AED 4,820,888 entry price:

Add 0.25% of the loan as mortgage registration if you finance. The service charge deserves more attention here than anywhere else in the community, because of the floor area. AR3 figures range from AED 4.50 to 5.50 per sq ft of plot area on one source to AED 10 to 18 per sq ft of built-up area on others — bases that are not comparable, and on a 4,635 sq ft villa the gap runs into tens of thousands of dirhams a year. Ask for the figure and the basis together.

Location and connectivity

Arabian Ranches III sits in the Dubailand belt of southern Dubai, served by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road. Downtown Dubai is roughly 25 to 30 minutes on a clear road, and Dubai Sports City and Motor City are the neighbours to the north-west.

These villas sit around the community's central park, which is what the rooftop lounges are designed to look at — the outlook is part of the product, not incidental. The wider amenity programme includes a splash park, clubhouse, outdoor cinema, adventure park, pool, tennis, volleyball and basketball courts, cycling tracks and a cricket pitch.

The evidence for how this community matures is next door: Arabian Ranches 1 and 2 are finished, occupied, decades-established Emaar villa communities. Drive through them before committing at this price level. For comparisons inside AR3 see Anya 2 and Bliss 2.

Amenities and specifications

Four- and five-bedroom villas with interiors designed by Elie Saab. The distinction worth understanding is that this is a design collaboration, not a hotel-style branding licence — and for a buyer that is the better arrangement. There is no annual service package to fund, and no brand agreement that can lapse and leave you owning a differently-named house. What you are paying the premium for is the design itself and the scarcity of a limited collection.

The signature feature is the rooftop lounge that doubles as a suite, and it is the thing to judge the collection on: either a genuinely usable extra floor — guest suite, family room, evening space over the park — or an expensive terrace with a roof. Only standing in it settles which. Make it the first thing you look at.

Ask for the interior specification annexure and check the delivered finish against it. On any branded house, the fit-out is where the gap between brochure and building shows up.

About the developer

Emaar Properties is Dubai's largest listed developer and the master developer of the Arabian Ranches series, now in its third community. It built the roads, the parks, the retail and the schools around these villas as well as the villas themselves — which is a different proposition from buying a designer house on a plot inside somebody else's masterplan, where the surroundings depend on a third party finishing them.

The Elie Saab element sits on top of that as an interiors collaboration. It does not change who is responsible for the construction, the completion or the community: that is Emaar throughout.

The best evidence of how Emaar's villa communities age is Arabian Ranches 1 and 2 next door — finished, occupied, long established. At a AED 4.8 M purchase, an afternoon driving through them is the cheapest due diligence available.

For Indian buyers

Arabian Ranches III is freehold, so an Indian citizen can own here outright with a DLD title deed, in their own name. Dubai charges no annual property tax; the recurring cost is the community service charge, which on a villa this size is a substantial annual number.

The funding point needs stating plainly. At about AED 4,820,888 — roughly USD 1.31 million — this purchase would take at least six person-years of the USD 250,000 Liberalised Remittance Scheme allowance. In practice, buyers at this level are usually non-resident Indians, who are not subject to LRS at all, or resident buyers structuring the purchase across several family members and financial years. If you are a resident Indian, take structuring and tax advice before you commit rather than after.

On residency this is the straightforward part: at more than twice the AED 2 M property threshold, every villa here supports a Golden Visa application on a completed, registered purchase. On tax at home, rental income from Dubai is taxable in India for a resident at slab rates as income from house property with the standard 30% deduction, and the property must be reported in Schedule FA of your return. The UAE takes nothing, so there is no credit to offset — though at this price point most buyers are living in the house rather than letting it.

Pros

• Genuinely large houses — 4,635 to 5,945 sq ft — in a well-run Emaar masterplan
• About AED 1,040 per sq ft at the entry price is remarkably low for branded villa stock
• A designer collaboration on the interiors rather than a hotel licence, so no service agreement to fund or lose
• The rooftop lounge and suite is a real differentiator at resale
• Completion on record for Q4 2025, so these should be finished houses with title deeds
• Every villa clears the AED 2 M Golden Visa threshold more than twice over
• A limited collection, so supply of comparable houses is thin

Cons

• Published entry prices disagree — AED 4,820,888 on one source and AED 4,650,000 on another
• No payment plan is published for this phase, and no source confirms the handover has completed
• A limited collection is thin at resale in both directions — few comparables and a narrow buyer pool
• Branded design premiums narrow as a house ages, and resale is judged against ordinary AR3 villas
• On a 4,635 sq ft villa the AR3 service charge is a large annual number, and the published bases are not comparable
• Dubailand is car-dependent, with Downtown 25 to 30 minutes away and no metro
• Yields at this price point are well below the community's 6.5% headline — this is a use asset

