Solaya La Mer Dubai

Solaya is Meraas's beachfront release at La Mer, Jumeirah: 234 residences in nine low-rise buildings on a coastal plot of roughly 40 acres with about 500 metres of shoreline. The architecture is by Foster + Partners and the interiors by 1508 London. Homes run from 2 to 5 bedrooms, with duplexes, garden homes and penthouses in the mix, and the published entry is a 2 BHK of about 1,987 sq ft from AED 14.2 million (about Rs 36.57 crore).

Two numbers need care. The handover is recorded as Q1 2028 on one data site and Q2 2029 on another, a five-quarter spread, with the source listing carrying a January 2028 date. The entry price is AED 14.2 million on most sources, but one agency prints a starting figure of AED 40.3 million, which likely reflects a different unit set. This page prints the full ladder by bedroom count and works the 60/40 plan through on the entry unit.

At a glance

Price and unit pricing

The ladder is internally consistent: AED 7,147, 6,583 and 7,143 per sq ft across the 2, 3 and 4 bedroom entries is a tight band, at the top of the AED 5,000 to 7,000 range comparable Dubai beachfront stock trades in. Against La Mer's district average of about AED 2,500 and Port de La Mer resales at AED 2,500 to 3,200, Solaya asks roughly two and a half times the neighbourhood.

The AED 40.3 million one agency prints as a starting price does not fit that ladder and is unexplained. Read it as the entry into a specific building or unit type, not the project's floor, and take the real number from Meraas's price list against a unit number.

Payment plan and total cost

The plan on record is 60/40: 60% across the construction period and 40% at handover, with no post-handover tail. Worked on the AED 14.2 million entry unit:

What the sources do not give is the split of that 60% into instalments: how much on booking, how many stages, what triggers each. That matters at this price, because the gap between a 20% and a 40% booking on AED 14.2 million is AED 2.84 million of cash timing. Ask for the milestone schedule in writing before you reserve.

The service charge is not published either. Beachfront Meraas stock sits well above the mid-market rates quoted for JVC or JVT, so ask for the estimate the developer has filed.

Location and connectivity

La Mer is Meraas's own beachfront district on the Jumeirah shoreline, with a retail and dining strip, a public beach and Jumeirah Beach Road behind it. Downtown Dubai and Dubai Mall are a short drive inland, City Walk sits between the two, and the Dubai Water Canal is south. Solaya's plot is unusual for its size: roughly 40 acres and about 500 metres of shoreline, across nine low-rise buildings rather than one tower, which is what keeps it to 234 homes.

The weakness is the same as everywhere on this coast: no Dubai Metro station on Jumeirah Beach Road, the nearest inland on Sheikh Zayed Road, so the district runs on cars. Traffic on the beach road is heavy on weekend evenings, the price of living beside a strip the whole city visits.

For the villa end of the same shoreline, see the Ellington Villa Collection at La Mer; for a mid-market off-plan comparison in a very different part of the city, see Vivanti Residences in JVC. You can also browse all Dubai projects we track and our full projects list.

Amenities and specifications

The design credits are the specification here, and they are unusually strong: Foster + Partners on the buildings and 1508 London on the interiors, two names normally attached to the most expensive residential work in London and the Gulf. Nine low-rise buildings across 40 acres buys sightlines and privacy a single tower on a small plot cannot.

The mix runs from 2 to 5 bedrooms with duplexes, garden homes and penthouses, so layouts vary far more than in a standard apartment building. Not published in the sources we checked: the detailed amenity schedule, parking bays per home, appliance brands, whether homes are furnished, and the beach-access arrangement for residents. All of it belongs in the SPA and its annexures, and the SPA is what binds.

About the developer

Meraas is the developer behind La Mer itself, along with City Walk, Bluewaters Island, Port de La Mer and Madinat Jumeirah Living. It has delivered more than 80 million sq ft in Dubai, residential and commercial, including over 3,500 homes, and it built the anchors in its own districts — Ain Dubai on Bluewaters, The Green Planet and Hub Zero at City Walk.

