Golf Meadow Emaar South Dubai

Golf Meadow, which the source listing writes as Golf Meadows, is an Emaar Properties apartment building on the championship golf course at Emaar South, inside Dubai South near Al Maktoum International Airport. At ground, podium and 15 floors it is the tallest of the golf-course apartment buildings on our pages. The launch availability count, dated March 2025, listed about 224 homes: 81 one-bedrooms, 113 two-bedrooms, 25 three-bedrooms and 5 three-bedroom townhouses.

It launched from AED 1.12M (about Rs 2.88 crore) for a one-bedroom of 706 to 904 sq ft, which is also the source listing's figure. That price now applies only on resale: Emaar's own remaining units start at three-bedrooms from AED 3.1M. The plan is 10/70/20 and handover is July 2029.

At a glance

Price and unit pricing

We print AED 1.12M because the source listing gives it and four launch price sheets agree to the dirham. It is honest only as a launch price. A broker page that reads Emaar's live availability now starts the project at AED 3.1M, and explains why: the only units Emaar still offers are three-bedrooms of 1,854 to 2,844 sq ft. The one and two-bedrooms are sold, and resale listings for them already appear on the portals.

Two launch sheets disagree on the three-bedroom, AED 2.45M against AED 2.63M; the gap is probably between the smallest and a larger plan. The AED 3.1M current start is about 7% more per foot than the launch three-bedroom, which is Emaar pricing its last units up, as developers do. Against Emaar South's 2026 range of AED 1,150 to 1,900 per sq ft, every figure here sits in the middle to upper half.

Payment plan and total cost

The plan is 10/70/20: 10% on booking, 70% during construction and 20% at handover in July 2029, with nothing after handover.

Worked example: the entry one-bedroom at the launch price

Buying it today means a resale. A launch buyer from March 2025 has paid the 10% booking and some construction instalments. You repay what they have paid plus their premium, then take over the rest of the schedule with Emaar; the 4% DLD fee is on the full resale price. Ask Emaar for the seller's statement of account and its transfer fee in writing before paying anyone.

Emaar's current entry: a AED 3,100,000 three-bedroom

Booked from Emaar today: AED 310,000 on booking, AED 2,170,000 in construction instalments and AED 620,000 at handover, plus a DLD fee of AED 124,000 and about AED 4,240 in registration fees - about AED 3,228,240 (about Rs 8.31 crore). That unit clears the Golden Visa threshold.

Service charge. Not published. Dubai charges run from about AED 3 to more than AED 30 per sq ft a year; each AED 10 costs about AED 7,060 a year on a 706 sq ft one-bedroom.

Location and connectivity

Emaar South is inside Dubai South, reached from Emirates Road (E611) and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road (E311), with Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) about five minutes away and Expo City Dubai about ten. There is no metro in the community; UAE Exchange on the Red Line is about 17 km by road. Downtown and the Marina are motorway runs.

Golf Meadow's 15 floors are its locational edge on the course: upper apartments see further across the fairways than those in the 11 and 12-floor buildings beside it. The Emaar South Golf Club, an 18-hole championship course, is due to open in Q4 2026 on reports in Gulf News and Time Out Dubai, well before this building hands over. The district around it is still being built out, so expect nearby construction for years.

The closest comparisons are Emaar's other golf buildings: Golf Dale (two towers, December 2028), Golf Edge (one 12-storey block, February 2029) and Golf Fields (the 2026 launch, September 2030). The district view is on our Dubai South page; see also all Dubai projects we track and the projects list.

Amenities and specifications

The pages we read sell Golf Meadow on the course: open green landscapes and views across the 18-hole Emaar South Golf Course. None of them lists a separate amenity set for the building itself, unlike Golf Fields (infinity pool, padel) or Golf Edge (pool and barbecue areas). The community offers the golf club, pools, parks, jogging tracks and play areas.

The unit spread is the useful detail. One-bedrooms run from 706 to 904 sq ft, so there is a real choice between a compact investor unit and a larger one; two-bedrooms run 1,084 to 1,383 sq ft and three-bedrooms 1,569 to 1,854 sq ft. The five townhouses, about 2,861 to 2,869 sq ft, are the largest homes in the building.

Not published by the sources checked: the finish schedule, appliance brands, parking per unit and the building's amenity floor. Ask Emaar for the specification sheet. Final specification as per the SPA.

About the developer

Emaar Properties built Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall and Downtown Dubai, and master-planned Dubai Marina, Dubai Hills Estate and Dubai Creek Harbour. It says it has delivered more than 84,000 homes since 2002, 3,633 of them in the first half of 2026, and in that half it sold AED 26.6 billion of property.

That Golf Meadow's smaller units sold out while the larger ones remain is typical of Emaar launches: investors take the one and two-bedrooms and the developer reprices what is left. It also means many of your neighbours will be investors, and many units will reach the rental market in the same months of 2029. Emaar has delivered the Expo Golf Villas phases and Golf Links in the same community, which supports the July 2029 date; the risk here is supply, not delivery.

For Indian buyers

Ownership. Emaar South is freehold for foreign buyers. An off-plan purchase is recorded at the DLD as an Oqood and becomes a title deed in your name at handover; a resale transfers that Oqood to you at the DLD. There is no annual property tax and no VAT on a residential sale.

Remittance. Under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme each person can send USD 250,000 per financial year. A resale one-bedroom at around the launch price with fees is about USD 318,000, but a resale front-loads the cash: you pay the seller's paid-up share and premium at once. Map that against one or two people's allowances before signing. TCS of 20% above Rs 10 lakh a year is adjusted against your income tax.

