# Living in Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai: prices, vibe, who it suits

> Dubai Hills Estate is an Emaar and Meraas masterplan built around the 18-hole Dubai Hills Golf Club and Dubai Hills Park, one of the city's largest…

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## Dubai Hills Estate at a glance

Dubai Hills Estate is an Emaar and Meraas masterplan built around the 18-hole Dubai Hills Golf Club and Dubai Hills Park, one of the city's largest residential parks. It has its own regional mall, a private hospital, and a school cluster strung along Al Khail Road. Golf-facing mid-rise apartment towers (Park Heights, Mulberry, Acacia, Collective, Park Horizon) sit alongside villa and townhouse pockets (Maple, Sidra Villas, Golf Place, Majestic Vistas, Emerald Hills). As of 2026 those villa and townhouse phases are still handing over, so off-plan construction traffic remains part of daily life in parts of the estate even as the earlier golf-facing apartment towers feel fully settled.

## Who it suits

- families with school-age children who want parks and a golf course on the estate, with the Al Khail Road school cluster a short drive away

## Homes and prices

Predominantly apartments (studio to 4-bed, mid-rise towers), plus villa (3-6 bed) and townhouse (3-5 bed) stock spread across named sub-communities; a mix of completed, ready stock and off-plan phases still handing over as of 2026.

Bayut ASKING price index (not DLD transacted, so likely above actual achieved sale prices): Dubai Hills Estate apartments averaged about AED 2,499 per sqft on a trailing 12-month basis to June 2026, with 1BR units around AED 2,458 per sqft and 2BR units around AED 2,482 per sqft. (as of 2026-06.)

**Ownership:** Freehold zone for non-GCC foreign buyers. Dubai Hills Estate is not itself named in the original Regulation No. (3) of 2006 schedule, which predates this development. It is built and sold as an Emaar and Meraas master development under Dubai's freehold ownership framework, but plot-specific freehold registration should be verified with DLD before purchase.

## Getting around

The nearest metro is the Red Line at Mall of the Emirates or Equiti, both roughly a 20-minute drive via Umm Suqeim Street or Al Khail Road; no metro station sits inside Dubai Hills Estate itself. Off-peak driving estimates put Downtown Dubai around 15 minutes away, and DIFC, Dubai Marina and Dubai International Airport around 20 minutes each; Al Khail Road traffic can add materially at peak times. Being inland, the nearest beaches (Kite Beach, Sunset Beach) are also roughly a 20-minute drive.

## Lifestyle

Anchored by an 18-hole golf course and Dubai Hills Park, one of the city's largest residential parks, with splash pads, a skate park, a dog park and running tracks. Dubai Hills Mall adds a large retail and dining hub plus Adventure Park and The Storm Coaster. A private hospital sits within the estate.

## Schools nearby

- GEMS Wellington Academy Al Khail L.L.C (Al Khail, inside the estate) (KHDA rating: KHDA Very good (2023-2024 inspection cycle))
- GEMS International School Al Khail L.L.C (Al Khail, inside the estate) (KHDA rating: KHDA Good (2023-2024 inspection cycle))
- GEMS New Millennium School L.L.C (Al Khail) (KHDA rating: KHDA Very good (2023-2024 inspection cycle))

## Developers active here

Emaar Properties, Meraas Holding

## Provenance

Last verified 2026-07-29 by human-signoff-2026-07-29.

Sources:

- https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/area-insights/dubai/dubai-hills-estate
- https://www.bayut.com/area-guides/dubai-hills-estate/

Live asking prices and current listings for Dubai Hills Estate are on the page itself: https://www.askeric.io/dubai/dubai-hills-estate