Since the 2024 consolidation Meraas sits inside Dubai Holding, alongside Nakheel. That matters twice over. Delivery risk is about as low as Dubai offers. And because Meraas owns and runs La Mer's retail and leisure layer, the district does not depend on a third party turning up to make it work — a real difference from a masterplan where the shops and the beach club are somebody else's problem.

For Indian buyers

La Mer is a designated freehold area, so an Indian citizen can own here outright, with the title deed issued by the Dubai Land Department in their own name, no residency requirement and no local partner. At AED 14.2 million the entry unit clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold roughly seven times over, so the ten-year residence visa is straightforward once the title deed is issued.

Funding is the constraint. AED 14.2 million is about USD 3.87 million, and the Liberalised Remittance Scheme allows USD 250,000 per person per financial year. A couple remitting USD 500,000 a year would need roughly eight years to send the whole amount — longer than the construction period. In practice a purchase at this level is funded from money already held outside India, from NRI income, or with a UAE mortgage taken against the property, and the 60/40 plan spread over the build helps but does not solve it. Work the remittance schedule out with your chartered accountant before you reserve, not after.

On the running side, the UAE charges no annual property tax and no yearly levy on the owner, and a residential sale does not attract VAT, so the service charge is your only standing cost — and on beachfront Meraas stock it will not be small. If you let the home, the rent is taxable in India for an Indian resident owner, under the India-UAE double-taxation avoidance agreement. Yields here are thin by Dubai standards: beachfront apartments are bought for the asset and the use, not for the 7% JVC gives. Exit is easier than in the mansion market but slower than mid-market Dubai.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Only 234 homes across nine low-rise buildings on about 40 acres, with roughly 500 metres of shoreline.
• Pro: Foster + Partners architecture and 1508 London interiors, on a developer that has delivered over 80 million sq ft in Dubai.
• Pro: Meraas sits inside Dubai Holding, so delivery risk is about as low as Dubai offers.
• Pro: Meraas owns and runs La Mer's retail and leisure layer, so the district does not depend on a third party.
• Pro: The price ladder is consistent at AED 6,583 to 7,147 per sq ft across the 2, 3 and 4 bedroom entries.
• Pro: A 60/40 plan with nothing due after handover, so the price is settled when you get the keys.
• Con: The handover is printed as Q1 2028 on one record and Q2 2029 on another — a five-quarter spread.
• Con: The 60% construction share is not broken into instalments anywhere, so the booking amount is unknown.
• Con: At about AED 7,147 per sq ft the entry unit asks roughly two and a half times La Mer's district average of AED 2,500.
• Con: One agency prints a AED 40.3 million starting figure that does not fit the published ladder and is unexplained.
• Con: No service charge, no amenity schedule and no DLD project number is published by the sources checked.
• Con: An Indian resident would need roughly eight years of a couple's LRS allowance to fund the entry unit from India.

Who this is for

• Buyers who want a low-density beachfront home on the Jumeirah mainland rather than on a man-made island.
• Golden Visa buyers with offshore or NRI funds, for whom AED 14.2 million clears the threshold with room to spare.
• Buyers who value design credits and a developer that controls the district around the building.

Who should look elsewhere

• Yield investors — beachfront Dubai at AED 7,000 per sq ft does not return what mid-market communities do.
• Indian residents funding entirely from India; the LRS maths does not work inside the build period.
• Buyers who need a fixed handover date now, given the five-quarter spread on record.
• Anyone who wants a post-handover payment tail; this plan closes at handover.

Our verdict

Solaya is a strong combination of address, developer and design. Beachfront land on the Jumeirah mainland is scarce, 234 homes across 40 acres is low density for Dubai, and Meraas inside Dubai Holding is close to the lowest delivery risk this market offers. The price ladder is coherent, and at AED 6,583 to 7,147 per sq ft it sits at the top of the beachfront band rather than outside it.

Do not sign before three things are resolved: which handover date is on the SPA, how the 60% construction share splits into instalments, and what the annual service charge estimate is. All three are answerable in one meeting, and none is answered by any source we could check. Talk to Realty Hunting for the current price list by unit number and a viewing.