Golden Visa. The property route needs AED 2 million. Emaar's three-bedroom from AED 3.1M and the townhouses qualify; the one and two-bedrooms do not.

Rent and tax. No rent is published for Golf Meadow. 2026 guides put Emaar South gross yields between about 4% and 7.5%, highest on one-bedrooms; at 6% gross a AED 1.12M one-bedroom earns about AED 67,200 a year before service charges. The rent is untaxed in the UAE; an Indian tax resident declares it in India with the 30% standard deduction and reports the flat as a foreign asset.

Pros

• Launch price of AED 1.12M for a one-bedroom was among the lowest Emaar golf-course entries
• The widest spread of apartment sizes on the course: 706 sq ft one-bedrooms to 1,854 sq ft three-bedrooms
• 15 floors give the upper units a longer view over the fairways than the 11 and 12-floor buildings
• An active resale market already exists, so exit is not purely a bet on the future
• Emaar's delivery record, and the golf club opens years before handover

Cons

• Emaar's remaining units start at AED 3.1M - the AED 1.12M one-bedrooms are resale-only now
• About 224 homes, the largest of the single golf buildings, so more units compete at resale
• Handover July 2029, nearly three years away
• No building amenity list, service-charge budget or DLD project number published
• No metro; the Red Line is about 17 km away

Who this is for

• Resale buyers who can pick up a launch-price one-bedroom with a modest premium
• Golden Visa buyers taking one of Emaar's remaining three-bedrooms from AED 3.1M
• Long-hold investors in the Dubai South airport district
• Buyers who want a high floor over the course rather than a townhouse

Who should look elsewhere

• Anyone expecting to buy from Emaar at AED 1.12M today
• Buyers who need keys before late 2029
• Metro commuters
• Short-term traders: several near-identical Emaar golf buildings hand over in 2028 - 2030

Our verdict

Golf Meadow is the largest and tallest of Emaar South's single golf-course apartment buildings, and its launch sheet had the smallest one-bedroom on the course, 706 sq ft from AED 1.12M. That launch price is history now: Emaar's remaining units start at three-bedrooms from AED 3.1M, so the realistic routes in are a resale one or two-bedroom or one of Emaar's larger units. At AED 3.1M for about 1,854 sq ft the three-bedroom works out near AED 1,672 per sq ft, above the launch three-bedrooms at about AED 1,562. A resale near launch price is the value here; a premium of more than a few per cent is harder to justify when Emaar keeps launching similar buildings nearby.

Buy a resale one or two-bedroom only after checking the seller's paid-up amount and the premium against Golf Dale and Golf Edge resales. Buy Emaar's AED 3.1M three-bedroom if the Golden Visa is the goal. Skip it if you need keys before late 2029 or metro access.

Talk to Realty Hunting for the current price list, the developer's latest payment plan and a site-visit plan.

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 is the price of Golf Meadow?

At launch in early 2025: one-bedrooms from AED 1.12M (about Rs 2.88 crore), two-bedrooms from AED 1.63M, three-bedrooms from AED 2.45M (AED 2.63M on one sheet) and townhouses from AED 4.95M. Emaar's own remaining stock now starts at three-bedrooms from AED 3.1M; smaller units are available only as resales.

Is Golf Meadow the same as Golf Meadows?

Yes. Emaar names the building Golf Meadow; some listings, including the source listing, write Golf Meadows.

What is the payment plan?

10% on booking, 70% during construction and 20% at handover. On AED 1,120,000 that is AED 112,000, AED 784,000 and AED 224,000, plus AED 44,800 of DLD transfer fee. On a resale you take over whatever part of the plan the seller has not paid.

When is handover?

July 2029 (Q3 2029). No construction percentage is published. The SPA date binds.

How is Golf Meadow different from Golf Dale and Golf Edge?

It is taller (ground, podium and 15 floors against 11 to 14), larger (about 224 homes), has the smallest one-bedroom (706 sq ft) and hands over between them and Golf Fields, in July 2029.

Does Golf Meadow qualify for the UAE Golden Visa?

Emaar's remaining three-bedrooms from AED 3.1M and the townhouses from AED 4.95M qualify on the title deed value; one and two-bedrooms at launch prices do not reach AED 2M.

What is the service charge?

Not published for Golf Meadow. Dubai charges run from about AED 3 to more than AED 30 per sq ft a year; ask Emaar for the budget before handover.

Can an Indian buyer own a unit here?

Yes. Emaar South is freehold for foreign buyers. The money leaves India under the LRS, up to USD 250,000 per person per financial year, and the DLD issues the title deed in your name after handover.

Compare with other Dubai projects

Also in Emaar South: Golf Dale (from AED 1.12 M, handover 2028), Golf Edge (from AED 1,170,000, handover 2029), Golf Verge (from AED 1.2M, handover 2029) and Emaar Expo Golf Villas (from AED 999,888, ready). See every Dubai South project with prices and handover dates.

More by Emaar: Lime Gardens (from AED 1.12 M, ready), Seagate – Rashid Yacht & Marina (from AED 1,110,888, off-plan) and Emaar Green Square (from AED 1,100,000, ready).

A similar budget elsewhere in Dubai: Canal Crown (from AED 1,120,000, handover 2027), Milos Residences (from AED 1.13 M, handover 2027) and Sobha Aquamont (from AED 1,110,000, handover 2028).

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