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Residential · Villas & Townhouses12 October 2026

UAE's Single Family Homes Guide

Townhouses and villas across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah: what you actually get inside, and what it costs.

Edition 0.3 · 148 pages · PDF 5.6 MB

What's inside

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At a glance

121

layouts

102 with full room schedules, plus 234 sub-project sales benchmarks

29

projects

Across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah

11

developers

Aldar, Emaar, Nakheel, DAMAC, ORA, Arada and more

AED 1.9–65M

price range

Across 103 priced layouts

What the data says

Key findings

01

Rooms are only 37–69% of the claimed area.

From Aldar Elite Haven 5BR (37%) to Aldar Al Ghadeer Parks 3BR mid (69%), so headline price per sq ft can't be compared across developers.

02

Usable space costs AED 2,033–5,506 per sq ft.

Cheapest is Dubai South Hayat 3BR middle; most expensive is Emaar Lavita Medium Mansion (M1-B).

03

Same rooms, different paperwork.

Emaar Palmiera 1 and Palmiera 2 / 3 4BR Contemporary share a floor plan (2,299–2,306 sq ft of rooms), yet Palmiera 1 claims 431 sq ft more.

What's inside

Contents

  1. Part 1 · By type

    Each bedroom count, townhouses and villas apart: claimed area, plot, measured room area and price per sq ft.

    p. 5

  2. Part 2 · By budget

    What up to AED 3M, 3–5M, 5–10M and 10M+ buys, ranked by the room space you get.

    p. 30

  3. Part 3 · By project

    Every size within a project side by side, room by room, with recent sales benchmarks.

    p. 43

  4. Market context

    Twelve-month sales benchmarks and developer price ceilings.

    p. 101

  5. Room schedules

    Every room as printed on the developer plan, for every layout.

    p. 104

  6. Method & sources

    How each number is built, with the source and date behind every price.

    p. 138

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The author is a RERA-licensed broker at Hamptons International, part of Emaar Group, which develops some of the communities in this guide. Areas come from developer marketing plans, which are indicative; this guide is not a valuation or financial advice.