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 Solaya at La Mer?

The published entry is AED 14.2 million (about Rs 36.57 crore) for a 2 BHK of about 1,987 sq ft. Above that, 3 BHK start at AED 20.6 million, 4 BHK at AED 31 million and 5 BHK at AED 47.4 million. One agency prints a starting figure of AED 40.3 million, which does not fit the published ladder and is unexplained — take the real number from Meraas's price list against a unit number.

What is the payment plan?

60/40: 60% across the construction period and 40% at handover, with nothing due afterwards. On AED 14.2 million that is AED 8.52 million during construction and AED 5.68 million at handover, plus a 4% DLD fee of AED 568,000 — about AED 14.77 million in total. The split of the 60% into instalments is not published; ask for the milestone schedule.

When is the handover?

The records disagree. One data site prints Q1 2028, another Q2 2029, and the source listing carries a January 2028 date. That is a five-quarter spread on a project launched in 2025. The completion date written into your SPA is the one that binds, so get it before you reserve.

What does it work out to per sq ft?

About AED 7,147 per sq ft on the entry 2 BHK, AED 6,583 on the 3 BHK entry and AED 7,143 on the 4 BHK. Comparable Dubai beachfront stock trades at AED 5,000 to 7,000 per sq ft, and La Mer's district average is about AED 2,500 with Port de La Mer resales at AED 2,500 to 3,200. Solaya asks at the top of the beachfront band.

Who is Meraas?

The developer of La Mer itself, plus City Walk, Bluewaters Island, Port de La Mer and Madinat Jumeirah Living. It has delivered more than 80 million sq ft in Dubai including over 3,500 homes, and it sits inside Dubai Holding following the 2024 consolidation, alongside Nakheel.

Is it registered with the Dubai Land Department?

It is sold as a registered off-plan project, but none of the sources we checked prints the DLD project number or names the escrow bank. Verify both on the Dubai REST app before paying a booking amount, and pay only into the project's escrow account.

What is the service charge?

Not published by any source we checked. Beachfront Meraas stock with resort-grade shared facilities carries a far higher rate than the AED 12 to 18 per sq ft you see in mid-market Dubai communities, so ask for the developer's filed estimate before you reserve.

Does it qualify for a Golden Visa?

Yes, with room to spare. The threshold is AED 2 million of property and the entry unit is AED 14.2 million, roughly seven times that. The visa is applied for after the title deed is issued.

Can an Indian citizen buy, and how is it funded?

Yes — La Mer is a designated freehold area open to all nationalities, with no residency requirement and no local partner, and the title deed is issued in your own name. Funding is the harder part: AED 14.2 million is about USD 3.87 million, and the LRS allows USD 250,000 per person per financial year, so a couple would need roughly eight years of allowances. In practice these purchases use offshore or NRI funds, or a UAE mortgage.

How many homes are there and how big are they?

234 residences across nine low-rise buildings on about 40 acres with roughly 500 metres of shoreline. Homes run from 2 to 5 bedrooms, including duplexes, garden homes and penthouses, with published sizes from about 1,987 sq ft to 5,722 sq ft.

Compare with other Dubai projects

Also in La Mer: Meraas Sur La Mer (from AED 4.65 M, ready), Jumeirah Asora Bay (from AED 45 M, handover 2027) and Ellington Villa Collection (from AED 330 M, ready).

More by Meraas: Acres Estates Phase 3 (from AED 14.5 M, handover 2028), Nad Al Sheba Gardens Phase 10 (from AED 5.1 M, handover 2029) and Acres by Meraas (from AED 5.09 M, handover 2028).

A similar budget elsewhere in Dubai: S Tower (from AED 15.03 M, ready), Omniyat One Palm (from AED 16,233,000, ready) and Ellington Ocean House (from AED 9.8 M, handover 2027).

Read next: Off-Plan Property in Dubai: How It Works · Dubai Property Payment Plans: 1% Monthly, Post-Handover and More · The Dubai Golden Visa Through Property. Every Dubai project we track is listed on the Dubai section.