Who this is for

• Families who want a large designer villa in a mature Emaar masterplan
• Golden Visa buyers who want the residency and the house in one purchase
• Buyers who value scarcity — a limited collection with a rooftop suite is not easily replicated
• End users rather than investors, since the return here is in the living, not the yield

Who should look elsewhere

• Yield investors — the numbers at this price do not compete with the community's smaller stock
• Buyers who need a liquid asset they can exit quickly
• Anyone who will not view the rooftop lounge and the delivered interior before committing
• People who need central Dubai or metro access

Our verdict

This is the most interesting thing on our Arabian Ranches III list for a buyer who wants a house rather than an investment. Four- and five-bedroom villas of 4,635 to 5,945 sq ft, designer interiors, a rooftop lounge that doubles as a suite, at an entry price implying about AED 1,040 per sq ft — below AR3's own quoted entry rate and far under the wider community's transacted average. Some of that gap is structural, because large houses always carry lower rates than small ones, but not all of it.

The branding arrangement is better than most: a design collaboration rather than a hotel licence means no annual service package and no agreement that can lapse. Three things to settle before you commit. The two published entry prices differ by AED 170,000, so get a current list against plot numbers. Completion was scheduled for Q4 2025 and no source confirms it happened, so ask for the certificates. And judge the rooftop on site — it is the whole idea of the collection, and it is either a usable floor or a costly terrace. On yield, be clear with yourself: at this price the return is in the living, not the rent.

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 an Elie Saab villa cost?

Prices start at about AED 4,820,888 (about Rs 12.41 crore) for a four-bedroom villa of 4,635 to 4,653 sq ft, which works out near AED 1,040 per sq ft. One source gives AED 4,650,000 as the entry instead. Five-bedroom villas run 5,422 to 5,945 sq ft; their prices are not separately published. Ask Emaar for a current list against specific plot numbers.

What does the Elie Saab branding actually mean?

It is a design collaboration on the interiors between Emaar and the Lebanese couturier, not a hotel-style branding licence. That is a better arrangement for a buyer: there is no service package to fund every year, and no brand agreement that can lapse and leave you owning a differently-named house. What you are paying for is the design and the scarcity.

How big are the villas?

Four-bedroom villas run 4,635 to 4,653 sq ft and five-bedrooms 5,422 to 5,945 sq ft. These are genuinely large houses — the five-beds are comparable on floor area to much of what sells in Dubai's established villa districts at considerably higher rates.

What is the rooftop lounge?

A top-floor lounge that doubles as a suite, designed to look over the central and community parks. It is the signature feature of the collection and the thing to judge it on: either a genuinely usable extra floor or an expensive terrace, depending on how it has been delivered. Only a viewing settles that, so make it the first thing you look at.

Is it finished?

Completion is on record for Q4 2025, which has passed, so it should be. No source we checked confirms the handover explicitly. Ask Emaar whether building completion certificates have been issued and whether title deeds have transferred before you pay anything.

Is there a payment plan?

None is published for this phase by the sources we checked. With completion on record, whether a plan is available depends on Emaar holding unsold villas — ask directly, because a structure on a finished house is worth more than a small discount. Otherwise a purchase is a resale, paid in full at transfer or with a mortgage.

Does the purchase qualify for a Golden Visa?

Yes, comfortably. At about AED 4,820,888 the entry villa is more than twice the AED 2 M property threshold. Confirm the DLD-registered value of your specific villa as part of the application.

How does the price compare with the community?

About AED 1,040 per sq ft at the entry price is low — below Arabian Ranches 3's own quoted entry rate of roughly AED 1,499, and well under the AED 2,184 per sq ft that the wider Arabian Ranches transacted at in H1 2026. Large houses generally carry lower rates per square foot than small ones, so the comparison flatters these villas somewhat, but the value is real.

What are the service charges?

Not published for this phase, and on a 4,635 sq ft villa it is a large annual number. Arabian Ranches 3 figures range from about AED 4.50 to 5.50 per sq ft of plot area on one source to AED 10 to 18 per sq ft of built-up area on others — two bases that are not comparable. Ask Emaar for the figure and the basis together before you offer.

Can an Indian citizen buy here?

Yes. Arabian Ranches III is freehold, so any nationality can own outright with a DLD title deed. At about AED 4,820,888 — roughly USD 1.31 million — the purchase needs at least six person-years of the USD 250,000 LRS allowance. In practice buyers at this level are usually non-resident Indians, who are not subject to LRS, or resident buyers structuring across several family members and financial years. Take advice before committing.

If you want a current price list against plot numbers, the completion certificates and a written service-charge estimate with its basis, talk to Realty Hunting and we will ask Emaar on your behalf.